Trunk Equipment Inventory

Elementary School Level
Equipment:
1 Forester's trunk (Rubbermaid Acton Packer-24 gal. size) = $12.99 or $5 on sale - Ames
3 Light intensity meters (Environemental Concepts) = $120 Luxmeter - Terra Tech p.21
6 Air thermometers = $7.26 - AM p.8
4 Soil. Thermometers = $31.79 economy brand $16.06 - AM p.80
1 Soil probe (Oakfield Soil Samplers) = $34.20 - AM p.53
1 Fertilizer analyzer = $16.82 - AM p.54
2 pH soil analyzer = $16.82 - AM p.54
2 Soil moisture analyzer (Environmental Concepts) = $78-82 - AM p.54
4 Compasses (Taylor) = $9.99 - AM p.80
2 Sling psychrometer = $74 - BM
1 Increment borer (6"Suunto) and paraffin (wax) = $137 - BM
2 Cloth 1.5m measuring tapes = $33 - BM
2 500 gram field scales (Ohaus) = $415 - BM
8 Stakes = $5/ 4stakes - Hardwares stores
2 Wind meters (Dwyer) = $13.50 - BM
2 Balls of string = $1-2 - Hardware stores
1 Plant press (BioQuip) $18 Microware one - LVT OR $45 for standard - BM
1 Soil sieve kit (Hubbard) $65 - BM
1 Pruning shears (Hawkbill) = $10 - LVT

Educational Resources:
1 AUrban Forestry Laboratory Exercises@ = Free - PURP
10 Tree cookies = Free from local arborist
10 Tree cores in plastic tray
Dendrochronolgy kit (Lab-aids #52)
1 Carousel slide set of leaf parts = $15 - Staples
1 Set of pressed & identified plants
1 Set of forestry posters = Free from Georgia Pacific or US Forest Service
20 May Watts Tree Finder, M.T. Watts, Nature Study Guild, Berkeley, CA 1991
20 Selecting & Planting Trees, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL 1990
3 Identifiy Trees & Shrubs by Their Leaves, E. Knobel, Dover Publ, NY 1972
1 A Field Guide to Eastren Trees, G. Petrides, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston 1988
1 A Field Guide to Wildflowers, R.T. Peterson & McKenny M., Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston 1968
1 A Field Guide to Mammals, William T. Burt & Grossenheider, P., Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston 1980
1 Trees of North America, C. Frank Brockman, Bolden Press, NY 1986
1 Guide to Insects, R.H. Arnett, Jr., & Jacques, Jr. R.L. Simon & Schuster, NY 1981
1 A Field Guide to Birds, R. T. Peterson, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston 1980

BM = Ben Meadows - 800-241-6401
AM = A.M. Leonard Tools that Work - 800-543-8955 (Free Catalog)
LVT = Lee Valley Tools - 800-871-8158

Note: You can order many of the books through Encore for a 10% discount. I like the National Arbor Day Foundation Tree ID books best for a handy pocket guide at 50 books for $25 or $3/book.


Middle School Level
Equipment:
1 Forester=s trunk (Rubbermaid Acton Packer-24 gal. size) = $12.99 or $5 on sale - Ames
1 Pruning shears (Snap-Cut) = $10 - LVT
1 Soil probe (Oakfield Soil Samplers) = $34.20 - AM p.53
4 Pocket compasses (Silva) = $14-50 - BM
2 Sling psychrometer-student (Hubbard) = $74 - BM
3 Diameter tapes-executive type silver = $38.50 - BM
1 Professional diameter tape with hook (Lufkin) - $39-50
4 Soil. Thermometers = $31.79 economy brand $16.06 - AM p.80
1 Increment borer (6"Suunto) and paraffin (wax) = $137 - BM
4 20 BAF prism (JIM*GEM) = $18-23 - BM
1 Plant press (BioQuip) $18 Microware one - LVT OR $45 for standard - BM
1 100 ft. tape measure = $16.36 - BM
2 Cloth 1.5m measuring tapes = $33 - BM
2 500 gram field scales (Ohaus)
3 Air thermometers (Nasco) = $7.26 - AM p.8
1 200 ft. surveyors rope (Keson)
4 Clinometers (Suunto) = $98 - BM
1 pH soil analyzer = $16.82 - AM p.54
1 Soil moisture analyzer (Environmental Concepts) = $78-82 - AM p.54
1 Fertilizer analyzer = $16.82 - AM p.54
6 Hands lenses = $6-20 - BM
2 Wind meters (Dwyer)
4 Jars (Ball & Mason) = $12 for box of 24

Educational Resources:
1 AUrban Forestry Laboratory Exercises@ = Free - PURP
10 Tree cookies = Free from local arborist
10 Tree cores in plastic tray
1 Carousel slide set of leaf parts with script = $15 - Staples
1 Set of pressed & identified plants
1 Set of forestry posters = Free from Georgia Pacific or USDA Forest Service
20 May Watts Tree Finder, M.T. Watts, Nature Study Guild, Berkeley, CA 1991
20 Selecting & Planting Trees, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL 1990

BM = Ben Meadows - 800-241-6401
AM = A.M. Leonard Tools that Work - 800-543-8955 (Free Catalog)
LVT = Lee Valley Tools - 800-871-8158

Note: You can order many of the books through Encore for a 10% discount. I like the National Arbor Day Foundation Tree ID books best for a handy pocket guide at 50 books for $25 or $3/book.


High School Level
Equipment:
1 Forester=s trunk (Rubbermaid Action Packer- 24gal size) = $12.99 or $5 on sale - Ames
2 Pruning shears (Snap-Cut) $10-50 - AM
2 Soil probe (Oakfield Soil Samplers)
Pocket compasses (Silva) = $14-50 - BM
3 Clinometers (Suunto) = $98 - BM
3 Diameter tapes-executive type silver - $38.50 BM
4 Soil thermometers = $31.79 economy brand $16.06 - AM p.80
1 Soil sieve set (Hubbard) = $65 - BM
1 Increment boror (2"-Haglof) & paraffin = $137 - BM
1 Plant press (BioQuip) = $18 Microwave one OR $45 standard - BM
1 100 ft. tape measure
2 Cloth 1.5m tape measures (Ohaus) = $33 - BM
2 500 gram field scales (Ohaus)
3 Wind meters (Dwyer)
2 Sling psychrometer (Weksler)
3 Sling psychrometer-student = $74 - BM
3 Water meters (AMI Medical Elec.)
3 Sol pH meters (AMI Medical Elec.)
3 Water & light meters (AMI Med.)
6 Hands lenses = $6-20 - BM

Educational Resources:
1 AUrban Forestry Laboratory Exercises@ = Free - PURP
10 Tree cookies = Free from local arborist
10 Tree cores in plastic tray
1 Carousel slide set of leaf parts with script = $15 - Staples
1 Set of pressed & identified plants
1 Set of forestry posters = Free from Georgia Pacific or US Forest Service
2 Identifiy Trees & Shrubs by Their Leaves, E. Knobel, Dover Publ, NY 1972
20 May Watts Tree Finder, M.T. Watts, Nature Study Guild, Berkeley, CA 1991
20 Selecting & Planting Trees, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL 1990
1 Dendrochronolgy kit (Lab-aids #52)
1 Tray of REAL tree cores

BM = Ben Meadows - 800-241-6401
AM = A.M. Leonard Tools that Work - 800-543-8955 (Free Catalog)
LVT = Lee Valley Tools - 800-871-8158

Note: You can order many of the books through Encore for a 10% discount. I like the National Arbor Day Foundation Tree ID books best for a handy pocket guide at 50 books for $25 or $3/book.
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