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Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology

• HF-ID: HF2022-14
• Category: Research Files
• Creator: Snow, P., Faison, E., Foster, D.R., Hart, C., Orwig, D.A., O'Keefe, J.F., Boose, E.R.
• Date: August 2013 to September 2014
• Location: Harvard Forest, Massachusetts
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • "Our Changing Forests" plan, study guide and overviews.

• Keywords: carbon, climate, ecosystems, land use, phenology
• Abstract:
  • Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology. Our Changing Forests: How Do Forests Grow and Change Over Time?
  • Schoolyard Research Methods: Students engage in the study of how the landscape in their town and region has changed in the past, and how current-day forests will change over time. Activities will include data collection, measurement, plant identification, and data analysis, including calculation of carbon storage.

• Related Items:
  • HF Data Archive: HF412 Harvard Forest Schoolyard LTER Data since 2004

• Archives Location: Middle Room
• Access: Active