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Associate fundamental plant functions with their anatomical features
Assessment Strategies
Quiz, laboratory exercise, written lab report
Criteria
Identify anatomical features of woody plant
Describe different protection zones within woody plants
Differentiate where protection zones are found and their functions
Identify roots and root systems, stem tissue, branch tissue, buds and leaves
Identify tissues of a tree’s vascular system
Describe storage support of plant features
Relate development of leaves to food production
Describe key differences between vegetative cells and animal cells
Associate urban conditions with root systems and their development
Identify conflict in urban landscape and how it affects tree growth
Distinguish between reproductive and vegetative development and growth in buds
Illustrate features in lab journal
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Predict responses to wounding
Assessment Strategies
Quiz, laboratory exercise, written lab report
Criteria
Predict a woody plant’s response to different types of wounding
Explain the compartmentalization of decay
Identify common mechanisms of injury in the urban environment
Identify outward signs and symptoms of decay
Demonstrate target pruning cuts to minimize injury
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Analyze internal responses to decay in multi-dimensional fashions
Assessment Strategies
Quiz, laboratory exercise, written lab report
Criteria
Illustrate the four walls of CODIT (vertical spread, radial, lateral, compartmentalization)
Analyze a tree’s response to wounds
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Differentiate plant adaptations based on species and site
Assessment Strategies
Quiz, laboratory exercise, written lab report
Criteria
Identify conflict in urban landscape and how it affects tree growth
Identify barriers to root growth in an urban setting
Relate limitations of soil volume to plant health
Relate nutrient deficiencies to plant growth and development
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Perform tree inspection and evaluation of tree risk
Assessment Strategies
Outdoor field inspection
Criteria
Assess structural integrity of trees
Identify tree hazards and defects
Evaluation explains the risks for the given site conditions
Use the ISA tree risk assessment standards
Evaluation includes an overall score based on the ISA tree risk assessment standards
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Plant and establish trees
Assessment Strategies
Project
Criteria
You install tree following the ANS300 planting standard
Compare and contrast types of support systems and stock types
Compare balled and burlapped, container and bare root nursery stock
Assess site and soil
Prepare site
Dig holes
Water newly planted trees
Contrast the benefits between types of stock planting methods