| American Chestnut Learning Box |
Binder Contents
List of objects in Learning Box
Fact sheet 1. “Learning Boxes: What They Are and How They Are Used”
Fact sheet 2. “American chestnut: Nuts and Burs”
Fact sheet 3. “Chinese chestnut: Nuts and Burs”
Fact sheet 4. “Cross Section Slice of American Chestnut Stem”
Fact sheet 5a. “American Chestnut: Wood Block”
Fact sheet 5b, c, d. “Wood Blocks: 5b. Black Walnut, 5c. Cherry, and 5d. Pine”
Fact sheet 6a. “American Chestnut Stem Section With a Blight Fungus Canker”
Fact sheet 6b. “American Chestnut Backcross Breeding Stem Section With an Inoculation Site”
Suggested Learning Box Items, Themes, and Topics
Map - original range of American chestnut
Map of the spread of the blight fungus
Chart illustrating the backcross breeding program of The American Chestnut Foundation
American chestnut and Chinese chestnut leaves
Photographs of American, Chinese and Japanese chestnut trees
Photograph of American chestnut flowers
Chestnut tree identification chart
Recommended resource reading list, including Web sites
