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Essential Mathematics in Forestry

The purpose of this section of the class is to understand what mathematical principals are essential to a successful career in forest management or science. The lectures, assignments, and labs in this section, will enable the student to achieve the following learning objectives:

• Know how fundamental statistics are commonly used in forestry

• Know and Understand how to use the SOH, CAH, TOA trigonometric rules

• Understand the concept of tree growth and rates of growth

Lecture PDFs:

• Week 3 W- Essential Trigonometry, Geometry, and Rates Used in Forestry (PDF)
• Week 3 F - Essential Statistics used in Forestry (PDF)
• Week 3 F at 11:00 a.m. Required Attendance at the Presentation:

"Our Legacy of the Past leads us into the Future."

by Dale Bosworth (For. Mgmt. '66) Emeritus U.S. Forest Service Chief
University Auditorium, Administration Building

Labs and Quizzes:

• Week 3 Lab: No Lab day due to CNR Forestry Centennial Celebration - Complete the following Introduction to Using Excel Exercise (PDF) in your own time.

Required Reading:

• Husch, Beers, and Kershaw 4 Edition Pages 28-52.

• Pythagoras Theorem Handout (PDF)
• SOH CAH TOA Handout (PDF)
• Sine and Cosine Rule Handout (PDF)
• Double Angle Formulae Handout (PDF)
• Geometry of a Circle Handout (PDF)
• Equation of a Straight Line Handout (PDF)
• Foundation Math Booklet (excludes Trig) (PDF)

Online Resources:

• http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/students.php/all_subjects/

• http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/learn/ Statistics and Math (includes Trig) Sections

• http://www.sci.uidaho.edu/polya/math144/index.htm