Our SHOUT Science Team’s first goal was to help collect data for the Smithsonian’s global tree banding project.  We applied to the program, got our tree banding kit, and banded 5 trees around our school.  Today we uploaded our first data and pictures to the data collection web site. https://treebanding.si.edu/TreeData/Trees/324  We would like to band 5 more trees and then continue to collect data about tree growth until the end of the school year.  Next year we will continue the research.  Here is a link to our SHOUT Team wiki page. http://shoutteam.wikispaces.com/Tree+Banding+Project