This study was conducted to provide basic data for the establishment school forests in order to utilize school forests as a place for environmental education through analyzing the planting status in elementary schools located in Changwon-city. School forests including meditation forest were the largest in Yongho elementary school (below e.s.) in meditation forest school and Dogye (e.s) in normal school. Jehwang (e.s.) and Sangnam (e.s.) showed the most abundant green area given for the management per member. The number of planting species and individuals in school forests differed greatly by elementary schools. There was also a difference in the number of planted species for establishment of meditation forest. There were no significant difference the concordance rate between the plants planted in the school forest and the plants mentioned in the textbook between meditation forest schools and normal schools. Index of ecological health averaged 3.2 for meditation forest schools and 2.4 for normal schools, which is the result of increase in green area and green rate due to the establishment of the meditation forest.

Abstract
1. 서 론
2. 재료 및 방법
    2.1. 연구 대상
    2.2. 조사 및 분석방법
3. 결과 및 고찰
    3.1. 학교숲 조성 현황
    3.2. 학교숲 식물상
    3.3. 학교숲의 종다양도
    3.4. 학교숲의 식물과 교과서 언급 식물의 일치율
    3.5. 학교정원의 생태적 건강성
4. 결 론
REFERENCES

• 강미영((사)경남숲교육협회) | Mee-Young Kang (Gyeongnam Forest Education Association)
• 주정운(경상대학교 산림자원학과) | Jeong-Woon Joo (Department of Forest Resources, Gyeongsang National University)
• 김소진(경상대학교 산림자원학과) | So-Jin Kim (Department of Forest Resources, Gyeongsang National University)
• 김태운(경상대학교 산림자원학과) | Tae-Woon Kim (Department of Forest Resources, Gyeongsang National University)
• 문현식(경상대학교 농업생명과학연구원) | Hyun-Shik Moon (Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University) Corresponding author