The Botany Field Site (WWW): An Herbarium Project and A Guide through the Northeastern Deciduous Forest

 

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2000, Volume 21

Abstract

This web site was created for freshman biology students to organize information and to foster work independent of the laboratory, such as tree identification in the autumn woods of Pennsylvania. Students are first presented with a slide show of the major trees found in the Northeastern Deciduous Forest, then are guided through the forest of Hawk Mountain, Pennsylvania. On return to the classroom the following week, students are linked to the "Biology Place" (Peregrine Publishers, Inc. at www.biology.com), an interactive web-based classroom, where they are briefed on the specifics of tree identification and autumn color changes.

Keywords:  taxonomy, taxonomic key

University of Nebraska, Lincoln (1999)