Pressed Botanic Specimen Project

Students will practice field collection and build knowledge of plant structure, function, and form. In this project students will press a plant they collected, and describe the plant in detail on their finished piece.  

• Objective 
  • Students will be able to observe and record botanical details from collected plants, and present the plant as a pressed specimen. 
• Grades: 9 to 12, adaptable to middle school
• Time: 2 to 3 class periods
• Author: T Kochenderfer

Arizona Standards Engaged

HS.L2U3.18: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate about the positive and negative ethical, social, economic, and political implications of human activity on the biodiversity of an ecosystem.

HS.L2U1.19: Develop and use models that show how changes in the transfer of matter and energy within an ecosystem and interactions between species may affect organisms and their environment.