Library of Scientific Plant Samples: Step inside an Herbarium

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Subject(s): Science
Grade Level(s): 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Keywords: Austin Mast, FSU Herbarium, herbarium, plant samples, scientific research, Florida State University, plant, data, image, photograph, digitization, sample, samples, collection, library, field
Instructional Component Type(s): Perspectives Video: Expert

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Help Behind-the-Scenes at a Museum as a Citizen Scientist:

Students will learn about the importance of biodiversity research collections (specifically, herbaria), the types of data that their specimens hold, the process of digital data creation about the specimens, and the online publishers of that digital data. Students will act as citizen scientists and transcribe labels of plant specimens then explore the research value of the data that they create.

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