Prairie Plants Pioneer: Ada Hayden and Identifying Prairie Plants: Difference between revisions

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Purpose

This project is to give participtants in the 4-H workshop "Prairie Plants Pioneer: Ada Hayden and Identifying Prairie Plants" on June 25-26, 2018 the experience of identifying plants in the wild and then creating a digital entry. Subjects to be covered inclde natural resource management, botany, women scientists, and digital collections. The target audience is 8-12th graders, with 5 participants. The presenters are Debra Lewis, Herbatorium Director; Kim Anderson, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives, Co-Lead and Digital Initiatives Archivist; Laura Sullivan, Digital Initiatives Archivist; and Lori Bousson, Digital Initiatives Web Designer.

Objectives/Goals

To learn how to identify plants.
To learn how to research plants.
To learn about Iowa prairie plants and prairies.
To learn about women conservationists.
To understand what goes into making a digital resource

Workshop Description

Day 1

Ada Hayden Herbarium tour and Introduction to Iowa prairie plants.
Introduction to Ada Hayden
How to identify plants
Methods:
Use a key
* Dichotomous and hierarchical -- leads you through a set of choices between two options
Google/reference book
Ask an expert

Day 2

List of Plants

Plant 1

Plant 2

References

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+This project is to give participtants in the 4-H workshop "Prairie Plants Pioneer: Ada Hayden and Identifying Prairie Plants" on June 25-26, 2018 the experience of identifying plants in the wild and then creating a digital entry. Subjects to be covered inclde natural resource management, botany, women scientists, and digital collections. The target audience is 8-12th graders, with 5 participants. The presenters are Debra Lewis, Herbatorium Director; Kim Anderson, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives, Co-Lead and Digital Initiatives Archivist;  Laura Sullivan, Digital Initiatives Archivist; and Lori Bousson, Digital Initiatives Web Designer.
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+== Objectives/Goals ==
+* To learn how to identify plants.
+* To learn how to research plants.
+* To learn about Iowa prairie plants and prairies.
+* To learn about women conservationists.
+* To understand what goes into making a digital resource
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+*  Methods:
+*    Use a key
+*     * Dichotomous and hierarchical -- leads you through a set of choices between two options
+*    Google/reference book
+*     Ask an expert
+Day 2
+== List of Plants ==
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+=== [[Plant 2|Plant 2]] ===
+== References ==
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