Organismic Scavenger Hunt

 

Timothy Suhr & Beth A. Whitaker

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2013, Volume 34

Abstract

“Study Nature not Books” L. Agassiz. This may be a bit simplistic. Books, lab rooms, and preserved specimens obviously have their place, but they need supplementing with the `real thing´. There are topics that just don’t come across as well when looking at a 20-year-old frog in formalin, such as behavior, locomotion, ecology, or food webs. For many of these topics, biology students are much more engaged when the learning comes first hand, in the field, with living organisms. This mini activity is flexible and can be completed by any size class, ranging from introductory to upper level.

Keywords:  field studies, dichotomous key, organism

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2012)