Assignment+Explanation

**Assignment Overview**
The lab of May 2, 2011 is a plant scavenger hunt, where you are responsible for finding and writing about 2-5 different plants that you found on or around the UW-Manitowoc campus. Instead of writing one big long report, you are going to create a "wiki", which is a community website in which anyone can contribute and edit content. This format makes it very easy to collaborate, and is very easy to learn how to use. The page should serve as a virtual "tour" of the plants you found--after viewing your page, readers should understand the important aspects of the plant, including what group it is in (bryophyte, seedless vascular plant, gymnosperm, angiosperm), its scientific name, its reproductive strategies, its natural habitat/location, and at least five interesting facts about the plant that you want to include. You will accomplish this through the use of text descriptions written by the group, as well as added photos and/or links. I will provide an example wiki for you.

1. Each group must do two plants, minimum. You may find up to four plants. This lab will be worth 20 points, with up to 5 extra points for each plant beyond the minimum of two. The grade and extra credit will be based on quality of the wiki, so it will be better to do two plants well, than four plants poorly.
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2. You must include the following information about your plants:
 * What major group it is in
 * Scientific name and family (to the best of your abilities....see me if you are having problems identifying the plants)
 * Description of the plant, including morphology and reproductive strategies
 * Interesting information

3. You must cite all references

4. Everyone should edit their page. I can see the history, so credit will be given where it is due!

5. You may include fungi (mushrooms) in your Wiki, however, no more than 50% of your entries should be fungi. You may not include animals in this wiki.