LEAF COLLECTION PROJECT (130 POINTS)
Assigned: September 12, 2008
Due Date: September 29, 2008
(All collections are due by 3:30 p.m. on 9/29/08. Please be sure to have yours in on time. You may turn them in early.)
1. Collect a leaf from 10 different trees (No conifers. Examples: pine, cypress, spruce, hemlock. Only broad leaf trees!) Be sure it will fit on the size paper you will be using. I prefer you just pick one up off of the ground. Do Not pick ones that are dried out or your pressed leaves will not work, they will crumble!
2. Write down the location of the tree (Example: Ag Center in Jackson, TN) and take a picture of the tree. (You will probably need to have something in the picture to help you remember which tree is in the picture. Example: a blue ball, a hat, a purse, you holding a sign…)
3. Put the leaf between two paper towels and then in between pages of big books to help them dry flat (if you have a leaf press you may use it).
4. You will need to give both the common name and scientific names of the tree. I will have several books in the classroom that you may use. Also, the internet is a great source for this information. They are already labeled at the Ag Center or go to a garden center that sells trees.)
5. You will need to describe the leaf margin, venation, and arrangement for each specimen in your collection. We will learn about these as we go through the chapter.
6. Set up for Leaf Collection Notebook: Be sure to be neat, accurate, follow directions, and creative in your notebook!
Page #1 Title Page
Leaf Collection
The following information must be in the lower right hand corner of the title page!
Your name
Sept. 29, 2008
Your class period
Jackson Christian School
Page #2 Table of Contents
List each leaf by common name and give the page number
Pages #3-12 (only one tree per page)
Attach your pressed leaf
Attach the photograph of the tree (you may use regular, Polaroid, or digital cameras…do not use a picture from a book or off the internet…I want the actual tree you used)
On an index card (you may use those you brought to school) include the following information in this order:
Common Name
Scientific Name
Location of Tree
Date leaf was collected
Leaf margin
Leaf venation
Leaf arrangement
7. Grading Criteria:
Page #1 10 points Following directions, neatness, and creative design
Page #2 10 points Following directions, neatness, and creative design
Pages #3-12 12 points each
Pressed leaf – 2 points Date leaf was collected – 1 point
Photograph – 1 point Leaf margin – 1 point
Common name – 1 point Leaf arrangement – 1 point
Scientific name – 1 point Leaf venation – 1 point
Following directions, accurate, and creative design – 2 points