The students are familiarizing themselves with certain vocab pertaining to what we are doing. We are mainly working in genus and species. Then they have to use "Id by leaf" and use the samples around the room to identify. We are finding out that we may "know" what a specific tree is, we don't really "know" it. It's a fun activity and it will be leading up to the students making their own dichotomous key and our insect collection!
So far we have identified, Maple, Live Oak, Crape Myrtle, Mesquite, Juniper, and Magnolia. Lots and lots of fun, and hopefully minimal sneezes......