In this activity, students collect, press, mount and label ferns to develop a traditional herbarium. You may wish to do the activity ‘Alternative fern collections’ concurrently.
By the end of this activity, students should be able to:
- understand the processes used for collecting, pressing, drying and mounting fern fronds
- know what information to include on an identification label
- understand why the documentation is important.
Download the Word file (see link below) for:
- introduction/background notes
- instructions on what you need and what to do
- student instructions for creating a fern herbarium
- extension ideas.
