Grading Plant Collections

Overall Requirements: No less than 35 species in collection; you may have up to 5 extra in collection No less than 23 families in collection

First Installment:

Requirements: No less than 5 species in collection;  No less than 4 families in collection, with field book, labels for each specimen and summary sheet

Grading of this installment of the plant collection is intended to help you make a better grade on the second installment. This will also help reduce the time spent on the collection at the end of the semester.

Grading Structure:

20 points total possible

Late	-5 pts. per day

Late Collection -5 pts.  per day late starting at 3/06/08, 5:00 p.m.

Second Installment:

Requirements: No less than 30 species in collection;  you may have up to 5 extra in collection No less than 19 families in collection all the material from the 1st installment

Grading Structure:

100 points total possible

Late	-10% per day
Wrong genus	-1.0 pt. each
Wrong family	-0.25 pt. each
Wrong specific epithet	-0.25 pt. each
Bad ties	-3.0 pt. total
Bad pressing, paper	-3.0 pt. total
Double paper	-3.0 pt. total
Wrong or no authorities	-3.0 pt. total
No summary sheet	-8.0 pt. total
No sci. names in notebook	-2.0 pt. total
Incomplete notebook	-5.0 pt. total
Fruit only	-1.5 pt. total
Vegetative only	-1.5 pt. total
Not in summary sheet order	-5.0 pt. total
No authority in notebook	-2.0 pt. total
No holes in notebook	-5.0 pt. total
Summary sheet w/o numbers	-2.0 pt. total
Fewer than 35 species	-2.0 pt. each
Fewer than 24 species	Fail
Fewer than 20 families	-2.0 pt. each
Fewer than 19 families	Fail

Do your labels on the computer in Word Perfect, include your disk with the collection.

Collections due April 24, 2008 at or before 4:59 pm in 103 A, Animal Industries Building.

Late Collection -10% per day late starting at 4/24/08, 5:00 p.m.
Unsatisfactory collections will result in an F for the course. Scores of less than 60% are considered unsatisfactory.