Hammock 1
I. Gigapan
This lesson uses Rocky Point Hammock (now named Maggy's Hammock Park) as its core. Let's go there and explore the Gigapan showing the hammock looking in from the parking lot. The snapshots have narrated slideshows. If necessary, review the lesson on how to navigate a Gigapan. Zoom in, pan around, explore the snapshots with their recorded slideshows. Click: Rocky Point Hammock 1
II. Snapshot Information and Images
Go to the menu bar and click on Lesson 8 to get the fly-out menu entitled "Hammock 1 Snapshot Information and Images" for the words and images contained in the Gigapan snapshots.
III. Reference Photos
Go to the menu bar above and click on Lesson 8 to get the fly-out menu entitled "Hammock 1 Reference Photos" for a set of photos to help you identify what you find in a hammock.
IV. Field Trip
Go explore a hammock habitat. A list of suggested sites is found on the tab in the menu bar after Lesson 16. Take pictures of ten plants you identify.
A total of ten species photos to cover both hammock lessons is adequate. Remember: put the photos in a Word doc and send it to us. Please do not send photos as separate e-mail attachments.
I. Gigapan
This lesson uses Rocky Point Hammock (now named Maggy's Hammock Park) as its core. Let's go there and explore the Gigapan showing the hammock looking in from the parking lot. The snapshots have narrated slideshows. If necessary, review the lesson on how to navigate a Gigapan. Zoom in, pan around, explore the snapshots with their recorded slideshows. Click: Rocky Point Hammock 1
II. Snapshot Information and Images
Go to the menu bar and click on Lesson 8 to get the fly-out menu entitled "Hammock 1 Snapshot Information and Images" for the words and images contained in the Gigapan snapshots.
III. Reference Photos
Go to the menu bar above and click on Lesson 8 to get the fly-out menu entitled "Hammock 1 Reference Photos" for a set of photos to help you identify what you find in a hammock.
IV. Field Trip
Go explore a hammock habitat. A list of suggested sites is found on the tab in the menu bar after Lesson 16. Take pictures of ten plants you identify.
A total of ten species photos to cover both hammock lessons is adequate. Remember: put the photos in a Word doc and send it to us. Please do not send photos as separate e-mail attachments.
V. Practice
1. Name the shrub with dull green opposite leaves that has a stipule, and has red berries that will become darker.
2. Name the tree with compound leaves and peeling bark.
3. Name the vine with heart-shaped leaves, toothed leaf margins, and tendrils.
4. Name the citrus tree whose leaves smell when crushed. It has a thorny stalk and the middle of the compound leaf is winged.
5. Name a beach shrub with glossy black berries and white half-flowers.
6. How do you distinguish White Stopper from Spanish Stopper?
7. Name the vine-shrub with opposite leaves and white berries that has a stipule.
8. Name a hammock tree with glossy alternate compound leaves. It has leaflets that are smooth-margined and uniform. It has tiny flowers in large clusters.
9. Name a beach dune shrub-vine with prickly stems and prickly pod.
10. Name two parasitic plant species from scrub. Which one has thorns?
VI. Quiz
Quiz 8
1. Name the shrub with dull green opposite leaves that has a stipule, and has red berries that will become darker.
2. Name the tree with compound leaves and peeling bark.
3. Name the vine with heart-shaped leaves, toothed leaf margins, and tendrils.
4. Name the citrus tree whose leaves smell when crushed. It has a thorny stalk and the middle of the compound leaf is winged.
5. Name a beach shrub with glossy black berries and white half-flowers.
6. How do you distinguish White Stopper from Spanish Stopper?
7. Name the vine-shrub with opposite leaves and white berries that has a stipule.
8. Name a hammock tree with glossy alternate compound leaves. It has leaflets that are smooth-margined and uniform. It has tiny flowers in large clusters.
9. Name a beach dune shrub-vine with prickly stems and prickly pod.
10. Name two parasitic plant species from scrub. Which one has thorns?
VI. Quiz
Quiz 8