From Curiosity Cabinet to Museum Collection
Worksheet 2: Creating a database of your class specimen collection Use this table or write headers on the board. |
Specimen number | Common name of object | Kind of object(natural/artificial/scientific) | Biological kingdom or classification | Scientific name |
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Use your class database to calculate:
What percentage of specimens collected by the class are natural objects? ______
What percentage of specimens collected by the class are man-made objects? ______
What percentage of specimens collected by the class are scientific instruments? ______
What percentage of the natural objects are plants? ______
What was the most common object collected? ________________________________