Find the Flora!

In Environmental Biology Lab, Professor Jocson created for his class a Campus Scavenger Hunt. Professor Jocson, gave our team of five, Franklin, Dillon, Jerry, Zenilda and myself, Anita a set of six coordinates and one Etrex 20 Handheld Global Positioning System(GPS) unit.

With this assignment, it allowed our fellow classmates to come together to work, have fun and learn about Guam's rich diverse flora. We had to anticipate and be wary of the weather which was windy and rainy and the terrain of the field as it was muddy and slippery. 

We were the first team to complete and we also helped other teams to locate their plants as we had ample time. Although we didn’t use the campus map to maneuver it helped with our comments when we had to name the buildings where we located the plants.  We were able to incorporate technology and our natural human ability to navigate throughout the campus. 

Overall, this exercise was not only fun and adventurous, it took us out from the comfort of the classroom.  It also gave us great incite on the foliage found on our campus and were amazed of the many different types. It also made each of us form a close knit friendship as we are all diverse in age and culture.