Testing

The Plant Pressing Team is testing three different methods of pressing plants to display in the Herbarium. In order to determine which solution will benefit the Sandy Hook Interactive Herbarium the most, each possible solution as been evaluated based on a set of specific criteria. The Plant Pressing Methods are tested concerning Usability, Aesthetics, Maneuverability, Accuracy, Accessibility whether or not it is Informative.

Based on this criteria, Alternative Solution Two seems to be the best method of pressing plants for the Herbarium. Alternative Solution 2 concerned adding features from two or more specimen and displaying them in the same Riker Box. This solution is the most informative and accurate because it will be the most similar to a viewer's perspective of the plant in the wild.
This solution will satisfy our need of displaying plants in an accessible, good looking and accurate way. It will increase the level of detail and specificity of the specimen in the boxes. The only unfortunate aspect of this solution is that it may be more time consuming in the Pressing Process. However, Alternate Solution 2 will not be more complicated, require more expertise, or consume a significant amount of resources beyond what would be required for our current method.