Last Spring, I had my ichthyology lab students expand a Wikipedia stub on a fish of their choosing (but had to be approved by me) through the Wikipedia Education program. Here's a short blurb on one student if this is something you might consider doing in your classes. wikiedu.org/blog/2024/08...
For as long as he can remember, fish and the lakes and streams they live in have been a passion for Tim Franke. As a student at Western Colorado University, Franke brought his deep, lifelong intere…
I have had students do this assignment in various classes the past four years, and students really seem to enjoy it. I figure, if I'm going to make them write something, it may as well be something that's seen by more eyes than my own, and maybe do some good educating the general public.