Biology Corner
The Biology Corner: Dichotomous Key
Here's a great dichotomous key for beginners. Use gremlin-like creatures to learn how to use more taxonomic keys.
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Serc: Investigating Trees: Using a Dichotomous Key to Identify Local Tree Types
Using their own classification methods students will identify the types of trees found around their school and neighborhoods. Students will then present their classification methods to the class. Later students will use dichotomous tree...
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Serc: Creation of Dichotomous Keys From a Bio Blitz
An outdoor lab where students investigate the environment and decide a method of survey to identify trees in their area. To finish the exercise they will create a dichotomous key of the ten they identified.
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O. Henry Middle School: Texas Native Plant Dichotomous Key [Pdf]
A key for classifying Texas native plants. Observe the characteristics of a plant and make choices as you work through the key to find out its binomial name.
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Serc: Introduction to Dichotomous Keys
This lesson plan serves as an introduction to the classification of plants and animals or trees. Students will investigate how to classify objects based on their similarities and differences. They will use technical writing to explain...
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Serc: Using and Creating a Dichotomous Key
Students will investigate classification through a sorting activity and discus real-life evidence of classifying objects.
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Serc: A Student Produced Field Guide to Neighborhood Trees
During this project, students will be working cooperatively to create a field guide of trees in the neighborhood near the school. Students will make observations of trees near the school. They will then learn about tree anatomy and...
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Serc: Identifying Macroinvertebrates to Determine Health of Aquatic Ecosystem
In this hands on activity students will learn how to identify basic macroinvertebrate using a dichotomous key. They will complete a chart used by the MPCA and we will discuss why an ecosystem may not be healthy or not.
SRI International
Performance Assessment Links in Science: Identifying Creatures
Students use a 10 step dichotomous key to identify three mythical animals of their choice. The pictures of the animals and the key are both provided.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Dichotomous Tree Key
Identify a tree using this interactive identification tool.
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Amateur Entomologists' Society: Bug Identification
This resource allows users to complete bug identification.
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Serc: Investigating Plant Life in Our Nature Center
In this Nature Center activity, students will apply knowledge from our classifying living things unit. They will compare what they already know about leaves to actual leaf samples. After collecting 5 leaves and keeping them in a journal,...
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Aes: Bug Identification
This interactive resource can be used to identify the order of an insect.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Plants
Enchanted Learning provides information an illustrated plant dictionary as well as printouts, flower anatomy, and plant-related crafts.
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Serc: Identifying Plant Family Characteristics
Students make observations of similarities and differences between three types of garden plants to determine why they are grouped together in one plant family.
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Serc: Mn Step: Minn Aqua Minnesota Fish Identification
Describes a activity in which students sort fish cards into groups based on the characteristics of the fish. The MinnAqua resources referred to can now be found at...
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