Use dichotomous keys to identify and classify five types of organisms: California albatrosses, Canadian Rockies buttercups, Texas venomous snakes, Virginia evergreens, and Florida cartilagenous fishes. After you have classified every organism, try making your own dichotomous key!
Launch GizmoUse dichotomous keys to identify and classify five types of organisms: California albatrosses, Canadian Rockies buttercups, Texas venomous snakes, Virginia evergreens, and Florida cartilagenous fishes. After you have classified every organism, try making your own dichotomous key!
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This task card can be used for remote learning or in class as a small group or individual activity. In th... (more)is activity students will work through two dichotomous keys and analyze the types of statments used to identify organisms. This is an introduction to dichotomous keys.
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Biology, Middle School Life Science
The Dichotomous Key Gizmo is also a useful tool for helping younger students identify key characteristics... (more) of a similar group of organisms. (see: attached document) In addition, the pictures could be cut apart and used for creating classification trees on paper.
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3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade Science
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