Dichotomous Keys
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!
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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!
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Task Card: Dichotomous Keys
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
Seat Work for Younger Students - cartilaginous fishes only
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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Great for practice and application
Recommended for: Middle School Life ScienceGizmo User from Virginia
My 6th grade students felt much more confident about Dichotomous Keys after this Gizmo
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My students enjoyed the practice -- Activity B was great!
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