Learner Thinking - Inquiry Questions
What is a dichotomous key?
What are the two ways in which they can be presented?
How are animals and plants grouped? (E.g. Kingdom, phylum, class etc.)
What are the the main classes of animals and plants?
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Build a dichotomus key using everyday items (20 different buttons or 20 different shoes) and screen shot it!
Performance Thinking - YOUR ISLAND TASK:
Create 2 dichotomus keys, one for the animals and one for the plants on your island.
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In this YouTube video, the Amoeba Sisters discover how to use dichotomous keys.
In this YouTube video, school teacher David Armstrong takes you step-by-step through how to create a dichotomous key using Microsoft Word. It's well-paced and easy to follow - highly recommend you watch it to learn some handy skills.
In this YouTube, school teacher Laura Stegmann takes you through how to create another type of dichotomous key. She uses pen and paper to create her key, you could use text boxes and lines on a Microsoft Word document to do the same.
Email Library staff for the login information, make sure that you include your name and a clear explanation of what you are asking for: Miss Phillips Mrs Lim Ms Lane. Once you have the login details, follow the link below to the Online Reference Generator and create Harvard-style citations for all of your resources/references.
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