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Biodiversity Skillbuilder 5: ID Using a Dichotomous Key (Grades 6-8)

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Subject ScienceLife Science
Grade Level Grades 6-8
Resource Type Activity
Attributes
Standards Alignment
Next Generation Science Standards

About This Lesson

Students make observations of animals and use a dichotomous key, a common field identification tool, to classify and identify animals based on physical characteristics. Students then design their own dichotomous keys for various objects. This lesson is great for preparing students for BioBlitz or species inventory activities. 

Other lessons in this unit:

  • Skillbuilder 1:  Meet a Creature
  • Skillbuilder 2:  ID That Bird! 
  • Skillbuilder 3:  How Diverse is Biodiversity?
  • Skillbuilder 4:  Modeling Classification

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Resources

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6-8_ScienceSkills_BioblitzSkillbuilder5.pdf

Activity
February 13, 2020
236.8 KB

Standards

Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.

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