Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Dichotomous Keys

Students completed creating dichotomous keys, according to the instructions on the hand-out, which can be found on the bottom section of this web page:
http://www.middletownhs.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=41979&type=u&rn=1361228
An example of a dichotomous key can be found on the following web page:
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/watercritter/key.htm
For another lesson on dichotomous keys, please see my previous post dated 01/20/07.
There is another lesson on dichotomous keys on this web site:
http://www.nsta.org/publications/interactive/galapagos/activities/classification.html
Here is another lesson on dichotomous keys:
http://www.lamer.lsu.edu/classroom/halfshell/pdf/dicot2all.pdf
This is a great link for identifying indian arrowheads - it uses a dichotomous key classification system:
http://www.oplin.org/point/index.html
This link has a very good picture example, created by students, of a dichotomous key of candy.
http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/Candy_Dichotomous_Key.jpg/32318145/Candy_Dichotomous_Key.jpg

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