Biodiversity Skillbuilder 5: ID Using a Dichotomous Key (grades 2-5)

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Subject Science — Life Science

Grade Level Grades 3-5

Resource Type Activity

Attributes

Good for Parents

Standards Alignment

Next Generation Science Standards

License

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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.

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2-5_ScienceSkills_BioblitzSkillbuilder5.pdf

Activity

February 13, 2020

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Standards

3-LS3-1

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.

4-LS1-1

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.