Dichotomous Keys

Virtual Dichotomous Key Activity• http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Education/ConservationCentral/walk/walk4.html

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Directions: After visiting the “Virtual Dichotomous Key Activity” website (previous slide), document the names of each tree. Be sure to look at the previous slide to see what number corresponds to which tree on the website. Your answers can be written on the back of your “Insect Worksheet” in the blank space or on a blank sheet of paper.

Identification of insectsOnline Dichotomous Key Activity

• http://www.insectidentification.org/arachnid-key.asp

Directions: Go to the “Identification of Insects online Dichotomous Key” website (previous slide) in order to identify all 6 insects found on your insect worksheet. Write the common name on the line next to the number & fill in the corresponding Taxonomy table on the back of the worksheet. Hint: once you find the image of the insect on the website, click on the name to access the taxonomy.

Homework: My Dichotomous Key

• Read the “Using a Dichotomous Key” hand out.• Create a dichotomous key that identifies YOU

from the rest of the Sun Ridge Middle school population.

You may create your dichotomous key on theback of the “Using a Dichotomous Key”

handout OR on a separate sheet of paper.

Salamander Activity Data Table

Taxonomy: Homo sapien