Playing Taxonomist. . .

. . .for a day the past 2 weeks,  as a concluding activity for our Science Unit 1 lessons, we played "taxonomist". . .

Simple plant and animal identification based on the key-- the simplest being a dichotomous key.

..we practiced identifying with available fruits. . .writing a key for our ref magnet collections and flowers. . .

"Is the outside of the fruit reddish in color. . . is it firm to the touch. . .is it round or almost round. . ."

" Is the flower yellow or yellowish in color. . .does the leaf have parallel or netted veins. . ."


It is fun to make a key to almost anything you can think of . . .

Simple animal key:

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 . . . and a simple candy dichotomous key :)  fun!

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