Learning Through Leaf Packs: How to Use a Dichotomous Key (Lesson 3 of 8)
by susan brown
This is an 8-lesson unit that is designed to be used together to learn about the health and diversity of your local watershed by placing leaf packs into a water source (natural or man-made ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers) and attracting macroinvertebrates. This is lesson 3 of 8. Links to other lessons and resources are included. In this lesson, students determine a mystery organism, learn how to identify organisms, and how to use a dichotomous key.
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