Woodpeckers Science – Dichotomous Keys.

Today, Woodpeckers have spent the afternoon creating dichotomous keys, using liquorice allsorts, for their new science topic: Living Things and their Habitats.

To begin with, we discussed what a dichotomous key is and if we had ever seen or used one before. Then, we looked at some examples that classified fruit, sweets and animals. As a class, we had a go at making a dichotomous key together, using random objects we had picked up from around the room. Finally, we set off in our groups to make our own keys using liquorice allsorts.