MAKING A KEY

Name              : ______________________                    Day, date        : ______________________

Class                : ______________________                   Location         : ______________________

What do you need?

  • Pen, practicum worksheet, some specimens of plants

What do you have to do?

  • Look for 10 plants around the school environment!
  • Pick 10 plants from leaves to stems or branches!
  • Name it with specimens 1 to specimen 10!
  • Give a special feature to each specimen, where the feature is not found in other specimens! (fill in the table below!)
  Special characteristic
Specimen 1  
Specimen 2  
Specimen 3  
Specimen 4  
Specimen 5  
Specimen 6  
Specimen 7  
Specimen 8  
Specimen 9  
Specimen 10  
  • by looking at the table, make a branching key of 10 specimens by continuing the following scheme!