Classification keys resources

Using illustrations from five different beech trees and a key, students are asked to identify which type of beech tree each leaf comes from.

Students use a chart that identifies some birds' eggs to answer short response questions.

Students use a quadrilateral key to answer questions about attributes of quadrilaterals.

Students are given some information about four gases. They use this information and a key to identify the four gases.

Students use information on the properties of five different drinks in order to place them correctly into a key.

Task: Use a key to identify six different metals from the descriptions provided. Assessment focus: using a key to identify metals.

Task: Students classify each of six drawn whales as either toothed or baleen whales. They then divide each group further by using a key. Assessment focus: Interpreting information.

Task: use a key to identify a fish, then complete a key to identify shellfish. Assessment focus: classification keys.

Task: Students use observation and a key to identify native plants. Assessment focus: Using a classification key.

Students use a key to classify and describe a number of the illustrated insects and spiders.

Task: use a key to identify which major group 4 plants belong to. Assessment focus: using a key to classify plants.

Task: Answer questions about a key for metals: Assessment focus: recognising the purpose of a specific key.

For this NEMP task students use a key to name five small animals. They answer a question about the gas animals need to survive.

Task: identify micro-organisms. Assessment focus: using an identification key