Project

=Dichotomous Key Project=

This is your chance to use what you've learned and to create your own dichotomous key!

Here is what you will need to do:
 * Use a word processor (Word, Google Docs) to create a key
 * Choose the number of objects you want to include
 * 5 objects is to be considered a minimum (low C at best)
 * 10 objects is to be considered standard (mid B at best)
 * 15+ objects is to be considered advanced (A at best, although excellent and thorough work could earn extra-credit)
 * Import pictures of objects into your key
 * these objects can be living or non-living things
 * the pictures can be ones that you take, or they can be ones that you find online ([|Flickr] is a good source)
 * if it is not your picture, make sure it is one that you can use - check [|CreativeCommons] and [|Wikipedia] for ideas about this topic
 * Create a dichotomous key based on the physical characteristics of your objects
 * do your statements make sense?
 * could someone use your key and come up with a different answer for some of the objects?
 * do you only have two statements for each step?
 * do you have the correct number of steps (one fewer than the number of objects)?
 * are your statements clear and easy to understand?
 * are your pictures clear enough and detailed enough to be able to use your statements (or are some of them "hard to tell")?
 * do you start by dividing your objects into two roughly equal groups?
 * Submit your key
 * email your key to me (mdcaroth@lex5.k12.sc.us)