Kōkiri Lab
Kōkiri Lab

Biodiversity & Discovery · Week 4 of 9

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Today's goal

Organise evidence about organisms into groups and build a yes/no key.

By the end

Another group can use the key.

What we'll do (60 minutes)

  1. Sort specimens by features you can see10 min
  2. Compare two groups' sorting systems: which is more useful, and why?10 min
  3. Build a yes/no key25 min
  4. Test your key on another group's specimen10 min
  5. Exit: what made a key question useful?5 min

Need a hand?

Start from the two-question key starter.

Want a challenge?

Key that works for 10 or more specimens.

Try this week

AI this week

Kōkako, your AI mentor: Asks you one question at a time, such as “What evidence supports that?”. It never tells you the answer or whether you are right. You: Write the finding in your own words, including how sure you are.

Student worksheets for Biodiversity & Discovery (Word)