Keys (Classification)

This interactive dichotomous key looks at the classification of invertebrates.

The resource is from CSIRO entomology. It is simple to use and enables users to work towards the identification of insects according to their observable features.

Once a particular invertebrate has been chosen, it includes information about their life characteristics, feeding, habitat, and life cycle.

The site also provides links to information about studying invertebrates as well as collecting and preserving them.

This unit of work looks at the differences between living things and non-living things.

It is designed to help teachers teach their students learn how to distinguish living things from non-living things, and group them according to their observable features.

Students can then use this knowledge to investigate the animal groups in the leaf litter of their own school grounds.