P5A have been learning about the use of Classification Keys to sort and identify living and non-living things. To really check we understood how to use them we had to design one for sorting Dolly Mixtures sweeties…all in the name of Science, of course!
First we had to decide what characteristics the sweets could be sorted by and then we had to create questions which gave a yes/no answer. Here are some of our finished keys.
Some of the ‘subjects’ of our testing may have ‘disappeared’ by the time this photo was taken…
This Scientist began by asking about the shape of the sweet.
This Scientist began by asking what the sweet was made of.
This Scientist asked about colours before anything else…and decorated their key like sweets too.
Another Scientist who began with colour then went on to shape and material.
This Scientist was curious about whether the sweet had layers.
This Scientist began by asking what the sweet was made of.
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