Core Competency Self-Assessment

Critical and Reflective Thinking

A dichotomous key with the buttons on it.
A dichotomous key with a legend for five buttons.

I can analyze evidence to make judgments.

While participating in this activity, I had to carefully and closely observe each and every button. Once I made a judgment, and came to a conclusion on them, I constructed a scientific tool used to determine organisms; a dichotomous key. I gained quick decision making skills, as well as had to use creativity to come up with differing names, which still described the physical characteristics of the buttons. If I did this activity again, I would make each main section extra clear, and come up with more distinct names.