Dichotomous Key Maker

Quickly and Accurately Identify Species

Visually organize large amounts of information to quickly identify, categorize, and analyze organisms.

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Customizable dichotomous key templates
Real-time visual collaboration
PNG, SVG, and PDF export

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How to Make a Dichotomous Key Diagram?

VISUALIZE

Draw Complex Dichotomous Keys in Minutes

Multiple dichotomous key templates to quickly visualize and organize information.
Powerful and customizable table to effortlessly create list-styled dichotomous keys.
Simple to use drag and drop tools to quickly generate complex dichotomous keys.
Automatic drawing with Plus Create to create branching flowcharts instantly.
Freehand drawing and highlights to sketch anything you want and analyze organisms.

CONNECT & ORGANIZE

Centralize All Information

Import images, vectors, and more to create informative dichotomous key diagrams.
Add docs, attachments, and more to capture details on each organism’s evolution.
Infinite canvas to gather research data and to visually arrange them.

COLLABORATE

Analyze Dichotomous Keys Together

Real-time cursors for students, teachers, or researchers to work on a shared canvas.
Comment with context, have discussions and follow-ups on the same canvas. Async!
Multiple access and role levels to share, review and edit.

EXTEND

Build Interactive Dichotomous Key Diagrams

Custom properties and additional data fields to add information about organisms.
Use frames to generate page-like layouts to organize data, or build presentations.
Export as SVGs, PDFs, and PNGs to publish, present, print, and share.
Embed in any site or share them with anyone via an email or link invite to collaborate.

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A dichotomous key maker is a tool designed to help you create classification systems that identify and categorize objects—such as people, animals, plants, or bacteria—based on their characteristics. It simplifies the process of identifying unknown organisms by guiding users through a series of binary choices. Widely used in biology and other fields, a dichotomous key maker is perfect for educators, researchers, and students looking to streamline classification tasks and enhance learning.

How Can You Collaborate Around a Dichotomous Key in a Classroom Setting?

Dichotomous keys are used to identify objects or organisms based on a series of choices between two characteristics. It can help students to develop critical thinking, problem-solving abilities and also help them to gain a deeper understanding on a subject area. Below are some ways how a dichotomous key can be used in a classroom setting.

To teach students on how to identify different species of plants and animals in Biology.
To teach students about the classification of living things and how a dichotomous key is used to identify different taxonomic groups, such as phyla, classes, and orders.
As a problem-solving tool to help students identify an unknown substance or object based on its physical characteristics.
Help students classify different types of writing genres, such as poetry, fiction, and non-fiction in language arts.
Help students identify different types of landforms, such as mountains, valleys, and plateaus.

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How to Create a Dichotomous Key in Your Classroom?

Launch Creately and set up workspaces

Sign in and create a workspace for each student group. Assign editing permissions so everyone can collaborate on the dichotomous key.

Research and orgnaize organism data in Creately

Within each workspace, have groups use Creately’s tables and notes panel to record traits, habitats, and distinguishing features of their assigned organisms, keeping all information organized and accessible.

Organize and categorize specimens

Start with general characteristics to divide specimens, then use contrasting traits to further split them until all organisms are uniquely classified.

Build the dichotomous key

Use Creately’s drag-and-drop interface to create the key with contrasting statements. Add images, attachments, and notes directly onto the canvas.

Review, test, and present

Share the workspace for peer feedback using comments, test the key for accuracy, and present the final dichotomous keys with Creately’s presentation frames.

Create Your Dichotomous Key Online with Editable Templates

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FAQs About the Dichotomous Key Maker

What is a dichotomous key maker?

A dichotomous key maker is an online tool that makes the process of creating a dichotomous key diagram easier. A dichotomous key maker comes with intuitive drag-and-drop tools, dynamic connectors, pre-made templates that you can quickly customize, and real-time collaboration features to work together with peers. It also makes it easy for you to share and embed your diagram across multiple platforms.

How to use Creately’s dichotomous key maker?

Creately’s dichotomous key maker is intuitive and easy to use. You can get a head start on creating your dichotomous key diagram with a premade template or create one from scratch with its extensive shape library. You can import or drag and drop images from your own device to further customize your dichotomous key, and capture additional details on species with shape data and integrated notes.

How to use the dichotomous key maker with your team?

Start by adding the team members you wish to collaborate with to the workspace containing your dichotomous key. Add them either as editors or viewers depending on how you want to work with them; editors can make changes to the workspace whereas view access will only allow others to review and share comments. You can interact with your remote peers via in-app integrations while monitoring the changes they make with live mouse tracking and synced previews.