Friday July 25th-Classification

Key Question of the Day: Mommy or Daddy, What's That?
A1.) Shoe Activity with yarn for classification

A. Intro to Classification http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_animalclass/ You are familiar with this. However, those are all animals. Beyond animals, organisms are classified.

1.) Classification of Life Webquest: http://sciencespot.net/Media/classlifewkst.pdf
Follow directions on the sheet.

2.) Find Two Organisms from each Kingdom. Create a card for the organism. On the front draw a picture and write the scientific name of the organism. On the back write the following information: Average life expectancy, How it impacts human life, and Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family Genus Species.

3.) Create a tree of life with organism cards from cups of cards in the room.

4.) Classification of Life Video (Biologically Speaking Classification of Life

5.) Mating Game online: Where students read the roles of the different animals.

6.) Notes Graphic Organizer Six Kingdom Graphic Organizer
Kingdom: Role on Earth: When First Evolved: Role it plays on earth: Basic Unit of its life: Examples