Classifying Plants & Animals
Learning Outcomes1. Justify groupings of selected animals (or information/photo cards of animals) by identifying the sorting criteria.
2. Use print and electronic resources to identify the criteria used for biological classification of selected animals. 3. Construct and demonstrate a simple classification key to identify a selected group of organisms. 4. Determine the relationship between physical characteristics of organisms and the structure of a classification key. 5. Use a simple classification key to identify a specific organism. ActivitiesFlocabulary
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VocabularyGenus
Family Order Class Phylum Kingdom Cell Wall Vacuole Chloroplast Photosynthesis Autotroph Heterotroph Species Domain |
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State Standards
GLE 0807.5.1 Identify various criteria used to classify organisms into groups.
SPI 0807.5.1 Use a simple classification key to identify an unknown organism.
SPI 0807.5.1 Use a simple classification key to identify an unknown organism.