Content Standard: A. Classifying
Life Forms 1. Compare systems of
classifying organisms including systems used by
scientists. Students understand, design, and
incorporate different classification systems. Students will construct and use a
dichotomous key to classify organisms. Students will use a microscope to
observe, label, and draw various monera, protist, fungi, and
plant Students will name the seven levels of
classification, and describe in words and diagrams (i.e.
classification pyramid) which level is the most broad and
which level is the most specific. Students will name the five
kingdoms, decipher the distinguishing characteristics of
each kingdom, and assign organisms to kingdoms based on
these characteristics Kingdom 2. Decipher the systems for assigning
a scientific name to every living thing. Students understand relatedness of
organisms based on internal and external
structures. Students understand groups are
mutually exclusive. Students will read A scientific way to
name Students will create fictitious
organisms and name the organisms based on its
characteristics. Carolus Linneaus 3. Describe some structural and
behavioral adaptations that allow organisms to survive in a
changing environment. Students can identify an organism's
structural and behavioral characteristics and how they
relate to the environment. Students will pick and research an
organism. A comparison essay of the organism's structural
and behavioral adaptations will be made to the organism's
environment. Ex: What allowed the woolly mammoth to exist in
the Ice Age? Why did the mammoth become extinct? Student identify what adaptations
allow organisms to survive in various
environments. Students will be assessed on the
performance research essay. adaptation
Students will understand that there are similarities within the
diversity of all living things.
Common Assessment(s): MAP
Task: Organizing Life
Students will be able to:
Specific grade level learning
objectives)
Classroom Assessments
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species
subgroups
taxonomy
extinction