Classify that!
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A lesson plan for Grades 9–12 Biology
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- Appropriate grades
- 9–12
- Subjects
- science (biology and life science)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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In this lesson from Science NetLinks, students will get acquainted with diverse forms of life by using modern biological classification systems to group animals that are related. Students will learn about basic scientific groupings like genus, species, mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. One of the websites featured in this lesson allows them to pair different vertebrate animals and learn more about their common traits. By doing this, students will begin to classify organisms in a more sophisticated way.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grades 9–12 — Biology
- Goal 4: The learner will develop an understanding of the unity and diversity of life.
- Objective 4.01: Analyze the classification of organisms according to their evolutionary relationships.
- The historical development and changing nature of classification systems.
- Similarities and differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms.
- Similarities and differences among the eukaryotic kingdoms: Protists, Fungi, Plants, Animals.
- Classify organisms using keys.
- Objective 4.01: Analyze the classification of organisms according to their evolutionary relationships.
