Unit 11: Classification
Essential Question 1: How and why are organisms grouped?
Essential Question 2: Why have classification systems changed over time?
Homework
- Classification Key Vocabulary and Assignment Sheet in PDF
- The Howler Monkey's Tale Questions
- Read the Howler Monkey chapter as a PDF
The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. `Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?' he asked. `Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, `and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'
--Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
Class Notes in pdf
- Classification Notes - download pdf
- Comparing the Three Domains Notes - download
Study Guides: One page to Rule them all
Labs . Diagrams . Other Stuff
- Lab:: The Tree of Life - download
Questions of the week: Extra Work
Here is a QOW from the Old School. I think I was about 10 years old when I made this one.
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES
Initial Understanding:
- Understand the use of binomial nomenclature in organizing living things.
Developing an Interpretation:
- Explain how and why the classification system has changed and will continue to change.
- Describe how advancements in technology have improved and altered the classification of organism.
Making Connections:
- Relate the necessity for classification in students’ lives to the necessity of classifying organisms.
Taking a Critical Stance:
- Create a phylogenetic key based on the evidence used for classification in biology.
- Given several characteristics of a particular organism appropriately place it in the proper taxa.