Taxonomy is the classification of living organisms
There are six ‘Kingdoms’ of Living Organisms: Plants
Animals
Bacteria
Fungi
Archaea
Protists
Scientific Names are used to give every species its own unique name. They are made up of the 'Genus' and 'Species' designation for the organism.
Carl Linnaeus developed our current method for naming species:
Kingdom->Phylum ->Class-> Order-> Family->Genus-> Species.
In class We were introduced to how we can use charts, called dichotomous keys, to help us classify and group similar organisms together.
ACTIVITY with handout in class: SILLY SCIENCE
Homework: FISH dichotomous key worksheet to determine the name of different species of fish.
Next class: We will review answers to the fish Dichotomous key worksheet. Students will begin to work on a Dichotomous Key Assignment (due date: Thursday October 16th).
The Ecology Unit test has been pushed back to Thursday October 16th.
There are six ‘Kingdoms’ of Living Organisms: Plants
Animals
Bacteria
Fungi
Archaea
Protists
Scientific Names are used to give every species its own unique name. They are made up of the 'Genus' and 'Species' designation for the organism.
Carl Linnaeus developed our current method for naming species:
Kingdom->Phylum ->Class-> Order-> Family->Genus-> Species.
In class We were introduced to how we can use charts, called dichotomous keys, to help us classify and group similar organisms together.
ACTIVITY with handout in class: SILLY SCIENCE
Homework: FISH dichotomous key worksheet to determine the name of different species of fish.
Next class: We will review answers to the fish Dichotomous key worksheet. Students will begin to work on a Dichotomous Key Assignment (due date: Thursday October 16th).
The Ecology Unit test has been pushed back to Thursday October 16th.