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Hi All,
I'd love to hear teaching ideas from those of you who teach classification in life science. I teach in Georgia and below is how our standards are written. We have struggled as a team to develop meaningful sequencing that focuses less on memorizing bits and pieces of information and more on conceptual understanding. We have also struggled to decide how much time to dedicate to this topic. For example, do we do a broad overview of the six kingdoms or do we do mini-units for each kingdom? Thanks for your ideas and help!
Anna Bahnson
7th Grade Life Science
Georgia's standard for classification/diversity of life:
S7L1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to investigate the diversity of living organisms and how they can be compared scientifically.
A.Develop and defend a model that categorizes organisms based on common characteristics.
B. Evaluate historical models of how organisms were classified based on physical characteristics and how that led to the six kingdom system (currently archaea, bacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals).
(Clarification statement: This includes common examples and characteristics such as, but not limited to, prokaryotic, eukaryotic, unicellular, multicellular, asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, autotroph, heterotroph, and unique cell structures. Modern classification will be addressed in high school.)
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