Students, through demonstration and example, write and answer questions at different levels of Bloom's taxonomy.

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6th - 12th

Students explore the history of taxonomy, the work of Carl Linnaeus, and the factors involved in the decline and extinction of a variety of botanical species.

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9th - 12th

Students explore science of taxonomy and the Five Kingdoms of life, categorize organisms into Kingdoms, and create multi-media presentations illustrating knowledge of a Kingdom. They collect data and related pictures on the Internet, and provide correct bibliographic annotations to electronic media.

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6th - 10th

Students apply Bloom's Taxonomy to reading selections. They prepare questions for each level of Bloom's Taxonomy and exchange them with other groups to answer. They answer another group's questions and report to one another.

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6th - 9th

Students identify the reasons for a classification system, and cite the history of scientific classification. They work in groups, students use field guides and dichotomous keys to classify organisms using binomial nomenclature. Students create an "Aves Awareness" project in which eight birds are classified according to binomial nomenclature, methods of reproduction, structural adaptations, physiology, nutritional strategies, and habitat.

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9th - 10th