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- 6th
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Students learn the classification system of living organisms. They identify general body parts of an insect, learn insect classification into orders, families, genus and species, and classify given insects by using a scientific insect classification key. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students practice using 2 different plant classification keys to identify species. They make choices between the similarities and differences between their object and the classification scheme. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students, in groups, classify common Utah insects. They consider characteristics used in classification such as structure and function and create classification keys for their groupings. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students investigate the classification and organization of a dichotomous key. They sort and classify beans before applying the technique to trees. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students are introduced to the process of classification. In groups, they discuss the importance of the classification system while classifying themselves. Using a dichotomous key, they describe the classes of fish, trees and salamanders. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students continue their examination of the classification system. In groups, they practice using a dichotomous key to classify a group of objects and a separate one to classify trees. They are also introduced to new vocabulary as well. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students follow a simple dichotomous key to identify unknown wetland plants. They recognize characteristics of plants including leaf arrangement and shape. They use a plant ID wheel to identify wetland plants by sight and description. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students participate in a teacher led bead sorting activity in which they describe different ways the beads can be grouped. Next, they participate in activities in which they sort and resort themselves into groups according to teacher designated criteria. Finally, they complete a sorting worksheet using cereal mix. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine how scientists organize and sort animals into categories, and use a dichotomous key to distinguish between objects. In small groups they sort pictures of animals into groups and discuss their categorizing process. Next, they identify six characteristics of different objects and animals, and complete a flow-chart. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students analyze relationships about animals and create a model of classifications based on both the similarities and the differences. They also discuss a dichotomous key before they create a cladograph using different types of candy. Full Review »
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