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- 5th
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Students produce evidence that demonstrates understanding of organisms and environments, such as interdependence of animals and plants in an ecosystem; and populations Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students use several hands-on activities to analyze and classify various rocks. They collect several different rocks and test each one for hardness, streak, and for the presence of carbonate. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students design a classification system to categorize animate and inanimate objects. They discuss the advantages of grouping things as they classify buttons, leaves, shells. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the justification for the development of the current taxonomic classification system of organisms. The specific characteristics of the organism are used for the classification process. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students are provided with a technological avenue from which they can demonstrate their understanding of taxonomy. They will be required to explain the basis u pon which living organisms are classified. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students develop their own system for classifying a group of objects or organisms using observed similarities and differences. They investigate the process of scientific classification, and explain how marine organisms are classified by scientists. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students research and present information about the classification of animals. They participate in a teacher-led discussion, and in small groups devise their own way of classifying everyday objects in class, developing two-part names for several objects in the room. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students' identify and analyze the levels of organization and the emergent properties through experimentation. Students' apply the differences in the properties of a plant before and after it has been subjected to a kitchen blender. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students can engage in a number of different activities that focus on the study of living organisms within an ecosystem. Each lesson includes a short description of the activities and a rubric for reaching the standard. The first lesson deals with the classification of animals. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students study how and why animals are classified into eight groups in the animal kingdom. They work together to identify organisms. They use the key to determine the phylum for the included problems. Full Review »

