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Tackling Taxonomy

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Students study physical characteristics of separate phyla and place them into similar groups. This instructional activity is part of a multi-segmented unit on the diversity of life. students develop a classification system by grouping animals into similar categories.

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asexual reproduction, reproduction, adaptations, bilateral symmetry, binomial nomenclature, bioluminescence, cilia, ciliated coelom, dichotomous distribution, ecosystems, endoskeletons, eukaryotes, exoskeletons, gills, habitats, heterotrophs, inversions

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adaptation, asexual reproduction, bilateral symmetry, binomial nomenclature, bioluminescence, cilia, ciliated coelom, dichotomous distribution, ecosystem, endoskeleton, eukaryote, exoskeleton, gills, habitat, heterotroph, invert, science
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7th - 12th
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Science
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5 days
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