More than 200,000 species of protists exist, living on land and in water around the planet. Scholars view the diversity of protists in an interesting presentation. It divides protists into three groups: animal-like protists, plant-like protists, and fungus-like protists.

Concepts

protists, eukaryotes, protozoa, algae

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Break down the new vocabulary words into their roots

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on prior knowledge of plants, animals, and fungus
• Consider the maturity of the class when discussing STDs on slide 12

Pros

• Shares many examples of each type
• Highlights vocabulary words in yellow

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4