Chelsie Netzer

Organism Classification

Standards

Comprehension Strategies

Literature

VocabularyAssessment Tools

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Essential Questions

Essential Questions

How has organism classification changed over time?

How are animals classified? What main characteristics separate each

phylum of animals? Who are the main historical figures that

advanced our current perception of animal organization?

How do animals change over time? What causes animals to change over time?

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Assessment Tools

Hotseat: participation rubric RATA: journaling Think-aloud checklist Graphic Organizers Note taking Discussion Essay questions Short answer questions Venn diagram:Venn diagram Concept Map: Concept Map Matrix: Matrix

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Literature

Non Fiction/Articles

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Fiction

Textbook Websites/ Media

Websites and Media

Planet Earth is a documentary about planet earth, which takes viewers from the depth of the ocean to the mountain streams. They tell stories about ecology, animals, and preservation.

Taxon Lift is a website create to let users view a wide variety of organisms. It let users pick an organism, find out the classification of that organism, and find other resources about that organism. It is in depth, and very informative

Animal Classification was a website I decided to use because it is user friendly informative, and has good media resources. It breaks down the classification system, but gives information for the characteristics of each group of animals as well. Students can also quiz themselves about how well they know a phylum of animals

Webquest

Literature

Webquest

I choose to include the evolution webquest into my thematic unit because evolution is a key component in animal classification, and this webquest not only integrates learning about evolution but also incorporates technology into the unit.

Students must create a website about what they have learned about evolution. It has them define, describe, the theroy of evolution, and explain other theories, and misconceptions about evolution.

This webquest also lets the students be creative about their website, and how they organize their thoughts

Evolution WebQuest

Website/Media

Animal Classification

Animal Classification. Ed. Anne Fondorf. 20 Oct. 2008 <http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Classification.html >.

http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Animals.html

Websites/Media

Taxon Lift

Taxon Lift. 2008. University of California Museum of Paloentology. 20 Oct. 2008 <http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/taxaform.html >.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/eukaryotasy.html

Websites/Media

Planet Earth

Websites/Media

Planet Earth. Narr. David Attenborough. 2006. DVD. BBC, 2007.

Textbook

Glencoe Science. Life Science . McGraw-Hill, 2004

Literature

Non Fiction

1. Webster, Stephen . The Kingfisher Book of Evolution. New York: Kingfisher Publications, 2000.

2. Wooding, Stephen , and Lynn Jorde. "Genetic Variation, Classification, ‘Race’." Nature Genteics Supplement Nov. 2004: 528-33.

3. Boyle, Alan . "Real-Life Furbys Rediscovered." Msnbc technology and science. 2008. 7 Nov. 2008 <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27786771/ >.

4. Hoff, Lars . "The Tree of Life Has Lost a Branch." Apollon University of Oslo. 2008. 12 Oct. 2008 <http://www.apollon.uio.no/vis/art/2007_4/Artikler/The_Tree_of_Life>.

5. "Colossal Squid First In Depth Look." National Geographic News. 2008. National Geographic Society. 15 Nov. 2008 <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/photogalleries/colossalsquid-pictures/index.html >.

6.  7. Smith, Chris. "Harvester Ant Castes." The Science Teacher (2008): 14.8. "Neanderthal Not So Dumb." Science and Children 4.6 (2008): 11-13.9. Ocean: The World’s Last Wilderness Revealed. New York: Museum of

Natural History, 2006 Literature

Fiction

Pfeffer , Susan B. As We Knew It . Orlando: Harcourt Books, 2006

Literature

Standards

B.12.3 F.12.5

F.12.6 A.12.4

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Content Area

Biology

Sophomore level

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Comprehension Strategies

Questioning

Making Predictions/Inferences

Connecting to Background Knowledge

Organizing

Vocabulary

Monitoring Comprehension

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Questioning

Question Tree and Sea

Hot Seat

Strategies

Making Predictions/Inferences

Picture Packet

Cloze Connections

Strategies

Connecting To Background Knowledge

Venn Diagram

Concept Map

Strategies

Organizing

Matrix

Jigsaw

Strategies

Vocabulary

Self Selected Vocab Quiz

New Words Context Chart

Strategies

Monitoring Comprehension

RATA

Think Aloud Checklist

Strategies

Key Vocabulary

Cell Eukaryote Prokaryote Darwin Linnaeus Geologic Time Natural Selection Heredity Species Extinction Evolution Organelle Adaptation

•Kingdom•Phylum•Gene•Mutation•DNA•Reproduction•Vertebrate•Invertebrate•Wegner

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• Reproduction: can be sexual, or asexual; where a new organism is created by (a) parent organism

• Vertebrate: any organism with a backbone

• Invertebrate: any organism lacking a backbone

• Wegner: geologist who first theorized continental drift, leading to our current views of plate tectonics, and speciation

Vocabulary

• Kingdom: the highest taxonomic rank, there are five kingdoms (Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Monera)

• Phylum: Second highest taxonomic rank, grouping animals based on general body plan, and internal organization

• Gene: the basic unit of heredity, and each gene codes for a specific trait

• Mutation: changes to the genetic material of an organism, which can be detrimental to an organism, or lead to adaptive qualities, when expressed due to natural selection

• DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid contains the genetic instructions used in the development of all known living organisms

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Evolution: changes in inherited traits of a population of organisms over time, and is caused by genetic drift, and natural selection

Organelle: specialized subunit within a cell that has a specific function much like an organ in the body, and are only found in eukaryotic cells

Adaptation: a characteristic (trait) of an organism that has been favored by natural selection and increases its reproductive success

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Heredity: genetic traits passed on from a parent organisms to it offspring. These traits can lead to diversity among a species, and can be caused by, natural selection, sexual selection, genetic variation, or mutation

Species: a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring, and is the basic unit of biological classification

Extinction: the death of the last individual of that species, due to an extinction event, competition, or natural selection.

Vocabulary

Darwin: English naturalist who, after an expedition on the U.S.S. Beagle wrote the book The Origin of Species, and founded the theory of evolution

Linnaeus: Swedish zoologist who created the binomial nomenclature naming scheme, by which we name and classify all organisms

Geologic Time: using the rock history of Earth, scientist can correlate past events with either the rock or fossil record

Natural Selection: process by which organisms with favorable traits, are reproductively more successful then those organisms of the same species with out those traits; and as time goes on organisms without successful traits will eventually become extinct

Vocabulary

Cell: the basic structural unit of all organisms, usually a microscopic structure enclosed by a membrane.

Eukaryote: any organism having a cell that contains specialized organelles in cytoplasm, a membrane-bound nucleus enclosing genetic material.

Prokaryote: any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm, and has its genetic material as a loop, not bound inside an organelle

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