FIRST ASSIGNMENT: 1.Turn in Papers and Posters. 2.Start a new section in your binders: Chapter 18: Classification. 3. With your lab partner, arrange the organisms cards on your desk into groups. (You choose the groups and method of organization).
Make Two Groups… PLANTS ANIMALS Any problems? Questions?
GOAL 2: Aristotle Classified organisms into two groups:
GOAL 3: Linnaeus MORPHOLOGYClassified organisms into hierarchical categories based on MORPHOLOGY (form and structure).
GOAL 4: SEVEN LEVELS OF CLASSIFICATION KingdomGeneral Phylum Class Order Family Genus Speciesspecific “King Henry Came Over For Green Spinach”
GOAL 5: Binomial Nomenclature Giving organisms TWO-PART scientific names FIRST NAME: Genus SECOND NAME: species Italics LATIN- UNIVERSAL name, used by scientists all over the word
GOAL 5: Binomial Nomenclature EXAMPLES of Scientific Names: Homo sapiens - Humans
GOAL 1: Taxonomy Branch of biology that NAMES and GROUPS organisms according to their characteristics and evolutionary history
GOAL 1: Why classify? 1. To organize information about different kinds of organisms 2. To identify unknown organisms 3. To show relationships among organisms
What else do you classify?
Tonight’s Homework: Read pages in textbook. Complete the Homework questions on your handout.
Knowledge Check: 1. What is taxonomy? 2. Name one reason why it is important to classify living things. 3. What was wrong with Aristotle’s system of classification? 4. Name the 7 levels of classification.