1. Taxonomy
Thursday, January 8th, 2015

2. Do Now
Homework
Classify the 4 animals that you added to your Taxonomy web.
Do Now
I am collecting the homework
Describe a dichotomous key.
Which 2 animals are more similar? Explain your reasoning.
scorpion
spider
crab

3. Objective
SWBAT classify a species by using the 7 subdivisions of taxonomy.
SWBAT name an organism by using binomial nomenclature
Essential question
How are organisms split into groups by scientists

4. Vocabulary Taxonomy Binomial Nomenclature
The branch of science concerned with classification
Binomial Nomenclature
The genus-species name of an organism
Always italicized, first letter of first word is capital
Humans = Homo sapiens

5. Note sheet for today
Title: Taxonomy
Date: 1/9/2015

6. Taxonomy 7 subcategories What to the boxes and arrows mean?
Write the names of the categories and the Cheetah as an example.

7. Killer Whale

8. Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

9. Taxonomy Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Mnemonic sentence
Kings Play Chess On Fancy Glass Surfaces
King Philip Came Over From Great Spain
Your turn!!!

10. Classification Task
Use the information on the classification sheet to fill in the missing words on your key.
Write the common names of the animals at the end of the line
Notice that some animals have the genus species name and others do not
CHALLENGE: Arrange the pictures into the correct phylum, class, or order and think about how they have been separated
Ex…how have the 4 Mammal groups been split?

11. Questions
Which animal is the closest relative to Humans? How do you know?
Which 2 animals are the most similar? How do you know?
Look at the 6 classes of Chordata. What do think the Actinopterygii class contains? Explain your reasoning.
Choose 4 other animals to place into the taxonomy web. Where would they go? Why? What are similar characteristics with the animals in the closest classifications?

12. Answer the Essential Question

13. Exit Ticket
The scientific name for a Polar Bear is Ursus maritimus. What does the first word, Ursus, represent?
Species, Genus, Family, Kingdom
Below are 4 pictures of animals. Which two are in the same Order?
Below is the classification of a chimpanzee. Which is the least specific classification A B C D
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primata
Hominidae
Pan
troglodytes