Taxonomy - ​Organisms are grouped based on common characteristics.

Learning Goals:
Describe the principles of taxonomy
Use the kingdom system of classification, taxons, binomial nomenclature
List characteristics of the 6 kingdoms: Archaea/Archaebacteria, Bacteria/Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
Use classification keys

Schedule 2024
April 19
CLASSIFICATION PPT Notes
Practice: Taxonomy WS
Examples of names before binomial nomenclature

​April 22
KINGDOM PPT NOTES
Practice: Kingdom WS
More classification practice
Intro to Kingdom Project

April 23-24
Work on Kingdom Booklet

April 25-26
DICHOTOMOUS KEY PPT NOTES
Practice: Dichotomous Key WS Salamanders
Practice: Dichotomous Key WS Insects

Assignment: Make your own dichotomous key - Due before test

April 30
Cladistics
Practice:  Cladogram WS
Assignment: Make your own Cladogram
Review

May 1
Start Microbiology Unit- Go to Microbiology Tab
May 2ish:
Taxonomy Test-  What makes a good naming system, what is our current classification system, know some general characteristics of each Kingdom and what Domain they fit into, know how dichotomous keys are made and what cladograms represent. ​
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digital online dichotomous key maker

Vocabulary

binomial nomenclature, biochemical relationship, class, embryological relationship, eukaryotic cell, evolutionary relationship, family, genus, homologous structure, kingdom, order, phylum, prokaryotic cell, species, sub-phylum, taxonomy/taxon