Know – Understand – Do Organizer
Name: Emily Mason
Date:
Course/Subject: Life Science
Team: 7B
Topic: Kingdoms & Classification
School/District: NMS/Glynn County
Which Standards are students learning in this unit?
S7L1 – Students will investigate the diversity of living organisms and how they can be compared scientifically.
a. Demonstrate the process for the development of a dichotomous key.
b. Classify organisms based on physical characteristics using a dichotomous key of the six kingdom system
(archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals).
By the end of this unit, students will be able to ……..
Know
Levels of classification (kingdom,
phylum, class, order, family,
genus, species)
An organism’s scientific name
consists of its genus and species.
Organisms are classified based
upon physical characteristics.
Vocabulary
Dichotomous Key
Binomial Nomenclature
Carolus Linnaeus
Multicellular
Unicellular
Eukaryotic
Prokaryotic
Photosynthesis
Autotroph
Heterotroph
Asexual Reproduction
Sexual Reproduction
Characteristics of:
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Protists
Fungi
Plants
Animals
Understand
Scientists use a dichotomous key
to identify unknown organisms.
Do
Utilize a dichotomous key to
identify an organism.
Organisms are placed in groups
based upon shared
characteristics.
Create a dichotomous key to
identify a group of organisms.
The more phylogenic groups
organisms share, the more alike
they are.
Organisms are placed in a
kingdom based upon shared
characteristics.
Use a mnemonic device to list
the 7 levels of classification.
Compare and contrast the 6
Kingdoms.
Classify an organism based on
given characteristics into one of
the kingdoms.
Explain the difference between a
eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell.
Know – Understand – Do Organizer
Students will be assessed on the above with:

Create a double bubble to compare & contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Use double bubble as a
blueprint for an essay.

Create a tree map for the 6 kingdoms.
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Quiz: Determine which kingdom each organism belongs to based upon given characteristics.

Use a dichotomous key to identify organisms.

Create a dichotomous key for a given set of organisms.