Week of Mar. 22
Biology (Blocks A, C, and D)
Show Section Launcher Video found at: (Show using Boxlight Projector)
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/biology/bio2000/biomovies/e20_1int.html. Show the video: Introduction
to Classification. Video is in VCR. Discuss classification on pages 453-459. Have students work in regular
lab groups to do the Investigation: How Can a Key Be Used to Identify Organisms. Introduce the Project for the
week, the BioLab on pages 474-475. Students may work together or alone on the project. They will have some time on
Wednesday to work on it, but the project must be completed at home and is due on Friday.
Learning Standard: 5.3 Describe how the taxonomic system classifies living things into domains (eubacteria, archaebacteria, and eukaryotes) and kingdoms
(animals, plants, fungi, etc.).
Benchmarks: Evaluate the history, purpose, and methods of taxonomy and describe the organization of taxa in the biological classification system.
Assignment:
Read pages 453-459. Do Section 17.1: Classification Reinforcement and Study Guide.
Discuss the six kingdoms on pages 464-473. Use the Basic Concepts Transparency 24: Life’s Six Kingdoms to
illustrate these and have students do the worksheet by the same name. Have students construct a dichotomous
key of 10 items of laboratory equipment and include the diagram used in constructing key.
Learning Standard: 5.3 Describe how the taxonomic system classifies living things into domains (eubacteria, archaebacteria, and eukaryotes) and kingdoms
(animals, plants, fungi, etc.).
Benchmarks: Compare the six kingdoms of organisms, describe how evolutionary relationships are determined, and explain how cladistics reveals phylogenetic
relationships.
Assignment:
Read pages 464-473. Do Section 17.2: The Six Kingdoms Reinforcement and Study Guide.
Students may work on their project for the week, constructing an identification key to classify the beetles on
page 475.
Learning Standard: 5.3 Describe how the taxonomic system classifies living things into domains (eubacteria, archaebacteria, and eukaryotes) and kingdoms
(animals, plants, fungi, etc.).
Benchmark:
Assignment:
Do Chapter 17: Organizing Life’s Diversity Crossword Puzzle
Review for tomorrow’s test. Students should complete Chapter 17: Organizing Life’s Diversity Chapter
Assessment in class. When completed, they may check their answers and continue to review for the test at
http://www.quia.com/tq/234544.html.
Learning Standard: Use a range of exploratory techniques.
Benchmarks: Prepare students for test.
Assignment:
Study for tomorrow’s test.
Students may spend the first 20 minutes studying for the test. They may review on the computer at
http://www.quia.com/tq/234544.html.
Test on Chapter 17: Organizing Life’s Diversity
Learning Standard: Use a range of exploratory techniques.
Benchmarks: Determine students grasp of material.
Assignment:
Students may do vocabulary wordsearch puzzles for extra credit after the test.