March.
18th
2013
DO-NOW
1. Get out composition book and
set up a title page on page
111 for next Unit. Title should
be “Variation of Species”
2. Title the next two pages
“Glossary.”
Glossary
March 18th
2013
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do you draw and label a
biological diagram?
OBJECTIVES:
1. Set up composition books for new
unit
2. Create biological diagrams
*Reminder: HW DUE FRI, TUTORIALS TODAY 3:30
March
18th
2013
Vocabulary
Glossary
1. Variation (or Variability): differences among
traits or characteristics of an organism.
2. Species: a group of organisms that are able
to successfully reproduce.
Pg .112
Biological Diagrams
1. Title the next page (114)
after your Glossary in your
composition book,
“Biological Diagram”
March
18th
2013
“Biological Diagram”
2. In your composition book,
draw a diagram of a plant
using the instructions on
the handout.
Pg .
DO-NOW
Use your biological diagram to
make a list of 5
external structures of a plant.
March.
19th
2013
March 19th
2013
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How can you use dichotomous keys
to classify and identify organisms?
OBJECTIVES:
1. Dichotomous Keys Sort
2. “Aliens” Activity with
Dichotomous Keys
The Key to Identification
Read the article.
As you read, you will work with your partner to
take two-column notes.
Topic
Details
Classifying Organisms
• (Turn and Talk) Which external structures
could you use to classify these organisms into
two groups?
Classifying Organisms
DO-NOW
March.
20th &
21st
2013
Imagine that you have two species of
birds.
Explain what external structures you might
use to identify whether or not they are the
same species.
Today
March 20th
& 21st
2013
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How can you use dichotomous keys
to classify and identify organisms?
OBJECTIVES:
1. Introduction-Dichotomous Keys
2. Dichotomous Keys Sort
3. Aliens activity with Dich. Keys
4. Identifying Native Species
March
19th
2013
Vocabulary
Glossary
Dichotomous Key: A tool used in plant or
animal identification. It is a series of
questions, and each question is a choice
between two characteristics. You can find the
organism’s identity through the process of
eliminating characteristics that it does not
have.
Pg .
Dichotomous Key Example
Dichotomous Key Sort
• Determine which organism is represented by
your observation card.
You can follow this diagram too!
Identifying Aliens
Using your handout, follow the clues on the
front in order to put the correct name of the
alien species under it’s picture.
I do, we do, you do
Identifying Native Species
• Observe your specimen. Follow the
dichotomous key to determine what species it
is.
DO-NOW
March.
22nd
2013
Describe a dichotomous key and what
information it tells you.
Today
March 22th
2013
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How can you use dichotomous keys
to classify and identify organisms?
OBJECTIVES:
Quiz!
Biological Drawing review
Create a biological diagram of the on your
desk according to the rubric.
QUIZ
• Number your paper from 1 to 10
• Use your dichotomous key to determine the
scientific name of the Texas beetles shown on
the slides that follow.
Quiz: Question 1
a. Myzia interrupta
b. Delphastus pusillus
c. Olla v-nigrum
d. Neoharmonia venusta
e. Brachiacantha barberi
Quiz: Question 2
a. Myzia interrupta
b. Delphastus pusillus
c. Olla v-nigrum
d. Neoharmonia venusta
e. Brachiacantha barberi
Quiz: Question 3
a. Myzia interrupta
b. Delphastus pusillus
c. Olla v-nigrum
d. Neoharmonia venusta
e. Brachiacantha barberi
Quiz: Question 4
a. Myzia interrupta
b. Delphastus pusillus
c. Olla v-nigrum
d. Neoharmonia venusta
e. Brachiacantha barberi
Quiz: Question 5
a. Myzia interrupta
b. Delphastus pusillus
c. Olla v-nigrum
d. Neoharmonia venusta
e. Brachiacantha barberi
Quiz: Question 6
Scientific names often describe the traits of a species. The
scientific name of the beetle below is Lucanus elaphus.
Elaphus most likely translates to _______.
a. Yellow
b. Deer
c. Friendly
d. Furry
Quiz: Question 7
The beetles below are most likely part of the same _____,
but not the same _______.
a. Species, Genus
b. Kingdom, Genus
c. Genus, Species
d. Genus, Kingdom
Quiz: Question 8
The biological diagram
shown is not correct
drawn because ____.
a. the words are not
horizontal
b. The lines are not
straight
c. The title is all
capital letters
ANIMAL CELL ANATOMY
Quiz: Question 9
_______________ is the two-word system of naming
organisms to create a scientific name.
a. genus species
b. dichotomous keys
c. binomial nomenclature
d. scientific name
Quiz: Question 10
The Western Diamondback rattlesnake’s scientific
name is crotalus atrox.
Crotalus is the snake’s ___________, and atrox is the
snake’s______________.
a. species, genus
b. name, location
c. genus, species
d. kingdom, species
Quiz: Dichotomous Keys
Myzia interrupta
Delphastus pusillus
Olla v-nigrum
Neoharmonia venusta
Brachiacantha barberi