Classification of Living Things

Do Now:
List the cell type, cell number, and means of obtaining food for the four kingdoms in the domain eukarya

Today in class we:
- Reviewed characteristics of the domains and kingdoms
- Began work on animal classification lab

Homework due Thursday:
- Classification Unit Review - test on Thursday!
- Animal classification lab extra credit due Thursday

Classification of Living Things

Today in class we:
Handed back and discussed science fair proposals - Revisions due October 17th if not sooner!
Reviewed pg 24 homework
Discussed characteristics used to classify organisms:

• Cell Type: Prokaryote vs Eukaryote
• Cell Number: Unicellular vs Multicellular
• Acquisition of food: Autotroph vs Heterotroph

Worked on classifying alien creature activity

Classification

How do you organize information? What aspects of your life do you organize, how do you do it?

Today in class we:
Returned and reviewed retake test
Began discussion of classification systems

• Classification and taxonomy
• Carolus Linneaus and Binomial nomenclature