Classification of Organisms ALEX生物分类亚历克斯.ppt

Classification of Organisms What is an Organism? One Possible Solution Did You Have Problems?? Who first developed a system to classify organisms? Who Needs a Classification System? Who developed the modern system? The Modern System The Human Species Conclusion * * Students should be able to: * Understand why a classification system is important * Understand that there are a variety of ways to classify organisms * Understand the origins of our modern classification system Appropriate for grades (5-9) Developed by: Andrew Leech An organism is generally referred to any living thing. More specifically any thing that has “cells”. This includes the smallest of organisms, the single celled bacteria, all the way to the largest redwood tree or Blue Whale. In the following few slides, you will find 14 different organisms, each of them labeled with a letter. In your groups, write down two main classification (example red/green). Then place the corresponding letters under the correct classification. The Classification Game!! Divide into groups of 3 or 4 For Example These organisms have been classified by their color. Red Green ARE YOU READY! Plants Animals ???? There were actually several different ways to go about classifying these 14 organisms. You might have done color, shape, size, number of legs… the possibilities are endless. You might have encountered one or two that really did not fit into either of your two classifications, what should you do when this happens? Make a new classification of course! And this is what scientist have done as well through the years. Our modern classification system originated with two main classifications, plants and animals. Over the years, scientist came up with certain “plants” that really did not act like plants, they couldn’t make their own food. So the kingdom Fungi was formed. When microscopes were invented, scientist discovered new single celled organisms. Some were animal-like, some were plant like and