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Classification of living things
Classification of living things
Sorting or classifying is an important activity in science. When you sort or classify objects, you put them into groups. Sorting objects into groups makes them easier to find, easier to study and easier to understand.
Our planet has a great variety of different living inhabitants. Scientists classify these living things into groups on the basis of their characteristic features. There may be different systems of classification dependent on the features chosen for grouping.
Some Aboriginal groups classify animals and plants according to their use. They also name these animals and plants using their aboriginal language. rather than using Latin or Greek
Student Learning Goals:
Student Learning Goals:
12. Construct keys to represent patterns or relationships.
13. Identify reasons for classifying things
14. Classify a variety of living things on the basis of structural features
15. Use simple keys to identify a range of plants and animals
16. Outline the structural features used to group living things e.g. animals
17. Outline the structural feature used to group living things, e.g. plants
18. Outline the structural features used to group living things e.g. fungi
19. Outline the structural features used to group living things e.g. bacteria
20. Identify examples of microorganisms
21. Identify an example where classification has changed as a result of new evidence
NESA Syllabus Requirements
NESA Syllabus Requirements
Outcome
relates the structure and function of living things to their classification, survival and reproduction SC4‑14LW
LW1 There are differences within and between groups of organisms; classification helps organise this diversity. (ACSSU111)
Students:
a. identify reasons for classifying living things
b. classify a variety of living things based on similarities and differences in structural features
c. use simple keys to identify a range of plants and animals
d. identify some examples of groups of micro-organisms
e. outline the structural features used to group living things, including plants, animals, fungi and bacteria
f. explain how the features of some Australian plants and animals are adaptations for survival and reproduction in their environment
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Students:
design and construct simple keys to identify a range of living things
classify, using a hierarchical system, a range of selected plants and animals to species level
identify, using an example of an organism or group of organisms, where the classification has changed as a result of new evidence from technological developments, scientific discoveries and/or advances in scientific understanding
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