Classification Activity

Materials Bag # ______Order 1 Class A Metric ruler Bag of Items Order 2 Plain White Paper Phylum 1

Procedure Order 3 Class B 1) Copy the diagram to the Order 4 right on a plain white sheet Kingdom of paper. Use a ruler and be Order 5 neat. Class C * Hold the paper Order 6 horizontally to draw Phylum 2 diagram Order 7 2) Place the objects in the Class D bag on your desk. Make a Order 8 note to what types of objects are there.

3) Group these items into one large group. Call 9) Your diagram should now be completely this group your Kingdom. Fill this out on your filled out. Use this diagram to help answer the diagram. following questions. *Put your answers on the back of the classification diagram 4) Take your Kingdom group and break it into two smaller groups based on specific traits. Discussion Call these groups Phylum 1 and Phylum 2. Fill 1) What traits did you use to classify the this out on your diagram. kingdom objects into two phylums? 5) Take Phylum 1 and break it into two smaller 2) What traits do all four classes have in groups based on specific traits of the objects. common? Call these groups Class A and Class B. Fill this out on your diagram. 3) What traits do Class A and B have in common? 6) Repeat the same procedure for Phylum 2, but now call the groups Class C and Class D. 4) What traits do Orders 5 and 6 have in common? 7) Take Class A and break it into two smaller 5) What two scientists are credited with groups based on specific traits. Call these developing the classification system? groups Order 1 and Order 2. Fill this out on your diagram. 6) What is the correct order of the classification groups from largest to smallest? 8) Repeat the same procedure for Classes B, C, and D. Call the groups from Class B Order 3 7) Extension: Classify the items in your and Order 4. Call the groups from Class C bedroom closet using the same method Order 5 and Order 6. Call the groups from used in this activity. Start with a Kingdom Class D Order 7 and Order 8. name and end with four (4) different Classes.