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Classification

Classification. 2014-2015. Activity. Sort 10 random items into THREE categories of your choosing Complete the category chart Each group explains to the class what criteria they chose to group the items. Activity. Classify the same 10 items based on the following set of criteria

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Classification

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  1. Classification 2014-2015

  2. Activity • Sort 10 random items into THREE categories of your choosing • Complete the category chart • Each group explains to the class what criteria they chose to group the items

  3. Activity Classify the same 10 items based on the following set of criteria The difference between sorting and classifying is that classifying involves a set of rules

  4. Activity With your group, come up with a working definition for sorting and classification • What is sorting? • What is classifying?

  5. Sorting Sort noun \ˈsȯrt\ -a group of people or things that have some shared quality A particular kind or type of person or thing A person of a particular type The act of separating things and putting them in a particular order The act of sorting things

  6. Sorting Student Sorting Practice • Classify by: • Height • Hair color • What other ways could you be sorted?

  7. Classification clas·si·fi·ca·tion noun \ˌkla-sə-fə-ˈkā-shən\ - the act or process of putting people or things into groups based on ways that they are alike -An arrangement of people or things into groups based on ways that they are alike

  8. Classification Student Classification Practice • Classify by: • Height ( 5 feet and under and 5’1 and up) • Hair color (light hair and dark hair) • Male vs. female • What other ways could you be classified?

  9. Classification vs. Sorting Classification Grouping information, objects, or organisms into categories that have been fixed based on a set of rules The outcome will ALWAYS be the same In science, Taxonomy is a classification system Sorting Organizing information, objects, or organisms into groups based on criteria that are selected by an individual

  10. Taxonomy Classification system that uses characteristics that are similar and dissimilar to group organisms and give them their names Example Homosapiens

  11. Taxon A taxon is a group of related organisms

  12. Binomial Nomenclature Two part naming system (bi = 2 ; nom= name) Naming system • Genus name followed by the species name Species is capitalized and the genus is lower case Always italicized, sometimes abbreviated. • Homo sapiens • H. sapiens

  13. How to remember the taxonomic system: King Phillip Came Over For Good Soup

  14. Cell Phone Activity 3 Minutes • Sort the cell phone pictures into chronological order • What “new features” appeared first, second, third, etc.

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