Categories Categorize
Living things
Plants Animals
Functions Survive Assessment
Performance task-measurement, graph and opinion piece
Methods and Instructional Strategies
Bell Ringer
Asking in what ways can living things be categorized?
Asking why do scientists debate how living things can be categorized?
Asking how are the plant and animal kingdoms alike and different?
Asking how would you categorize a Venus Fly Trap?
Asking how can an animal’s physical features allow it to live in a certain place? Withstand weather? Keep it safe?
Asking what is the unique funciton of succulents such as celery and aloe? Activity
-Teacher pours a large bag of assorted candies on a table to get attention of students
-Teacher will lead students in sorting the candies into categories
Have a discussion on the ones that could go into more than one category or more than one way to sort the groups of candies. -Teacher will tell students living things can be categorized to
By kingdom
By species
By family
-Teacher will lead students in discussion on categorizing living things into plants and animals using a tree map.
Create on board and model how students can categorize on paper. -Teacher will show student a celery stalk while showing where it would go on the categorizing tree map
Place in a class
Ask volunteer to put colored water into the glass. -Teacher will tell students plant and other plants have similar functions to animals that help it survive. -Teacher or student will pass out celery stalks and cups. Students will then pour colored water into their cups. -Students will use rulers to measure the length of the red stalk every 30 minutes during that day.
Students will chart on a graph each time. -The teacher will show the students come around the table.
