Dover Sherborn Middle School Curriculum Road Maps

 

 

Course Title:                 Science                                    Grade:              7         

 

Unit:     Taxonomy                                                                               

Month Presented:         Nov/Dec                                Unit Length (in weeks):  1

 

Essential Question (s): How is taxonomy use in your daily life and in science?

 

Learning Objectives:

  1. To understand how classification is used both in science and everyday life.
  2. To understand the concept of binomial nomenclature.
  3. To understand the 7 major classification groups.
  4. To know the present 5-kingdom system of taxonomy.

 

Skills:

  1. Classify organisms based on characteristics in a logical manner
  2. Identify appropriate characteristics used in taxonomy.

 

Instructional Strategies & Activities:

1. Various classification activities.

 

Materials Utilized:

  1. Classroom materials
  2. Prentice Hall: Monerans, Protists, Fungi, Plants Textbook supplements

 

Assessment Strategies:

  1. Student self-evaluation of devised classification system.
  2. Teacher observation of students’ class work
  3. Quiz