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Taxonomy- How do we organize living things?
Have you struggled with teaching taxonomy in the past? Elevate your students' learning experience by incorporating a powerful free tool, Seek app, into your curriculum. This innovative lesson transforms students' cell phones from the bane of your existence into invaluable resources for scientific discovery.
The Seek app revolutionizes outdoor exploration, instantly identifying organisms through the phone's camera. From kingdom to species, it provides a wealth of information, including nativity, range, and even links to Wikipedia. Recognizing the untapped potential for education, the Lesson Laboratory crafted this comprehensive lesson on taxonomy.
The lesson unfolds with students immersing themselves in introductory slides on taxonomy, honing their skills in categorizing organisms into the four eukaryotic kingdoms. They delve into the full taxonomic classification for humans, deepening their understanding.
Equipped with a QR code, students easily and quickly download the free Seek app. Outdoors, they embark on a mission to discover at least five diverse organisms. Back in the classroom, they leverage the app's data to enrich their findings on multiple slides.
While not every student may be immediately enamored with outdoor exploration, the experience promises to be transformative and enduring. In classrooms that have used this lesson, students continued to engage with the Seek app even after the lesson was over, forever changing their perspective on the natural world.
This lesson is a game-changer, not only for teaching taxonomy, but also in how students connect with the environment. Don't miss the opportunity to bring this innovative learning experience to your classroom. Order now and witness your students interacting with taxonomical categories in a brand new way!
Grade Recommendation
Middle School: Ideal for Grades 7–8 Life Science, introducing classification, biodiversity, and structure–function relationships.
High School: Appropriate for Grade 9 Biology, especially early in the year when covering biodiversity, classification systems, or evolution foundations.
Cross-Curricular Connections and/or Extensions
Technology Integration: The lesson incorporates the Seek by iNaturalist app, bridging field observation with data collection and digital taxonomy — ideal for integrating citizen science and outdoor learning.
ELA Integration: Students summarize their observations and construct written comparisons between observed organisms and classification categories.
Environmental Science Extension: Connects to ecology and biodiversity studies; can be expanded into lessons on invasive species or conservation.
Math Integration (optional extension): Students can quantify biodiversity by tallying and graphing species counts from field observations.
Daily slide + literacy - based exit ticket included with purchase
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NGSS Standards
Middle School NGSS:
MS-LS4-1: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout Earth’s history.
MS-LS4-2: Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
Science and Engineering Practices: Analyzing and interpreting data; using models; engaging in argument from evidence.
Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns; structure and function.
High School NGSS:
HS-LS4-1: Communicate scientific information that common ancestry and biological evolution are supported by multiple lines of empirical evidence.
HS-LS4-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence that the process of evolution primarily results from four factors: potential for species to increase in number, genetic variation, competition, and proliferation of better-adapted organisms.
Common Core Standards
This lesson involves reading scientific terminology, constructing evidence-based reasoning, and using technology to record findings.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.7 / RST.9-10.7: Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words with visual representations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.2 / WHST.9-10.2: Write informative texts that clearly convey scientific concepts and classifications.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.3 / RST.9-10.3: Follow multistep procedures in scientific investigations.
Have you struggled with teaching taxonomy in the past? Elevate your students' learning experience by incorporating a powerful free tool, Seek app, into your curriculum. This innovative lesson transforms students' cell phones from the bane of your existence into invaluable resources for scientific discovery.
The Seek app revolutionizes outdoor exploration, instantly identifying organisms through the phone's camera. From kingdom to species, it provides a wealth of information, including nativity, range, and even links to Wikipedia. Recognizing the untapped potential for education, the Lesson Laboratory crafted this comprehensive lesson on taxonomy.
The lesson unfolds with students immersing themselves in introductory slides on taxonomy, honing their skills in categorizing organisms into the four eukaryotic kingdoms. They delve into the full taxonomic classification for humans, deepening their understanding.
Equipped with a QR code, students easily and quickly download the free Seek app. Outdoors, they embark on a mission to discover at least five diverse organisms. Back in the classroom, they leverage the app's data to enrich their findings on multiple slides.
While not every student may be immediately enamored with outdoor exploration, the experience promises to be transformative and enduring. In classrooms that have used this lesson, students continued to engage with the Seek app even after the lesson was over, forever changing their perspective on the natural world.
This lesson is a game-changer, not only for teaching taxonomy, but also in how students connect with the environment. Don't miss the opportunity to bring this innovative learning experience to your classroom. Order now and witness your students interacting with taxonomical categories in a brand new way!
Grade Recommendation
Middle School: Ideal for Grades 7–8 Life Science, introducing classification, biodiversity, and structure–function relationships.
High School: Appropriate for Grade 9 Biology, especially early in the year when covering biodiversity, classification systems, or evolution foundations.
Cross-Curricular Connections and/or Extensions
Technology Integration: The lesson incorporates the Seek by iNaturalist app, bridging field observation with data collection and digital taxonomy — ideal for integrating citizen science and outdoor learning.
ELA Integration: Students summarize their observations and construct written comparisons between observed organisms and classification categories.
Environmental Science Extension: Connects to ecology and biodiversity studies; can be expanded into lessons on invasive species or conservation.
Math Integration (optional extension): Students can quantify biodiversity by tallying and graphing species counts from field observations.
Daily slide + literacy - based exit ticket included with purchase
Join the Lesson Laboratory and Teach for Tomorrow!
NGSS Standards
Middle School NGSS:
MS-LS4-1: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout Earth’s history.
MS-LS4-2: Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
Science and Engineering Practices: Analyzing and interpreting data; using models; engaging in argument from evidence.
Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns; structure and function.
High School NGSS:
HS-LS4-1: Communicate scientific information that common ancestry and biological evolution are supported by multiple lines of empirical evidence.
HS-LS4-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence that the process of evolution primarily results from four factors: potential for species to increase in number, genetic variation, competition, and proliferation of better-adapted organisms.
Common Core Standards
This lesson involves reading scientific terminology, constructing evidence-based reasoning, and using technology to record findings.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.7 / RST.9-10.7: Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words with visual representations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.2 / WHST.9-10.2: Write informative texts that clearly convey scientific concepts and classifications.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.3 / RST.9-10.3: Follow multistep procedures in scientific investigations.