classification webquest
Biologist today have classified and divided all living things into five groups they call Kingdoms. These kingdoms are based on how living things are the same and how they are different. It is important that you understand that biologists are still learning about our world, and are making new discoveries every single day. As our knowledge about the world around us improves, scientists might find a better way to organize and classify life. As a result, these five kingdoms may
someday change.
In biology, kingdom is a taxonomic rank, which is either the highest rank or in the more recent three-domain system,
the rank below domain. Kingdoms are divided into smaller groups called phyla (in zoology) or divisions in botany. The complete sequence of ranks is life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.
The five kingdoms (Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Prokaryota or Monera).
Kingdom Web Quest
Today Professor Plananimingi urgently needs your help as biologists in training to help classify unknown living things from a newly discovered uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean before any of the living organisms are lost due to humans invading their environment.
PROCESS
Day 1
Your task is to assist Professor Plananimingi as a team of 5 biologists in training, each member specializing in different areas. Your job is to research your area of specialization and assist your teammates to classify various living
organisms on the island so you can present your findings in a report and presentation to other teams of biologists in training and to Professor Plananimingi for review. Your team will come across one living thing that you and your teammates have never seen before that you will challenge your fellow teams to classify.
First you will be assigned to a team of 5 biologists in training each with a separate specialization. The specializations are: Animal, Plant, Fungi, Monera and Protista generalist.
Each team member will create a table listing the characteristics that are used to help describe and classify
each of your specialization areas. Be sure to explain in as much detail as possible what traits and characteristics are used to identify and classify the specific organism or kingdom that you have become a specialist.
Once you have been assigned to your area of specialization you can begin you training in that area by clicking on your specialization. Use at least two resources for each of your two specialization areas.
Monera resources
Plant resources
Fungi resources
Animal resources
When all five of your team mates have completed their research and filled out their data sheets you are ready to begin you mission.
Listed below are links to a picture and data on six living things you find on the island. Classify these living things using the data your group collected and report how you came to the final classification answer. This can be done in the form of a flowchart for each living thing and/or one for each and one combining all six into one
Click here to view the 6 Living Organisms.
Day 2
Once your group has classified the six living things it is your turn to create a living thing that nobody has ever seen before based on the characteristics of one of the kingdoms or the kingdom and class. Make a poster of your new living thing with a picture and a list of descriptive characteristics.
Combine your research information, classification problem solving report on each of the 6 living things and your new living organism poster into a presentation to be presented to the class.
The results of the new organism will be reviewed and the results verified by the creators of the living things.
The report is to be presented in class on Saturday.
Check out this song "What Is An Animal, What Is A Plant
someday change.
In biology, kingdom is a taxonomic rank, which is either the highest rank or in the more recent three-domain system,
the rank below domain. Kingdoms are divided into smaller groups called phyla (in zoology) or divisions in botany. The complete sequence of ranks is life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.
The five kingdoms (Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Prokaryota or Monera).
Kingdom Web Quest
Today Professor Plananimingi urgently needs your help as biologists in training to help classify unknown living things from a newly discovered uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean before any of the living organisms are lost due to humans invading their environment.
PROCESS
Day 1
Your task is to assist Professor Plananimingi as a team of 5 biologists in training, each member specializing in different areas. Your job is to research your area of specialization and assist your teammates to classify various living
organisms on the island so you can present your findings in a report and presentation to other teams of biologists in training and to Professor Plananimingi for review. Your team will come across one living thing that you and your teammates have never seen before that you will challenge your fellow teams to classify.
First you will be assigned to a team of 5 biologists in training each with a separate specialization. The specializations are: Animal, Plant, Fungi, Monera and Protista generalist.
Each team member will create a table listing the characteristics that are used to help describe and classify
each of your specialization areas. Be sure to explain in as much detail as possible what traits and characteristics are used to identify and classify the specific organism or kingdom that you have become a specialist.
Once you have been assigned to your area of specialization you can begin you training in that area by clicking on your specialization. Use at least two resources for each of your two specialization areas.
Monera resources
- http://www.khake.com/page78.html
- Plant horticulture and plant identification
- http://vilenski.org/science/safari/plants/plant.html
- - Plants what are they?
- http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/students/taxonomy/monera.htm
- http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/TimLynch/sci_class/chap09/lesson_protista/Protista_Lesson.html
Plant resources
- - all about plants and the environment
- http://www.perspective.com/nature/plantae/index.html
- http://yorkcountyschools.org/mes/plant%20webquest/Plant%20Characteristics.htm
Fungi resources
- http://www.warts.org/library/mycology-the-study-of-fungi.html
- http://hiddenforest.co.nz/fungi/class/index.htm
- http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/funguskingdom.html
- http://www.perspective.com/nature/fungi/index.html
Animal resources
- http://hs.houstonisd.org/westsidehs/Curriculum/WebMastering/Portfolio/2002/shengjpres/anamalia.html
- http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/mmh/grade3c/Gr3Web/Animals/animal_groups.htm
- http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animal.html
- http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ce6/sci/A0804080.html
- http://www.promotega.org/msc00003/proking.htm
- http://arnica.csustan.edu/boty1050/Protista/protista.htm
- - Kindgdom Protista
- http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/TimLynch/sci_class/chap09/lesson_protista/Protista_Lesson.html
When all five of your team mates have completed their research and filled out their data sheets you are ready to begin you mission.
Listed below are links to a picture and data on six living things you find on the island. Classify these living things using the data your group collected and report how you came to the final classification answer. This can be done in the form of a flowchart for each living thing and/or one for each and one combining all six into one
Click here to view the 6 Living Organisms.
Day 2
Once your group has classified the six living things it is your turn to create a living thing that nobody has ever seen before based on the characteristics of one of the kingdoms or the kingdom and class. Make a poster of your new living thing with a picture and a list of descriptive characteristics.
Combine your research information, classification problem solving report on each of the 6 living things and your new living organism poster into a presentation to be presented to the class.
The results of the new organism will be reviewed and the results verified by the creators of the living things.
The report is to be presented in class on Saturday.
Check out this song "What Is An Animal, What Is A Plant
