Activities will help students explore the concept of classification—the arranging of things by like elements, focusing on organisms and items. General background information, suggested activities, questions for discussion, and answers are included.
Through simple yet engaging language and detailed images and charts, readers will explore the work of Aristotle, Linnaeus, Darwin, and other well-known, and some not so well-known, figures throughout history who tried to make sense of the natural world, as well as the breakthroughs and technologies that allow scientists to study organisms down to the genetic level. This book supports the Next Generation Science Standards on heredity and biological evolution by helping students understand how mutations lead to genetic variation, which in turn leads to natural selection. In addition, informative sidebars, a bibliography, and a Further Reading section with current books and educational websites will allow inquisitive minds to dive deeper into the evolutionary relationships among organisms.
Explains how scientists classify living organisms, how the science of classification has changed over time, how the natural world continues to evolve, and where everyday living things fit into the classification system.
Describes the classification system scientists use to identify and name all living organisms, and explains how animals are categorized based on certain characteristics.
Grouping things by similar characteristics is referred to as classification. This book is filled with information and interesting facts about the six kingdoms in which all living organisms are classified.
All living things can be classified depending on their characteristics. There is a total of five major kingdoms used in the classification. These are: Monera, Fungi, Animalia, Protista and Plantae. How are organisms classified? Well, there’s a system in doing that, which will be discussed in the following pages too. Grab a copy for your fifth grader today.