Animal Classification

​ESSENTIAL Question:

​How does classifying animals help us understand them better?

By the end of this lesson you will be able to explain ​how and why scientists classify animals and why it is important.

Learning Target:

​STEP 1:

Is it even an animal? ​

Multiple Choice

What am I?

• plant

• animal

Multiple Choice

What am I?

• plant

• animal

Multiple Choice

What am I?

• plant

• animal

Multiple Choice

What am I?

• plant

• animal

Multiple Choice

What am I?

• plant

• animal

Multiple Choice

What am I?

• plant

• animal

Multiple Choice

Which animals have a brain?

• Jellyfish

• Sea Star

• Earthworm

• Sponges

Multiple Choice

Which animals have internal bones?

• grasshoppers

• spiders

• sea stars

• frogs

Multiple Choice

Which animals have a heart?

• jellyfish

• octopus

• sea star

• sponge

Multiple Choice

Which animals have lungs?

• grasshoppers

• spiders

• octopus

• jellyfish

Multiple Choice

Which animal has a cloaca for laying eggs?

• Chicken

• Earthworm

• Dog

• Grasshopper

Multiple Choice

Which animals do not have any organs such as a heart, lungs, mouth, nerves, etc.

• sponge

• sea star

• coral

• earthworms

Multiple Choice

Which animals are most closely related?

• Grizzly bear and polar bear

• Grizzly bear and panda bear

• Polar bear and panda bear

• All of the above

Poll

How did you classify your list of animals?

• Amphibian, bird, mammal, reptile, fish etc.

• By size

• Where they live

• swim, fly, walk etc.

• Other (not listed)

​BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE

"Scientific Name" ​

Open Ended

Type your acronym to help you remember K.P.C.O.F.G.S that is different from King Phillip Came Over For Green Skittles

Reorder

Reorder the following from broadest to most specific

• Kingdom

• Class

• Order

• Family

• Phylum

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Open Ended

What would you call this animal?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following animals are the most closely related?

• Polar bear and panda bear

• Grizzly bear and polar bear

• Polar bear and sloth bear

• Panda bear and sloth bear

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are the most closely related?

• Ursus arctos and Urus maritimus

• Ailuropoda melanolueca and Ursus maritimus

• Ailuropoda melanolueca and Ursus arctos

• Ursus arctos and Melursus ursinus