The entire Taxonomy and Classification Unit includes… Six Part Slide PowerPoint Presentation full of built-in activities with instructions and questions, red slide notes, quizzes, review opportunities and much more. 19 Page bundled homework package and modified version that chronologically follow slideshow with answers key 24 Pages of unit notes with visuals for students who require assistance and for support professionals. Links to relevant websites and videos. Materials List and Curriculum Guide Two PowerPoint review games (125+ Slides Each) Rubrics, activity sheets, first day PowerPoint, flashcards, crosswords, and much more.

RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very important and should be recorded in your science journal. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

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-Please make notes legible and use indentations when appropriate. Please use this red line

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-Please make notes legible and use indentations when appropriate. -Example of indent. -Skip a line between topics

-Please make notes legible and use indentations when appropriate. -Example of indent. -Skip a line between topics -Don’t skip pages

-Please make notes legible and use indentations when appropriate. -Example of indent. -Skip a line between topics -Don’t skip pages -Make visuals clear and well drawn.

RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very important and should be recorded in your science journal. BLACK SLIDE: Pay attention, follow directions, complete projects as described and answer required questions neatly. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

Keep an eye out for “The-Owl” and raise your hand as soon as you see him. –He will be hiding somewhere in the slideshow “Hoot, Hoot” “Good Luck!” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

Graded Quiz 1-20 Name the Phylum and Class if you know it from any organism on planet earth in the Kingdom Animalia. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

Practice: K=A, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Arachnid.

Just as a reminder, common names aren’t worth credit but you can record so that you can go back to. Earthworm = No credit. Annelida = Correct response. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

Mollusca

Mollusca Cnidaria

Mollusca Cnidaria Chordata

Mollusca Cnidaria Chordata Arthropoda

Mollusca Cnidaria Chordata Arthropoda Annelida

Mollusca Cnidaria Chordata Arthropoda Annelida

1 K=? P=? 1 K=? P=?

2 K=? P=? 2 K=? P=?

3 3 K=? P=? 3 K=? P=?

4 K=? P=? C=? 4 K=? P=? C=?

5 5 5 K=? P=? C=? 5 K=? P=? C=?

6 6 K=? P=? C=? 6 K=? P=? C=?

7 K=? P=? 7 K=? P=?

8 K=? P=? 8 K=? P=?

9 K=? P=? 9 K=? P=?

10 K=? P=? C=? 10 K=? P=? C=?

11 K=? P=? 11 K=? P=?

12 K=? P=? 12 K=? P=?

K=? P=? 13 K=? P=?

K=? P=? C=? 14 K=? P=? C=?

15 K=? P=? 15 K=? P=?

16 K=? P=? C=? 16 K=? P=? C=?

K=? P=? 17 K=? P=?

18 K=? P=? 18 K=? P=?

19 K=? P=? 19 K=? P=?

K=? P=? C=? 20 K=? P=? C=?

Bonus - Please name the Phylum that ****** Bob Square Pants would belong to.

Bonus #2 – What is my common name, and what Phylum would I most likely belong to?

Answers to the Quiz Please grade your paper on the honor system.

1

1 K=A, Phylum Mollusca 1 K=A, Phylum Mollusca

2 K=? P=? 2 K=? P=?

2 K=Animalia P=? 2 K=Animalia P=?

2 K=Animalia P=Porifera 2 K=Animalia P=Porifera

3 3

3 3 K=A, Phylum Mollusca 3 K=A, Phylum Mollusca

4

4 K=A, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta 4 K=A, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta

5 5 5

5 5 5 K=A, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Arachnida 5 K=A, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Arachnida

6 6

6 6 K=A, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta 6 K=A, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta

7

7 K=A, Phylum Mollusca 7 K=A, Phylum Mollusca

8

8 K=A, Phlyum Cnidaria 8 K=A, Phlyum Cnidaria

9

9 K=A, Phylum Echinodermata 9 K=A, Phylum Echinodermata

10 10

10 K=A, Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia. 10 K=A, Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia.

11 11

11 K=A, Phylum Annelida 11 K=A, Phylum Annelida

12 12

12 K=A, Phylum Nematoda 12 K=A, Phylum Nematoda

13 13

13 K=A, Phylum Platyhelminthes 13 K=A, Phylum Platyhelminthes

14 14

14 Arthropoda, Arachnida 14 Arthropoda, Arachnida 14 K=A, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Crustacea 14 K=A, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Crustacea

15 15

15 K=A, Phylum Echinodermata 15 K=A, Phylum Echinodermata

16 16

16 K=A, Phylum Chrodata, Class Mammalia 16 K=A, Phylum Chrodata, Class Mammalia

17 17

17 K=A, Phylum Rotifera 17 K=A, Phylum Rotifera

18 18

18 K=A, Phylum Cnidaria 18 K=A, Phylum Cnidaria

19 19

19 K=A, Phylum Echinodermata 19 K=A, Phylum Echinodermata

20 20

20 K=A, Phylum Chordata, Class Aves 20 K=A, Phylum Chordata, Class Aves

Bonus - Please name the Phylum that ****** Bob Square Pants would belong to. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

Bonus #1 – Phylum Porifera (Sponge Bob). Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

Bonus – What is my common name, and what Phylum would I most likely belong to? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

Bonus #3 – “Yoshi” Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia or Amphibia? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

New Area of Focus: Learning about the Order Mammalia. New Area of Focus: Learning about the Order Mammalia. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

New Area of Focus: Learning about the Order Mammalia. New Area of Focus: Learning about the Order Mammalia. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

New Area of Focus: Learning about the Order Mammalia. New Area of Focus: Learning about the Order Mammalia. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

New Area of Focus: Learning about the Order Mammalia. New Area of Focus: Learning about the Order Mammalia. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

New Area of Focus: Learning about the Order Mammalia. New Area of Focus: Learning about the Order Mammalia. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

Therapsid: The first mammal like reptile. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

Legs and hips changed from walking like a modern day alligator, to more like a coyote.

Oldest Mammal Fossil Eomaia scansoria lived 125 million years ago. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

Oldest Mammal Fossil Eomaia scansoria lived 125 million years ago. –Young born alive and nourished with a placenta. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

These small mammals lived during the time of the dinosaurs. –Hiding in the small places of the earth and climbing in the trees. –Many were insectivores. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy