1. Happy Thursday Bio-Ninjas!
Bellwork: On the left side of your notes from yesterday
In 45 words….describe the process of buying a bottle of ketchup at the grocery store. For example……
How do you find it?
What does it look like?
Where in the store is it?
Have your Cladogram homework out. I will check it while you write out your bellwork.

2. Due this week: Cladogram Homework due today.
Notecards due tomorrow (word and definition)
Last day to turn in Test Analysis is tomorrow
Next Journal Check will be tomorrow

3. Quick recap on Cladograms…
Branch points indicate a common
ancestor
Direction of time
After which animal did protection from the elements arise?

4. Homework check.

5. Cells Backbone Legs Hair Opposable Thumbs Slug X Catfish Frog X Tiger
Cells
Backbone
Legs
Hair
Opposable Thumbs
Slug  X
Catfish X
Frog X 
Tiger
Human

7. HW: Classification Levels
Search for the YouTube video “Classification Levels”
by Alyssa Dolny.
Take Cornell notes in Journal
(need summary, etc). Due TOMORROW.

8. Standard: B8B Categorize organisms using a hierarchical classification system based on similarities and differences shared among groups
Essential Question: How can I use a hierarchical classification system to identify relationships among organisms?

9. What is classification. Name some things that we classify into groups
What is classification? Name some things that we classify into groups. Why do you think we (humans) classify things into groups?

10. CLASSIFICATION ACTIVITY
-Online Shopping -Grocery Store (Sorting Tree) -Do It Yourself

11. Wal-Mart…

13. Netflix High School Vehicles Sports Toy Store Music TV Shows
Each chart must include FOUR levels (color coded)
with at least FOUR examples per level.
Netflix
High School
Vehicles
Sports
Toy Store
Music
TV Shows
Everyone in the group MUST
Participate. If there are four levels then there should be one a different person at the board for each level.

14. Museum of Natural History: 33 million things

15. Exit Ticket:
In exactly 10 words describe why classification is important.