1. Extra help for classification
Divide these shapes into two groups
What was the basis you used to divide the two groups?
What might be another way to divide the shapes?

2. Classification
Organism
House cat
Red fox
Dog
Wolf
Gopher
Fly
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Arthropoda
Class
Mammalia
Insecta
Order
Carnivora
Rodentia
Diptera
Family
Felidae
Canidae
Geomyidae
Muscidae
Genus
Felis
Vulpes
Canis
Thomomys
Musca
Species
F. domesticus
V. fulva
C. familiaris
C. lupus
T. bottae
M. domestica

3. Felis domesticus
Vulpes Fulva
canis familiaris
Canis Lupus
Botte thomomys
M. domestica

5. Step 1- Number or label each picture
Step 2- Divide the group into two groups by asking a “has” or “has not” question
Step 3- Make sure each division in based on ONE characteristic
Step 4- Continue dividing until each object is in its own group

6.
Not Orange
Orange
Not red
Red
Yellow
Not yellow