Section I. Characteristics and classification of living organisms
I.1.Characteristics of living organisms
Activity 1: Blijdorp zoo treasure hunt (groups)
Activity 2: Building our ceiling totem - snake project: anatomy of a vertebrate (class / individual) - across all Section I
Keywords: Movement / Respiration / Sensitivity / Growth / Reproduction / Excretion / Nutrition
I.2. Classification and diversity of living organisms
Activity 3: Building three single entry table to compare vertebrates - invertebrates - flowering plants (class)
Activity 4: Design a flash card to compare viruses / bacteria / fungi (individual - graded)
Activity 5: The fungi farm project!! - farming and observation of saprotroph fungi (pairs with USB cam.)
Keywords: binomial system / genus / species / features Command term: Describe
I.3. Simple keys
Activity 6: Design a dichotomous key to sort out six organisms (randomly picked from a deck of illustrated cards - pairs)
additional practise: http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/dichoto.html
Keywords: dichotomous key
Activity 1: Blijdorp zoo treasure hunt (groups)
Activity 2: Building our ceiling totem - snake project: anatomy of a vertebrate (class / individual) - across all Section I
Keywords: Movement / Respiration / Sensitivity / Growth / Reproduction / Excretion / Nutrition
I.2. Classification and diversity of living organisms
Activity 3: Building three single entry table to compare vertebrates - invertebrates - flowering plants (class)
Activity 4: Design a flash card to compare viruses / bacteria / fungi (individual - graded)
Activity 5: The fungi farm project!! - farming and observation of saprotroph fungi (pairs with USB cam.)
Keywords: binomial system / genus / species / features Command term: Describe
I.3. Simple keys
Activity 6: Design a dichotomous key to sort out six organisms (randomly picked from a deck of illustrated cards - pairs)
additional practise: http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/dichoto.html
Keywords: dichotomous key