8+Kingdoms+&+Classification

**8th Grade: Kingdoms & Classification **


Key Idea 1: Living things are both similar to and different from each other and from nonliving things Key Idea 5: Compare the way a variety of living specimens carry out basic life functions and maintain dynamic equilibrium** ||~  ||
 * = **Month** || **January** ||~  ||
 * = **Duration** || **2 Weeks** ||~  ||
 * = **Content** || **Kingdoms & Classification: Dichotomous Keys, Levels of Classification, 6 Kingdoms of Life** ||~  ||
 * = **Key Ideas** || **Standard 4: The Living Environment
 * = **Standards** || * //**Performance Indicator 1.1: Compare and contrast the parts of plants, animals and one-celled organisms**//
 * **1.1h: Living things are classified by shared characteristics on the cellular and organism level. In classifying organisms, biologists consider details of internal and external structures. Biological classification systems are arranged from general (kingdom) to specific (species).**
 * //**Performance Indicator 5.1: Compare the way a variety of living specimens carry out basic life functions and maintain dynamic equilibrium**//
 * **5.1a: Animals and plants have a great variety of body plans and internal structures that contribute to their ability to maintain a balanced condition.**
 * **5.1b: An organism's overall body plan and its environment determine the way that the organism carries out the life processes.** ||  ||
 * = **Relevant Vocabulary** || **dichotomous key, kingdom, species, animal, plant, protist, fungi, moneran** ||  ||
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