Classification

2014-2015

Activity

- Sort 10 random items into THREE categories of your choosing

- Complete the category chart- Each group explains to the class what criteria

they chose to group the items

ActivityClassify the same 10 items based on the following set of criteria

The difference between sorting and classifying is that classifying involves a set of rules

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List the items

Items are not wider than a single pointer finger

List them items

Items here are wider than the pointer finger but less than pointer finger and middle finger together

List the items

Items here are wider than the pointer finger and middle finger together

Activity

With your group, come up with a working definition for sorting and classification

1. What is sorting?2. What is classifying?

Sorting

Sort noun \ˈsort\ -a group of people or things that have some shared quality

A particular kind or type of person or thing

A person of a particular type

The act of separating things and putting them in a particular order

The act of sorting things

Sorting

Student Sorting Practice- Classify by:

- Height- Hair color

- What other ways could you be sorted?

Classification

clas·si·fi·ca·tionnoun \ˌkla-sə-fə-ˈkā-shən\ - the act or process of putting people or things into groups based on ways that they are alike

-An arrangement of people or things into groups based on ways that they are alike

Classification

Student Classification Practice- Classify by:

- Height ( 5 feet and under and 5’1 and up)- Hair color (light hair and dark hair)- Male vs. female

- What other ways could you be classified?

Classification vs. Sorting

ClassificationGrouping information, objects, or organisms into categories that have been fixed based on a set of rules

The outcome will ALWAYS be the same

In science, Taxonomy is a classification system

SortingOrganizing information, objects, or organisms into groups based on criteria that are selected by an individual

Taxonomy Classification system that uses characteristics that are similar and dissimilar to group organisms and give them their namesExampleHomo sapiens

TaxonA taxon is a group of related organisms

Binomial Nomenclature

Two part naming system (bi = 2 ; nom= name)

Naming system – Genus name followed by the species name

Species is capitalized and the genus is lower case

Always italicized, sometimes abbreviated.– Homo sapiens– H. sapiens

How to remember the taxonomic system:

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Cell Phone Activity

3 Minutes1. Sort the cell phone pictures into

chronological order2. What “new features” appeared first, second,

third, etc.