Science 6
DL6.2
Examine how humans organize understanding of the diversity of living things.
CP, SI
Indicators for this outcome
| (a) |
Construct and use a classification system to organize living things into groups and subgroups according to student-developed criteria. |
| (b) |
Consider personal observations and ideas as well as those of others (including differing worldviews) when constructing classification systems by asking questions, sharing stories, and responding to classmates' classification systems. |
| (c) |
Demonstrate how different classification systems can be used to classify the same set of objects and explain how humans develop and refine classification systems to meet specific needs. |
| (d) |
Explore local First Nations and Métis methods of organizing understanding of living things (e.g., two-leggeds, four-leggeds, winged-ones, swimmers, trees, and grasses) and the criteria underlying that understanding (e.g., where animals are found, how animals move, and the uses of plants). |
| (e) |
Describe how aspects of First Nations and Métis worldviews (e.g., holistic, interconnectedness, valuing of place-based knowledge) shape their systems of organizing understanding of living things. |
| (f) |
Illustrate the diversity of living things on Earth by constructing a visual representation (e.g., poster, mobile, slide show, and web page) showing examples from each kingdom of the five kingdom taxonomic model: monera, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. |
| (g) |
Use appropriate scientific terminology to communicate ideas about the diversity of living things (e.g., biotic, abiotic, kingdom, phylum, monera, protist, fungi, plant, animal, vertebrate, and invertebrate). |
| (h) |
Critique the use of biological classification systems to aid scientific understanding of living things rather than relying on common, local, or personally chosen names. |
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