7th Grade Life Science Objectives

ABACUS 01-SC07-60
PASS CS8.3.1

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PASS Strand:
5. Diversity and Adaptations of Organisms

Objectives:

1. By classifying organisms, biologists consider details of internal and external structure.
   Local extension: A five or six-kingdom classification system will be used to classify living things.

Time Range:
2nd Quarter

Suggested Teaching Strategies:

• Separate the Moneran Kingdom into Archaeobacteria and Eubacteria.
• Name the six kingdoms of living things, identify the structural features of each kingdom and give examples of organisms found in each kingdom.
• Name the phyla within the Animal Kingdom, identify structural features of each phylum and give examples.
• Name the classes within the Phylum Chordata and the Phylum Arthropoda. Identify the structural features of each class and give examples.

Sample CRT Questions

Aligned Resources:

• Core Lab 4: Classification
• Core Lab 6: Collection (Leaves and/or Arthropods)
• Core Lab 7: Plant and Animal Cells
• Core Lab 9: Phylum Chordata Booklet
• Core Lab 11: Symmetry
• Core Lab 12: Arthropod Classification
• Core Lab 13: Frog Dissection
• Textbook: Living Things, section 4 (The Six Kingdoms)

Revision Date:
June 2005