Lesson Part |
Description |
Engage |
Students determine the characteristics of several groupings of transportation vehicles. Students consider the characteristics of common items in Engage to help transition to the classification of organisms into appropriate Kingdoms based on the characteristics listed in the TEKS. |
Explore |
Students watch a brief introductory video on the six Kingdoms and the basic characteristics by which organisms within the Kingdoms are classified. Not all the required characteristics are included in the video. Teachers may have students write preliminary information in their science notebooks about the Kingdoms and then add to this information as the lesson progresses through Explain 1 and Explain 2. |
Explain 1 |
Students review the extensive terminology found in this TEKS to classify organisms into Kingdoms. Students watch a video to help learn or refresh the terminology used within classification of organisms, including prokaryotic, eukaryotic, unicellular, multicellular, autotroph, heterotroph, and sexual and asexual reproduction. Students then review the information through an interactive activity where they have to either select the correct answer choice or type the answer. Care has been taken to make sure that the correct answers students type are accepted, but the answers must be spelled correctly. Encourage students to record information from the video and activity in their science notebooks to reference throughout the rest of the lesson. In “Related Items,” an additional video about single-celled organisms is included if additional help is needed. If students are familiar with the terminology, teachers may opt for students to do the interactive activity first and then have students revisit the terms video only if additional remediation is needed. |
Explain 2 |
Students complete a table that identifies each Kingdom and its characteristics by gathering information from the Kingdom Classifications video. Students may create their own tables or use a template similar to the Kingdom Classifications Table found in “Related Items.” The Kingdom Classifications Table key is located at the end of the video for students to check their information.
An interactive activity follows where students use their tables to select the appropriate characteristics of each Kingdom. Variation of the terms has been included in this activity to help reinforce the characteristics' terminology, definitions, and usage. Allowing students to interact in several different ways with the extensive terminology involved in this TEKS helps to improve student retention of knowledge. |
Elaborate |
Students are given characteristics of several organisms and must determine the Kingdom in which each is classified. Students should be encouraged to review their answers upon completion. A detailed description is included in the interactive activity review. Students should use their Kingdom Classifications Tables created in Explain 2.
Students must type in the Kingdom names rather than simply clicking on the correct box. This provides students with another opportunity, presented in a different way, to interact with the information. |
Evaluate |
Student assess their learning by completing five questions relating to TEKS 6.12D. |