TABLE OF CONTENTS - Lindbergh School District

Concept E: Biological classifications are
based on how organisms are related
a. Classify vertebrate animals into classes
(amphibians, birds, reptiles, mammals,
and fish) based on their characteristics.
b. Identify plants or animals using simple
dichotomous keys.
C3 a. Teacher will employ visuals of many
different animals. Students will observe the
similarities and differences of the creatures
and categorize animals into classes. (1.3)
b. Using everyday classroom objects, students
will create a dichotomous key or tree chart
(GO4) to identify a certain object. (1.8; 2.3)
a. Given a list of attributes, students will write a
list of guidelines for classifying vertebrates.
They will create a series of Venn diagrams
comparing the 5 types of vertebrates.
b. Students will compose their own
dichotomous key or tree chart (GO4) to
identify a certain object. Other groups then
use the keys to conclude what the object is.
Strand 3: Characteristic and Interactions of Living Organisms
2. Living organisms carry out life processes in order to survive
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities Suggested Assessments
Concept C: Complex multicellular
organisms have systems that interact to
carry out life processes through physical
and chemical means.
a. Recognize the major life processes
carried out by the major systems of
plants and animals (e.g., support,
reproductive, digestive,
transport/circulatory, excretory,
response) Do NOT assess naming of
organs within each system or
explanation of the processes carried out
by those system.
C3 a. Students will outline the life processes
(getting energy, using energy, getting rid of
waste, reproducing, growing, & reacting to
change) of several different living and nonliving
things. (1.8)
a. Students will create a compare & contrast
chart (GO7) with an animal, plant, and a
machine categorizing the life processes.
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