Introductory Activity
1. Pre-test

2. Journal entry

3.Tennis shoe classification activity or Fingerprinting activity

Enabling Activities
1. Video on classification and students take notes. 

2.  Essay on classification and complete a crossword puzzle. 

3. Shape Island lab from textbook, p. 592-593 

4.  Power point presentation on classification

5. Keying out trees hand out from Ranger Rick's Nature Scope "Trees"

6. Notes on textbook pages 232-239

7. Activity on classifying seeds  http://public.asu.edu/~furnier/papers/plantclass/index.html

8. Sorting all sorts activity: make a branching key, a dichotomous key, and give creatures scientific names. 

Culminating Activities

1. Complete a final project in groups of 3-4 students.  

2.Final test