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[6th Grade] [6th Grade Assignment Sheets] Language Arts] Math] Science] Social Studies] Science Unit Plan] Day 1] 2] 3] [4] 5] 6] 7] 8] 9] 10]

by Mallory Markert
 * Day 4 - Lab - How can you identify and classify organisms? **

**Lesson Plan ** **Subject ** Science **Topic ** Classification **Grade Level ** Sixth **Time Frame ** 45 minutes **State Standards ** -- || Sixth Graders will be able to: **Materials ** Samples of watermelon, Fuji apple, orange, lemon, and banana Science textbook science notebook **Procedures ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">1. Go on a walk through with the students of the lab. Encourage them to form if...then...statements to help them understand how to identify organsims. Discuss the role of physical characteristics in the identification of organisms. 2. As students go through step 1 of the lab, ask them to use their own words to describe their actions they take as they use the sample identification key. Have them write in there notebooks why it is useful to use a key that presents only on characteristic at each step. 3. Compare their charts to one that would help to identify rocks or seashells. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">4. Go over results with the class. Compare and contrast with the other groups, and answer the questions on page 19 as their exit slips.
 * **<span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">IL Correlated Sets **
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.11.B.3b ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Sketch, propose and compare design solutions to the problem considering available materials, tools, cost effectiveness and safety. ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.11.B.3c ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Select the most appropriate design and build a prototype or simulation. ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.12.B.3a ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Identify and classify biotic and abiotic factors in an environment that affect population density, habitat and placement of organisms in an energy pyramid. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Instructional Objectives **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Use a dichotomous key to identify organisms