Teacher: Ramon Hernandez

Subject: 6th Grade Science

Unit: Animals
Date: 2/22/15
OBJECTIVE: What will your students be able to do by the end of class?
The students will know the domains and kingdoms used to group living things and be able to place living things
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ngin their proper domain and kingdom.
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(12) Organisms and environments. The student knows all organisms are classified into Domains and
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Kingdoms. Organisms within these taxonomic groups share similar characteristics which allow them to
interact with the living and nonliving parts of their ecosystem. The student is expected to:
(D) identify the basic characteristics of organisms, including prokaryotic or eukaryotic, unicellular or
multicellular, autotrophic or heterotrophic, and mode of reproduction, that further classify them in the
currently recognized Kingdoms
ASSESSMENT: How will you know concretely that all
of your students have mastered the objective?

When theyre able to not only sort organisms into their

proper domain and kingdom but explain why they belong
there.

KEY POINTS: What three to five main ideas or

steps will you emphasize in your lesson? May
also include key questions to ask during
instruction.
Domains
Kingdoms
Why are bacteria included but not viruses?

ENGAGE: 10 min
The students will be split up into groups and each group will be given a folder with 16
pictures of various plants/animals/bacteria/fungi each having a different number on it.
They will then be told that there are three big groups (A,B,C) and subgroups within Group
A. Their job will be to arrange the 16 pictures into what they believe their proper domain
and kingdom are based on their characteristics and the following clues:
#1 is in the same big Group as #5
Group B has two organisms in it
One of the big groups only has one organism
#9 is in Group C
Group A is the biggest group
Then I will use Socrative to have a Space Race where the students will type in the order
that they believe was correct and see who was closest to the truth.
EXPLORE: 25 min

EXPLAIN: 15 min

ELABORATE: 30 min

MATERIALS
5 Packets of 16
pgs.
Socrative
Projector
Computer

EVALUATE: 10 min