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Science / Year 7 / Science understanding / Biological sciences
Curriculum content descriptions
investigate the role of classification in ordering and organising the diversity of life on Earth and use and develop classification tools including dichotomous keys (AC9S7U01)
Elaborations
- observing and identifying the similarities and differences of particular features within and between groups of organisms
- creating and modifying a dichotomous key to classify organisms into groups and groups within groups
- naming and classifying species using scientific conventions from the Linnaean hierarchical classification system, such as kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
- considering the reasons for classifying living things, such as identification and communication
- examining how biological classification has changed over time through improvements in microscopy
- using provided dichotomous keys to identify organisms surveyed on a field trip
- investigating First Nations Australians’ systems of classifying living things and how these systems differ from those used by contemporary science
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Taxonomic rank, Dichotomous keys, Classification