Monday 05/14 Science - Classifying Vertebrates

Purpose: I can classify living organisms by describing, providing examples of, and visualizing vertebrates.

1. Connection: Invertebrates
2. Teaching: Today I want to teach you that scientists classify all animals into two phyla--groups--by a single characteristic: having a backbone or not.  But each family of vertebrates also has its own key structural and functional characteristics.
3. Engagement: Classifying Vertebrates
• Textbook pages 28-37
• Describe the group
• Identify examples
• Provide an image for each example
4. Link: Read and comprehend "Plants and Animals" at ReadWorks Digital
5. Extension: Bill Nye Videos
• Amphibians
• Birds
• Fish
• Mammals
• Marine Mammals
• Reptiles