AC9S7U01
Biological sciences
investigate the role of classification in ordering and organising the diversity of life on Earth and use and develop classification tools including dichotomous keys
Elaborations
- AC9S7U01_E1observing and identifying the similarities and differences of particular features within and between groups of organisms
- AC9S7U01_E2creating and modifying a dichotomous key to classify organisms into groups and groups within groups
- AC9S7U01_E3naming and classifying species using scientific conventions from the Linnaean hierarchical classification system, such as kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
- AC9S7U01_E4considering the reasons for classifying living things, such as identification and communication
- AC9S7U01_E5examining how biological classification has changed over time through improvements in microscopy
- AC9S7U01_E6using provided dichotomous keys to identify organisms surveyed on a field trip
- AC9S7U01_E7investigating First Nations Australians’ systems of classifying living things and how these systems differ from those used by contemporary science
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