All students are unique. This means that they are all unique learners. As a science teacher I facilitate learning and encourage students to learn by inquiry. I also use realistic experiences and experiments to activate learning in the classroom. I introduce the unit by giving notes in a power point video.
Students then participate in a hands-on grouping activity.
The students participate in a more challenging lab grouping common items one may find around the house. On this day students work with a dichotomous key to classify different noodles. During the rest of the unit I provide students with a variety of worksheets to review important concepts, they also practice reading and comprehension by reading a scientific article that discusses new species found on earth, and students practice with another dichotomous key classifying an imaginary organism. During the last day of the unit I take students outside and we classify common plants using a field guide. During the learning sequence lessons build upon each other relating classification to students everyday lives.