ALEX Learning Activity Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [SC2015] BIOL (9-12) 13 :

13 ) Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain how organisms are classified by physical characteristics, organized into levels of taxonomy, and identified by binomial nomenclature (e.g., taxonomic classification, dichotomous keys).

a. Engage in argument to justify the grouping of viruses in a category separate from living things.

Students will view a short video on the characteristics of living things and apply that knowledge to various example prompts in a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning format. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [SC2015] BIOL (9-12) 13 :

13 ) Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain how organisms are classified by physical characteristics, organized into levels of taxonomy, and identified by binomial nomenclature (e.g., taxonomic classification, dichotomous keys).

a. Engage in argument to justify the grouping of viruses in a category separate from living things.

Students will analyze viruses based on current knowledge and characteristics of living things. Students will create a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning to argue from evidence. 

This activity follows the "Characteristics of Living Things" Activity. 

This activity resulted from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.