Classification

Pick your favorite animal that you would like to focus on for this portion of the WebQuest!

After you pick your favorite animal, you will go to the University of Michigan Mueseum of Zoology's Animal Diversity Web to research your favorite animal! This is a great database resource to research and explore different animals!

In the search box on the right hand side of the website, type in your favorite animal and enter it into the datatbase.

Then, write  out its classification (which can be found on the far right hand side of the website after entering the animal into the database)

• Kingdom: _____________________________

• Phylum: _______________________________

• Class: _________________________________

• Order: _________________________________

• Family: ________________________________

• Genus: ________________________________

• Species: ______________________________

Then after you write down the classification of your animal, you will research different facts! You can record the information on this graphic organizer.

After researching the same animal that you classified, you will create a poster of your animal! 

On your poster you should include:

• All of the information that you researched on your graphic organizer

• A picture of your animal (at least one) 

• Your animals classification (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species)

  • ​Make sure that the spelling is correct for each part of the classification of your animal!

Click here to see an example of what I am expecting you do to for this assignment! I chose to research the BLUE WHALE! 

This is the rubric that will be used to grade your animal classification poster!