TWIS #6

What I DID : This week in science we did a thing with crickets . And we also work on classification with the dichotomous key. We did a mission challenge with jelly beans we had to Create two types of dichotomous keys in order to classify your Jelly Bellys. And we had to classify them.

What I LEARNED : I learned about different jelly flavors . I also learned In classifying both living and nonliving things, scientists have tried to provide an order to life so that we can better understand the world in which we live. All living organisms are organized (classified) according to genetic relationships. Currently the classification system contains eight levels: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.

Shared patterns and physical characteristics among related organisms can be organized and denoted in a classification tool called a dichotomous key. The key is used to identify organisms.  The way we use the key is by answering yes or no questions about characteristics of an organism.