Week 23 - Biology
Taxonomy & Phylogeny
You can’t study animals, plants, fungi, or any other organism on the planet without understanding how we classify them. This week is dedicated to reviewing the system of binomial nomenclature and understanding how we view relatedness among organisms through phylogenetic trees.
BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, you should be able to:
use all appropriate terminology found on your week 23 “Terms to Know”,
describe how to appropriately write a binomen (also known as a species of scientific name),
differentiate taxonomy and phylogeny,
build a phylogenetic tree based on synapomorphic characteristics,
analyze a phylogenetic tree and describe relatedness among organisms based off shared traits, and
Describe the levels of taxonomic hierarchy.
Your Week Ahead
Day 1: Ecology Connection & Taxonomy Review
You’ll start class turning in your journal summarizing a research paper you found, review key points from last week, then begin our taxonomy introduction. If you were struggling with your journal, you can turn it in on your day 2 without any late credit. We’ll discuss this more in class.
After class, study for your test on Day 3! This is all things Genetic from this semester (meiosis, Punnett squares, DNA structure, replication, and central dogma of molecular biology). Knowing terminology is very helpful.
Day 2: Taxonomy Intro & Phylogenetics Discussion
We’ll jump into a lab better understanding how to describe organisms that are related to each other using phylogenetic trees.
After class, read pages 510-522 in your textbook AND STUDY FOR YOUR TEST!
Day 3: Genetics Test
It’s test day. You’ve got this!
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IMPORTANT DATES
TEST on Day 3 covering Genetics (Videos 2-8 in content your Genetics Section nested under content videos).
Did you…?
… finish your handout from Day one’s class?
… complete your “Terms to Know: Week 23”?
… finish your readings (510-522) in your textbook?
… finish watching all your content videos?