Power Point lesson for 4th grade science about basic classification of living things

1. Classification of Living Things

2. Classification -grouping things by a set of rules. -makes things organized and easy to find.

3. Seven Steps of Classification: Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

4. Kingdoms Animals Protists Plants Monerans Fungi

5. Animals *Multiple Cells *Consume other organisms for food

6. Plants *Multiple-Celled organisms *Can make their own food

7. Lesson adapted from the 4 th Grade level Harcourt Science textbook, published by Harcourt, Inc. in 2000. The books main contributing writers were Marjorie Slavick Frank, Robert M. Jones, Gerald H. Knockover, Mozell P. Lang, Joyce C. McLeod, Carol J. Valenta, and Barry A. Van Deman.