The document provides instructions for creating a foldable taxonomy organizer with 5 colored paper sheets. It describes folding the purple paper first and then folding the other colored papers over top, with a half inch edge on each, in the order of purple, green, yellow, pink, and blue. It instructs to staple the completed foldable at the top. The foldable is meant to help organize information about taxonomy, including levels like species, genus, family, order, and domains of life.

1. Life’s Filing System

2.  1. Grab 5 colored papers off of the counter.
 2. Fold the PURPLE paper almost in half (like a card), but leave an edge about half
an inch wide.
 3. Fold the other papers over the top of that one leaving a half an each edge on each
one. Put them in this order: purple, green, yellow, pink, blue.
 4. When you are done, your foldable should look like this:
 5. If your foldable looks like it supposed to, put two staples at the top.

3. TAXONOMY
LIFE’S FILING SYSTEM
SPECIES
GENUS
FAMILY
ORDER
CLASS
PHYLUM
KINGDOM (King Philip Can Order Five Green Salads)
DOMAIN: Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
CARL LINNAEUS

4. This is the information you should have on your SPECIES page:
 Group of organisms that resemble each other closely in structure and function.
 Basic unit of scientific classification- MOST SPECIFIC
 Like species breed with like species
 Part of scientific naming (binomial nomenclature)
 The SECOND name in scientific naming written with a lower case letter and italicized.
 EXAMPLE: Lepus curpaeums- rabbit, scientific name
genus species

5. Here is the information you should have on your GENUS page:
 Genus comes after family and before species.
 Part of the scientific naming system also known as binomial nomenclature.
 First name in scientific naming written with a capital letter and italicized.
 EXAMPLE: Felis catus- cat, scientific name
genus species

6. Here is the information you should have on your FAMILY page:
 Family comes after order and before genus.

7. Here is the information you should have on your ORDER page:
 Order comes after class and before family.

8. Here is the information you should have on your CLASS page:
 Class comes after phylum and before order.

9. Here is the information you should have on your PHYLUM page:
 Phylum comes after Kingdom and before Class.
 Plants are usually grouped by the term Division instead of the term Phylum.
 The animal kingdom contains about 35 phyla.
 The plant kingdom contains about 12 phyla or divisions.

10. Kingdom
Animal Plant Fungi Protists
Eubacteria and
Archaea
(Formally known
as Monera)
• multicellular * multicellular * multicellular * unicellular * unicellular
• Over 1 million * make own food * absorb nutrients from * complex cells * no nucleus
species other organisms (have nucleus) * eubacteria &
• move from place * they are NOT plants* move with: archaea have
to place flagella different cell
cilia walls
pseudopods

11. • Broadest or most general level of classification.
• How are organisms placed into their different
kingdoms?
• Cell type: complex or simple
• Ability to make food
• Number of cells in their body
All organisms are split into Kingdoms:
Animal: organisms that usually move from place to place and find their own food.
Plant: organisms that make their own food and do not actively move around from place to place.
Fungi: organisms that absorb food from living and once living things.
Protists: organisms tat have single, complex cells
Eubacteria & Archeobacteria: organisms that have single, simple cells.

12.  Does yours look like this??? 

13. Domains of Life
Life is divided into domains,
which are subdivided into
further groups
Absorb nutrients from
other organisms
Can grow in the
dark
Multicellular,
produce own
food
Move from place
to place by
themselves.
Single-cell, have nucleus,
move with flagella, cilia,
pseudopods
unicellular,
no nucleus Unicellular, no nucleus,
different cell wall from
bacteria

14.  All life can be divided into 3 Domains. Domains tell you the type of cell inside an organism.
Bacteria
• Single-celled
organisms
• No nucleus
Archaea
• Single-celled
organisms
• No nucleus
• Different cell
wall from
bacteria
Eukarya
• Organisms with
cells that contain
a nucleus
• All cells in this
Domain keep their
DNA inside the
nucleus Ex: Animalia, Fungi, Plantae,
Protista
Archaea vs. Bacteria
Similarities Differences
• No nucleus
• Small cells
• One- celled (unicellular)
• Can reproduce by diving in
two.
• Cell walls are made up of
different material
• Archaea live in extreme
environments: hot springs,
geysers, salt flats
• Bacteria can live almost
anywhere

15.  Does yours look like this??? 

16. Timeline of Scientific Events
Aristotle
300’s BC
Microscope
Late 1500’s
5 Kingdoms
Carl Linnaeus
1700’s
DNA
1900’s

17. Aristotle Linnaeus
• Lived over 2,000 years ago
• Greek Philosopher
• Developed the first
classification system
• His system consisted of two
groups: plants and animals
• Lived during the 1700’s
• Father of Taxonomy
• Created the classification
system we use today
• This system consists of seven
groups: Kingdom, Phylum,
Class, Order, Family, Genus,
Species

18.  Does yours look like this? 

19.  Glue the rubric to the back of the foldable so I can score it and give it back to you.
 All pictures glued on the correct pages, colored, & labeled 30 pts
 All written information is included on correct pages 30 pts
 All tabs labeled correctly 10 pts
 Handwriting is neatly written and is legible 15 pts
 Teacher can see that student made an effort to do their best work 10 pts
 Rubric is glued on back with name and class hour 5 pts
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100 pts.