Classification helps organise the diverse group of organisms
Elaborations
considering the reasons for classifying such as identification and communication (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)
grouping a variety of organisms on the basis of similarities and differences in particular features (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)
considering how biological classifications have changed over time (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
classifying using hierarchical systems such as kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
using scientific conventions for naming species (Skills: Literacy)
using provided keys to identify organisms surveyed in a local habitat (Skills: Literacy)