September 3/4

1) Bell Ringer:

Use the following information to answer the bell ringer below:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Monotrmata
Family: Ornithoryhynchidae
Genus: Ornithoryhnychus
Species: anatinus

• Write the scientific name for a platypus using binomial nomenclature.
• A human is in the same class as a platypus, so which other levels of classification does a human share with a platypus?
• Platypuses are venomous.  A scientist hypothesizes that the larger the platypus the more venomous so he gathers samples from 200 platypus and runs a chemical analysis to determine the strength of the venom.  Identify:
• Independent Variable:
• Dependent Variable:
• Control:
• Controlled Variable:

2)  Data Analysis practice worksheet 

3)  Classification Quiz #2

4) Letter to Theo.  Students watched the following video clip and then they wrote letters to Theo explaining why his "creatures" are not living using the "Characteristics of Life."