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Filed under: 6th Grade

Sea Anemone Rap

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Students in 6S read five different articles having to do with classification of living things.  Then as groups, the students presented the articles to the class.  One of the articles was entitled, "New Species Of Sea Anemone Found In Deepest Pacific."  The group that read this article, presented a portion of the summary as a rap...take a listen. Here is a link to the article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070516144513.htm

Below is a photo of the sea anemone, Anthosactis pearseaethat the students read, then rapped about!

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In addition, after reading an article entitled, "Appearance Not Always Enough to Identify Species," an article about using DNA rather than physical appearance to classify organisms, a Nick treated us to an informative extra credit report on phenotype versus genotype.  Here is the link to the article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101116072754.htm

 

Alien Invasion

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6th grade students took on the challenge of developing a classification system for a population of recently discovered aliens.
THIS JUST IN!!!
We have been given word that another, smaller aircraft has been spotted heading toward Earth, set to arrive next week! Eek...we will see how the classification systems hold up!