A3.2: Classification and Cladistics
Guiding Questions:
Guiding questions help students view the content of the syllabus through the conceptual lenses of both the themes and the levels of biological organization.
Linking Questions:
Linking questions strengthen students’ understanding by making connections between topics. The ideal outcome of the linking questions is networked knowledge.
Resources:
Guiding questions help students view the content of the syllabus through the conceptual lenses of both the themes and the levels of biological organization.
- What tools are used to classify organisms into taxonomic groups?
- How do cladistic methods differ from traditional taxonomic methods?
Linking Questions:
Linking questions strengthen students’ understanding by making connections between topics. The ideal outcome of the linking questions is networked knowledge.
- How can similarities between distantly related organisms be explained?
- What are some examples of ideas over which biologists disagree?
Resources:
- At SHS, Topic A3.2 is taught in the Nature of Biology and Cladistics units.
- Quizlet study set for this topic. Coming soon!
- View the general sequence of the SHS course
- View the SHS units mapped to the IB Biology curriculum roadmap