Learn about classification
People have always given names to things, including plants and animals and non-living things like soils or rocks.
Taxonomy is the science of classification – a system that arranges things into natural related groups based on some factor common to each.
Whakapapa denotes familial connections, genealogy, ancestry and lineage of living things and non-living things.
Background information
Classification system – article
Classifying marine organisms – article
He pūnaha whakarōpū ❘ Classifying and identifying plants – article
Whakapapa of stone – video
The whakapapa of trees – video
Plants and whakapapa – video
Teaching resources
Classifying and identifying: explore scientific classification and whakapapa with responses to video and text – Word document
Living organisms – create a mihi: use classification to introduce an organism – Word document
What can DNA in the environment tell us about an ecosystem? – teacher instructions: use a journal article to actively research and answer questions about taxonomy and eDNA – Word document
What can DNA in the environment tell us about an ecosystem? – student questions: – Word document
What can DNA in the environment tell us about an ecosystem?: journal article – PDF
