Otaniemi Upper Secondary School – Sustainable Future Project
Course code, full name, and status (C/EC/OP)
BI1 Life and evolution C
Topic
Species and systematics
Duration
75 min
Objectives (directly from the National Core Curriculum):
The objective of the module is that the student
- is able to classify the structure of current living organisms
Content (directly from the National Core Curriculum):
- Living organisms
- principles of classification
- family tree of living organisms and key taxa
More detailed description of content if necessary
Key concepts
species, subspecies, breed, variety, taxon, genus, family, order, class, phylum/domain, municipality, domain, DNA barcode, molecular clock, phylogenetic tree, taxonomy, systematics
Connections within the subject
BI2, BI3
Connections to other subjects (if already known)
Possible model pathways related to the content
Agenda 2030: 14 and 15, Life Below Water and Life on Land