The worksheets include heavy use of Venn Diagrams to help students find likenesses and differences between organisms.
Since they are not triangles and they are not red shapes they are not shown in the Venn diagram.
The big red triangle belongs in all three categories so it is placed where all the circles overlap. Now complete the other Venn diagrams.
You can sort the breeds of dogs in lots of ways.
You can sort the African animals in lots of ways.
In this example we can sort these animals in 7 ways: 1) long or short neck; 2) pattern or plain coat; 3) carnivore or herbivore; 4) can or cannot live in water; 5) antler/horn or no antler/horn; 6) hooves or paws; and 7) long or short legs. We will sort the animals using Venn diagrams.
Look at these 10 pictures. Do you notice any similarities among them? They are all nature pictures but there are two types of pictures, flowers and insects.
Look at these 10 pictures. Do you notice any similarities among them? They are all pictures of everyday objects but there are two types of pictures, chairs and kitchen things. Now double sort the items into the diagram.
There are 10 nature pictures and you are asked to sort these pictures into categories of your choice. How many ways can you think of to sort these pictures? You don't need to include all the pictures in every sorting.
Sort these pictures into categories of your choice of similar things. You don't need to use all the pictures for every sort.
Sort these pictures into categories of your choice of similar things. You don't need to use all the pictures for every sort.
All of these nouns represent things associated with a school. You want to sort these nouns into categories, starting with the largest parts of the school, the building (I) and the grounds (R).
All of these nouns represent things associated with flying. You want to sort these nouns into categories, starting with the airplane and the atmosphere it flies in.
All of these nouns represent things associated with a shopping center. Sort these nouns into categories based upon your own judgment.
A quintuple sort divides items into categories at five levels. If five levels of sorting seem like a lot of detail, this example will show you that five levels of complexity is common in everyday life.
There are 25 species of birds listed in the table. You want to devise a quintuple sort of these birds and define five levels of sorting that includes all the bird species in the table.
Sort these musical instruments into categories based upon your own judgment. You want to achieve a quintuple sort into five levels of categories.
Look at the pictures and sort them into 2 groups as given in the table at the bottom. Write each object's name under one part of the table.
Look at the pictures and sort them into 1 group as given in the table at the bottom. Write each object's name under one part of the table.
Look at the pictures and sort them into 4 groups as given in the table at the bottom. Write each object's name under one part of the table.
Look at the pictures and sort them into 4 groups as given in the table at the bottom. Write each object's name under one part of the table.
Look at the pictures and sort them into 4 groups as given in the table at the bottom. Write each object's name under one part of the table.
You should already be familiar with sorting pictures into categories. It should be easy to see that the pictures are related to baseball (A, B, G, H, J) and football (C, D, E, F, I).
You want to triple sort the items in these 10 pictures. This means that you must find similarities among smaller and smaller groups of items.
Sort the shapes into the Venn diagram. The triangles are placed in the left circle and the octagons are placed in the right circle.
Sort the shapes into a 3-category Venn diagram. The Triangles (A, B, C, D) are placed in the left circle, the Big Shapes (B, D, F, H) are placed in the right circle and the Red Shapes (C, D, G, H) are placed in the lower circle.
You can sort the breeds of dogs in lots of ways. In this example we can sort these dogs in 5 ways: 1) large or small breed; 2) short or long coat; 3) pointed or rounded ears; 4) single color or multi-color; and 5) long nose or short nose.
We will sort the breeds using Venn diagrams.
I think a good start is where do they live?
There are a bunch of ways to get at this, but we suggest: Herbivore, Short Legs, Not in Water, Plain Coat, Antler, or Horns.
Draw a red box around the pictures of animals that don't fly and can't live in water.
Draw a red box around the picture of things that you play with that are round and are part of a sport.
Draw a red box around pictures of foods that you cook and then eat cold.