Introduction: Classifying Images
Can you sort and classify objects?
Goal:
Goal:
If I asked you to point to your sock drawer, could you do it without looking?
Yes, you know what is in your drawers because everything is sorted. You don't have a few pairs of socks in every drawer; they are all in one drawer.
In addition to objects, you can sort in images, shapes, numbers, and just about anything. Look at these shoes:
How could you sort them? You could do it by type of shoe, color, or size. You could sort by how they close such as shoelaces, Velcro, or buckles. Let's look at some pictures of toys and see if we can decide which characteristic was used for sorting.
Here are some toy cars. Which characteristic are these cars sorted by? Size, type, color, number of windows?
Excellent! These cars are sorted by color.
Let's take a group of blocks.
How were these blocks sorted?
That's right! These blocks are sorted by the characteristic color. Let's see the same blocks sorted in another way. Which characteristic are these blocks sorted by?
Yes, these blocks are sorted by size. You are a super sorter!
Question:
How can we sort and classify objects by their traits?
We will learn how to sort and classify objects!
We will learn how to use a Venn diagram to sort and classify objects.