Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Animals
This unit focuses on the unique structure and function of both invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Students review their understanding of animal diversity, and take a closer look at the various organ systems found in the animal kingdom.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Bombyx Mori (Silkworms)
Biological information about the silkworm, Bombyx mori, including habitat, physical description, behavior, food habits, and more.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Animal Body Plans: Self Check Quiz
Try these five multiple-choice questions about animal body plans. After submitting answers, students can review the material.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Animal Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Check out the diverse traits that animals can have that put them into different Phyla to make it easier to classify them.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Diversity of Mammals: Self Check Quiz
Five multiple choice questions about the diversity among mammals. After submitting answers, students can review any missed material.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Rediscovering Biology: Unit 4: Microbial Diversity
A complete learning module on microbial diversity that includes a downloadable textbook chapter, teacher guide, and lesson activities. The chapter can also be viewed online. In addition, there are animations, images, a video, and...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Mammoth Cave: Biology and Cave Life
This resource describes the biology and cave life of Mammoth Cave. Among the topics discussed are the animal and plant life associated with the area. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Chemistry of Life
Through informational text, interactive activities, animations, and video clips, students examine the chemistry of living things, and they learn how interactions from atoms are fundamental to life as we know it.
University of California
Ucmp: Introduction to Ctenophora
This is an advanced level review of the biology of these organisms. The opening photographs are worth seeing!
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: The Nature of Science and Biology
Use the scientific reasoning and critical thinking to take an in-depth look at the basics of biology.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Information About Animal Cells
Explains the differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells and presents a diverse set of facts about animal cells.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Living Things Families
What do centipedes and crabs have in common? What's so special about a backbone? Check this site out from The Franklin Institute if you are interested in biology and classification.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Unit 9: Biodiversity Decline
This is an extensive learning module on biodiversity and its decline. It looks at ways biodiversity is threatened, the possibility of another mass extinction, the causes and consequences of habitat loss, factors that drive biodiversity...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo
Here is the National Zoological Park right at our fingertips. Students will find many things to explore at this colorful and engaging site. Any study of animals will have a successful start here. Chances are students can catch their...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Invertebrates
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Animals are also often identified as being either invertebrates or vertebrates. These are terms based on the skeletons of the animals. Vertebrates have a backbone...