Scholars explore concepts in Biology. The tutorial consists of definitions, examples, and pictures about the four kingdoms of Eucaryotes.

This multiple-choice quiz on domains and kingdoms of living things allows students to get hints for each question and check their answers after submitting.

In this multi-media module students derive the relationship between single-celled and multi-celled organisms and the increasing complexity of systems.

This site is a description of the history behind the 5 Kingdom system suggested by Robert Whittaker. An extensive list of resources is included.

All living things can be identified by their placement in a biological classification table. Students will investigate the organization of all living things and learn how to classify through the process of classifying their own shoes....

Take an interactive quiz over the classification of living things. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.

College-level instructor's notes describing taxonomy. Explanations and images give a chronological history of the science of classifying organisms.

This video segment from Religion and Ethics Newsweekly features the ancient city of Timbuktu, once a thriving center of learning and trade.

The Linnaean system (1758) classified all macroscopic living organisms as either Animals or Plants, based on whether they moved [anima, with a soul] or not. Thus, Fungi were included as plants. With the invention of the microscope and...

Europe in 912 CE. Map shows the countries, kingdoms, empires, and domains of tribes.

A map showing the kingdoms, empires and domains of tribal groups in Europe at the death of Charles the Great in 814 CE.

A map of France at the close of the 10th century, showing the Royal Domain around Paris, the Fiefs of the Crown, including Flanders, Pontrieu, Normandy, Brittany, France, Burgundy, Aquitaine, Toulouse, Gascony, Gothic March, Roussillion,...