Identify the four new kingdoms that were added to the original Linnaean taxonomy.

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

A great overview of the science of classification. Topics addressed include summaries of the five kingdoms, the seven taxa, the definition of a species and the classification of the panda.

Find out about taxonomy, and understand why scientists classify organisms. Study the concepts behind Linnaean taxonomy and binomial nomenclature.

In this science lesson, students look at how animals have traditionally been classified in a tree of life diagram by examining the characteristics of plastic eggs. They then analyze the genetic code assigned for each egg and look for...

Kid's learn about Biological and Scientific Classification. Kingdoms, phylums, genus, species, and more.

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

This concise worksheet site will enable students to learn how to create a classification system and to understand the reasons for classification in science. Requires Adobe Reader.

In this hands-on science activity, students will create their own unique creatures as well as dichotomous keys so that classmates can identify the creature.

Great lesson plans covering a wide-range of science-related subjects. A wonderful resource for wonderful teachers!

A video, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a 7-question multiple-choice quiz on the topic of Kingdoms in the life classification system.

Discover the diversity of plants.

For this fourth grade performance assessment task, students sort candies according to their properties and demonstrate their understanding of binary classification principles.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Do all plants grow from seeds? No, there are actually a few plants that do not make seeds. Whether or not a plant makes seeds is one criteria used to classify...

A short overview of the six kingdoms in our scientific classification system: Plants, Animals, Protists, Fungi, Archaebacteria, and Eubacteria.

This landing page includes learning modules on the following topics of: animals, plants, microorganisms, life cycles and reproductions, food chains, habits, humans and the environment, adaptation, inheritance, and evolution.

This outdoor instructional activity helps middle schoolers better understand ecological and geographical classifications by teaching it simultaneously in science and geography class. Presenting the two classifications together will help...

Students level up learning by completing Newton's Laws of Motion task cards including all levels of Bloom's taxonomy.

Learn the system that scientists use to classify living things.

Use the scientific reasoning and critical thinking to take an in-depth look at the basics of biology.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] When you see an organism that you have never seen before, you probably put it into a group without even thinking. If it is green and leafy, you probably call it a...

For reasons such as lack of funding and decreased biodiversity the science of taxonomy is dwindling but Planetary Biodiversity Inventories might help according to this article.

Kingdom is the highest rank used in the biological taxonomy of all organisms. There are 6 kingdoms in taxonomy. Every living thing comes under one of these 6 kingdoms. The six kingdoms are Eubacteria, Archae, Protista, Fungi, Plantae,...

Students use a science nature journal to log in plants native to Alabama. They sketch pictures of leaves, identify the special characteristics of the plant, and describe the environment where it was found. They also research special...