Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Kingdom to Subphylum
The highest category of taxonomic classification is the kingdom. This website from Palomar College presents the five kingdoms in an easy-to-read chart and discusses the Animalia and Plantae kingdoms in depth. After reading through the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy: Lesson 1
This lesson presents the organizational categories of living things. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy."
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: The Kingdoms of Life
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.
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Other
Panhandle Area Educational Consortium: The Six Kingdoms of Life [Pdf]
Scientists look at the evolutionary history of organisms to divide them into kingdoms. For awhile, there has been 5 kingdoms, but many scientist are now using 6 kingdoms.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy: Lesson 3
This lesson presents the organizational categories of living things. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy: Lesson 2
This lesson presents the organizational categories of living things. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy."
Other
The Domains and Kingdoms of Life
This site is a description of the history behind the 5 Kingdom system suggested by Robert Whittaker. An extensive list of resources is included.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: The Diversity of Life
Detailed information about each of the five kingdoms. Each kingdom is separately described, but information is also summarized in a table.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: La Clasificacion De Los Organismo
This unit will describe the five kingdoms and their main characteristics. It includes 20 interactive activities.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Clasificacion De Los Seres Vivos
All known form of life gathers in large groups, which are called kingdoms. This site provides a thorough overview of the five kingdoms with many illustrations. The lessons contain 15 interactive activities.
Other
Inheritance, Evolution, and Ecosystems
Students learn about inheritance, evolution, and ecosystems. Some topics explored in the tutorial are five kingdoms, respiration, energy transfer, and nutrient cycle.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: The 5 Significant Kingdoms of Living Things
Describes the characteristics of the five kingdoms of living things - Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Animals: Kingdoms of Life
A playful interactive introducing biology's five animal kingdoms. Watch the video, take a quiz, and review vocabulary.
A&E Television
History.com: 5 Iron Age Tools and Innovations
New techniques helped make iron stronger -- but there were also innovations in the use of gold, silver and stone. "The earliest iron objects in the world...start showing up around 3000 B.C.," says Nathaniel Erb-Satullo, a lecturer in...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Parts of Speech Quest 5 Pronouns
A terrible dragon has attacked the kingdom of Lingua and only a Pronouns Master will be able to save it. Will it be you? Put your knowledge of pronouns to the test as you venture through Parts of Speech Quest - Pronouns!
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Animal Classification
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces the five kingdoms of animal classification. It includes Activote questions to assess understanding of the topic.
BBC
Bbc: Bitesize: How Was Anglo Saxon Britain Ruled?
Anglo-Saxon Britain was divided into five kingdoms each ruled by a different king. Learn about the different classes in Anglo-Saxon society, the laws, and what happened when the Vikings invaded.
Curated OER
Macmillan/mc Graw Hill: The World, Vol. 1: Trade & Tradition: Lesson 5 Quiz
Five question quiz tests your knowledge of trade and traditions in ancient West Africa.
PBS
Pbs: Black Kingdoms of the Nile
A geometry lesson that examines the history and structure of ancient pyramids and engages learners in constructing pyramid models. A comprehensive lesson that considers students with diverse learning styles. Math concepts introduced...
Other
Alternative Classifications of Life
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...
City University of New York
Classification: Bringing Order Out of Chaos
A self-directed module on all aspects of biological classifications that covers the species problem, diversity and chaos, cladistics, putting things in groups, and so on.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Classification 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.
Curated OER
Unesco: Japan: Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments. The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social structure over much of that period, while...
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Kohl Pot From the New Kingdom
This pot for kohl is composed of five cylindrical containers that were drilled into a single piece of material.