Instructional Video5:33
SciShow

Why Humans May Actually Be Fish

12th - Higher Ed
Is there a chance that more species may actually be closer to fish than we originally thought?
Instructional Video6:01
Professor Dave Explains

Cladistics Part 2: Monophyly, Paraphyly, and Polyphyly

12th - Higher Ed
Now that we know how to construct cladograms, we have to learn some new terminology. These are the terms monophyly, paraphyly, and polyphyly, and they help us distinguish between any old taxon and true clades. Let's learn more about...
Instructional Video9:42
Professor Dave Explains

Cladistics Part 1: Constructing Cladograms

12th - Higher Ed
Before we dive into learning about all the different kinds of animals, we have a little bit of work to do. How do we describe the relationships between animals? How does phylogeny work? We have to learn about cladistics, which means we...
Instructional Video9:36
msvgo

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

K - 12th
It define taxonomy and systematics. It explain the application of taxonomy. It list the universal rules of nomenclature.
Instructional Video
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Blossoms: Classifying Animals by Appearance Versus Dna Sequence

9th - 10th
The topic of this video module is how to classify animals based on how closely related they are. The main learning objective is that students will learn how to make phylogenetic trees based on both physical characteristics and on DNA...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Understanding and Building Phylogenetic Trees

9th - 10th
Learn how to read and draw phylogenetic trees, or cladograms. [10:57]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: 3 a B, Phylogeny

9th - 10th
Get ready for the AP Biology test by reviewing over worked examples of free response. This problem asks students to think about evolutionary distance between species and constructing phylogenetic trees or cladograms.