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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Invertebrates

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is about the eight most common invertebrate phyla. The flipchart includes links to websites and Activote assessment questions.
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Segmented Worms

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Segmented Worms (Annelida), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this phylum and maps of its global distribution can also be found here.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Characteristics of Archaebacteria

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what archaebacteria are, the different phyla, and the characteristics of archaebacteria.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Characteristics of Arthropods

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes general characteristics of Arthropoda and features of the different animal classes within this phylum.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Characteristics of Monera

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the characteristics of the unicellular prokaryotes in the kingdom Monera and the different phyla within this kingdom. Includes a list of examples.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Classification and Characteristics of Rotifers

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the classification hierarchy of the phylum Rotifera and describes their characteristics and anatomy. Rotifera have survived for up to 80 million years and continue to play an important role in ecological systems.
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Flatworms

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Flatworms (Platyhelminthes), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this phylum and maps of its global distribution can also be found here.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Animal Kingdom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Background information about all of the classes of the animal kingdom, followed by four short lesson plan outlines.
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California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Echinoderm Webpage

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a brief overview of echinoderms. Includes pictures and links for more information.
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Other

Walking Well: Arthropod Stings

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has interesting information about stings from different arthropods like bees, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, ants, caterpillars, spiders, ticks, centipedes, millipedes, and scorpions.
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Other

Natural Perspective: Mosses and Allies

For Students 9th - 10th
An article covering the basics about mosses and liverworts.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Fungi Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how fungi are classified.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Economic Uses of Algae

For Students 9th - 10th
Today, various species of marine algae provide not only food but also extracts used in numerous pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and industrial applications.
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Other

Natural Aquariums: Arthropods

For Students 6th - 8th
A brief description of the worlds most diverse phylum, the arthropods. General physical characteristics and body structure.
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Curated OER

The Virtual Fossil Museum: Fossils Across Geological Time and Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Picture of the fossil Leanchoilia superlata from the Phylum Arthropoda recovered from Burgess Shale.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Binomial Nomenclature

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia, an open-source encyclopedia, offers great information on the classification system used in Biology. Covers the benefits of the system, history, and general information on the whole system together.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Classification of Organisms: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce taxonomy and give an example by providing the scientific classification of an organism. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Classification of Organisms."
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Quia

Quia: Animal Classification

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this website to test your knowledge of which animals belong to which groups.
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University of California

Ucmp: Introduction to the Rotifera

For Students 9th - 10th
Very good introduction to the biology of these little creatures. Includes good pictures and nice background information.
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University of California

Ucmp: Nematoda Roundworms

For Students 9th - 10th
General info from the University of California on the the physical characteristics and population ecology of roundworms.

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