Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain College: Classification
Discusses many aspects of information pertainingto organism classification. Provides links to other areas in biology as well.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Classification of Bacteria
Explains how bacteria are classified by gram staining for medical purposes, and how they are classified by scientists based on Bergy's Manual of Systematic Classification. Also presents a list of hundreds of bacteria organized into their...
Other
Southwest Tennessee Community College: Classification of Organisms
College-level instructor's notes describing taxonomy. Explanations and images give a chronological history of the science of classifying organisms.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Transportation Classification: Moving on Up
In this learning module, students will begin to undestand the how kingdoms are classified.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Diagramming Diversity Ii
Expand understanding of classification with this tutorial designed to help you learn how living organisms are classified according to their evolutionary history.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: An Overview of the Euglena Classification
Describes the classification, structure, habitat, lifespan, method of reproduction, and diet of Euglena, a unicellular organism.
US Department of Agriculture
Us Department of Agriculture: Plants Interactive Id Keys
A database of information about plants across the United States and how to identify them. Covers grasses, legumes, gymnosperms, wetland monocots, and the Ericaceae flowering plants. The information is contained in downloadable zip files,...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Biology: Charles Darwin Iii: Descent With Modification
Instructional module focusing on Charles Darwin's theory of Descent with Modification. Discusses how slight changes from parent to offspring create variation and potentially create new species over time. Site also includes an interactive...
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: Biological Diversity: Fungi
Find out about the kingdom of fungi. See full-color diagrams and microscopic photographs as you learn about the classification of this group of organisms.
University of California
Ucmp: Introduction to Ctenophora
This is an advanced level review of the biology of these organisms. The opening photographs are worth seeing!
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: The Nature of Science and Biology
Use the scientific reasoning and critical thinking to take an in-depth look at the basics of biology.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Jewel of the Earth
Collect and analyze organisms and use a dichotomous key to identify and classify the organisms. Research the evolutionary history of organisms.
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Oikos.org: Jean Piaget
"The basic reason for this international attention was the unquestionable fact that Piaget was the founding father of a branch of psychology that tries to unravel the mysteries of the human mind, how it grows and how it comes to know."...
Other
Maple Syrup Urine Disease: An Overview
Read about the rare inherited disorder affecting newborn babies and children called maple syrup urine disease(MSUD). Including information on how this condition is inherited and how its different forms affect the body, this article is...
Stanford University
Stanford University: Sea Urchin Natural History
Stanford University offers an excellent review of the biology and ecology of sea urchins. After reading the text, try the reproduction/survival game!
National Health Museum
Nhm: Restriction Maps to Cladograms Lesson
This lesson plan requires young scholars to analyze DNA restriction maps to determine the differences in the sequence for several primates and humans. They then use the information to create a cladogram.
Other
Tidewater Community College: Writing Center: Organizing Paragraphs and Essays
This page gives a quick, but thorough look at a few good ways to organize a piece of writing.
EL Education
El Education: In the Zone: Where the Land Meets the Water
This field guide to the marine organisms of the intertidal zone of Casco Bay was created by 7th grade students in Portland, Maine, as part of a Learning Expedition called, "In the Zone." Students were engaged in scientific research at...