Taxonomy is a universal system of classification developed by the Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html
Students can learn how taxonomy works at The Nuts and Bolts of Taxonomy and Classification http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/html/taxonomylab.html "This site illustrates the roles that form, function, ancestral traits, and derived characteristics play in generating classification schemes." says OnLIne/Offline.
bioSURF http://www.biosurf.com This resource from Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley is organized around their biology textbook... Units include "The Basis of Life," "Genetics," "Change and Diversity," "Monerans, Protists, and Fungi," "Plants,""Invertebrate Animals," "Vertebrate Animals," "Human Biology," and "Organism and the Environment."
Classification of Animals http://www.cbs.umn.edu/class/biol/1106/clasfctn.htm
Animal Diversity Web http://www.oit.itd.umich.edu/bio/ Information on the classification of Mammals Birds Amphibians Reptiles Sharks Bony Fishes Mollusks Arthropods Echinoderm
The easiest place to begin : Search Page http://www.oit.itd.umich.edu/bio/biogate-p.cgi/bio/bio.index
SEARCH for animal by name and find the taxonony.
Animal Bytes Taxonomy given for a small group of animals; designed for younger students but still full of useful classification facts.
Internet Resource Guide for Zoology - Guide by animal group http://www.york.biosis.org/zrdocs/zoolinfo/gp_index.htm
Access the PLANTS National Database http://trident.ftc.nrcs.usda.gov/plants/plntmenu.html
The easiest place to begin:
Phylogenetic Plant Report http://trident.ftc.nrcs.usda.gov/plants/plntmenu.html
Living Things http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/classify/classify.html
An Introduction to the Classification of Insects http://www.ex.ac.uk/~gjlramel/classtax.html
Plant Taxonomy http://www.fmdc.calpoly.edu/examples/bio.html
GRIN Taxonomy Homepage http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/tax/index.html
Classifying Galaxies http://world.smv.mus.va.us/~hastings/galaxy.htmLearn how the galaxy classification system of Edwin Hubble assigns galaxies to different groups according to their shapes . Attempt to categorize unknowngalaxies according to the Hubble classification descriptors.
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