Taxonomy

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."

Animals

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

Plants

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


Other sites to explore

Living Things http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/classify/classify.html

Insects

An Introduction to the Classification of Insects http://www.ex.ac.uk/~gjlramel/classtax.html

Plants

Plant Taxonomy http://www.fmdc.calpoly.edu/examples/bio.html

GRIN Taxonomy Homepage http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/tax/index.html


Galaxies

(another kind of classification system to check out)

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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