Rebecca Sheehy
SLM 521
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Bibliography:
Taxonomy
This is a very brief background write-up of Linnaeus, The Father of Taxonomy. (High School) http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/workers/CLinnaeus.htm
Date visited: March 7, 2004
This website contains Linnaeus’s biography, including his plant taxonomy, which formed the basis of all organism classification today. (High School)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html
Date visited: March 7, 2004
This page allows students and teachers to look up definitions for taxonomy and related terms. (Middle and High School) http://www.merriam-webster.com
Date visited: March 7, 2004
A site that provides students with more subject notes and offers review questions at the end. (Middle and High School) http://www.borg.com/~lubehawk/biotopcs.htm
Date visited: March 7, 2004
This site contains notes on the different taxonomic levels. (Middle and High School) http://library.thinkquest.org/11771/english/hi/biology/taxonomy.shtml
Date visited: March 7, 2004
Classification of Living Things
This site provides great notes on taxonomy and a diagram on the relationship between the different levels of classification. Also present are a table of the Kingdoms, highlighting structural information, method of nutrition, and types of organisms belonging to the kingdom, and flashcards testing content knowledge. (Middle and High School) http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/
Date visited: March 7, 2004
This site includes information on the basics, taxonomy, phylum, genus, classification, and how to classify organisms, among many other topics. (Middle and High School) http://www.101science.com/Taxonomy.htm
Date visited: March 7, 2004
This page describes classification, characteristics of classification systems, and the Taxonomic classification. (Middle School with assistance and High School) http://www.bact.wisc.edu/microtextbook/classandphylo/classify.html
Date visited: March 7, 2004
Although written for a college elective course, the information found on this site is, with teacher assistance, appropriate for High school. It contains an overview of the whole taxonomy unit, including definition, origination, and naming.
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/G102/102phyl.htm
Date visited: March 7, 2004
Here is a search engine that finds information on any species by scientific or common name. (High School) http://www.speciestoolkit.org/index.jsp
Date visited: March 7, 2004
This site introduces students to the Kingdom Animalia by providing information, pictures, and sounds of the different organisms found in the animal kingdom. (Middle School with assistance and High School) http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
Date visited: March 7, 2004
Although under construction, this page has great pictures and characteristics, taxonomy from kingdom to class, and distribution of the classes that are available. (Middle School)
http://www-biol.paisley.ac.uk/bioref/animalia.html
Date visited: March 7, 2004
This website was created by the previous president of a fungi society in California. It contains pictures and descriptions on various types of fungi, articles on fungi, and fungi recipes. (High School) http://www.mykoweb.com/index.html
Date visited: March 7, 2004
The site gives information on the Kingdom and several species found in the plant kingdom along with pictures. (High School) http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/index/plantae.html
Date visited: March 7, 2004
This site is a sister site to Kingdom Plantae, except that it contains information on the protist kingdom. (High School) http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/index/protista.html
Date visited: March 7, 2004
This page lists some organisms found in the Archaebacteria kingdom. (High School)
http://tolweb.org/tree?group=archaea&contgroup=life
Date visited: March 7, 2004
The above link provides the outline of a microscope lab that is designed to help students understand the classifications of organisms by observing different organisms and contrasting characteristics. (High School) http://www.sidwell.edu/us/science/vlb5/labs/classification_lab/classification_lab.html Date visited: March 7, 2004
The “Nuts and Bolts” of Taxonomy and Classification
This is another lab that teaches classifications by comparing it to less abstract objects, tools, and comparing their characteristics. (High School) http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/lab/taxonomylab.html
Date visited: March 7, 2004
This site allows students to test their knowledge of taxonomy and classification via a matching game. (High School) http://www.quia.com/cm/1130.html
Date visited: March 7, 2004
This page includes five games testing knowledge about animal classification and characteristics of animals in various classes. (Middle School) http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/critters/critters.html
Date visited: March 7, 2004
This website contains a webquest created by another teacher that instructs students on animal classification through opening a pet shop. (Middle School) http://www.geocities.com/mrsevon/webquest.html
Date visited: March 7, 2004