ClassFlow
Class Flow: Invertebrates
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is about the eight most common invertebrate phyla. The flipchart includes links to websites and Activote assessment questions.
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Segmented Worms
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.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Characteristics of Archaebacteria
Explains what archaebacteria are, the different phyla, and the characteristics of archaebacteria.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Characteristics of Arthropods
Describes general characteristics of Arthropoda and features of the different animal classes within this phylum.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Characteristics of Monera
Describes the characteristics of the unicellular prokaryotes in the kingdom Monera and the different phyla within this kingdom. Includes a list of examples.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Classification and Characteristics of Rotifers
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.
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Flatworms
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.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Animal Kingdom
Background information about all of the classes of the animal kingdom, followed by four short lesson plan outlines.
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences: Echinoderm Webpage
Resource provides a brief overview of echinoderms. Includes pictures and links for more information.
Other
Walking Well: Arthropod Stings
This site has interesting information about stings from different arthropods like bees, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, ants, caterpillars, spiders, ticks, centipedes, millipedes, and scorpions.
Other
Natural Perspective: Mosses and Allies
An article covering the basics about mosses and liverworts.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Fungi Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how fungi are classified.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Economic Uses of Algae
Today, various species of marine algae provide not only food but also extracts used in numerous pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and industrial applications.
Other
Natural Aquariums: Arthropods
A brief description of the worlds most diverse phylum, the arthropods. General physical characteristics and body structure.
Curated OER
The Virtual Fossil Museum: Fossils Across Geological Time and Evolution
Picture of the fossil Leanchoilia superlata from the Phylum Arthropoda recovered from Burgess Shale.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Binomial Nomenclature
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.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Classification of Organisms: Lesson 1
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."
Quia
Quia: Animal Classification
Use this website to test your knowledge of which animals belong to which groups.
University of California
Ucmp: Introduction to the Rotifera
Very good introduction to the biology of these little creatures. Includes good pictures and nice background information.
University of California
Ucmp: Nematoda Roundworms
General info from the University of California on the the physical characteristics and population ecology of roundworms.
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