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University of California

Ucmp: Introduction to Chordata

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from UC Berkeley is an excellent site about the animal phylum chordata. Click on various sections to learn more, covering topics such as the fossil record, life history & ecology, systematics, and morphology. This site is a...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Through video clips. informational text, interactive activities, and assessment opportunities, students study and learn about the classification of animals.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Arthropod

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers information on arthropods, the largest phylum of animals. Includes scientific classification chart and image.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Animal Classification

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this website to test your knowledge of which animals belong to which groups.
Activity
Other

Science Spot: Classroom Activity: Invertebrate Classification Challenge [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Guidelines and printable materials for an activity through which students match invertebrates to phylum in which they belong.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Caribbean Sea: How Can We Classify Animals?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Welcome to Hideaway Island where five pirates need to find crews for their ships. Join in and learn about animals with backbones.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Invertebrates

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Animals are also often identified as being either invertebrates or vertebrates. These are terms based on the skeletons of the animals. Vertebrates have a backbone...
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Classification and Characteristics of Rotifers

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Activity
University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: The Arthropod Story

For Students 9th - 10th
Go back in time to discover the evolutionary story of the arthropod and what this phylum of the animal kingdom looks like today.
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Other

Kids' Cruz: Taxonomy

For Students 4th - 8th
Kidzcruz.com provides a list of phylums in the animal Kingdom. Both Latin and English names are included.
Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biodiversity: Animals: Chordates: Amphibians: Class Amphibia

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the biodiversity of the Class Amphibia through videos, photos and examples. [2:34]
Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biodiversity: Animals: Chordates: Birds: Class Birds

For Students 9th - 10th
Through video clips and pictures, explore the orders and a variety of species found in the Class Aves.
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Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: Anemone and Coral the Cnidarians

For Students 3rd - 7th
An overview of the Phylum Cnidaria highlights the general characteristics of these strange creatures from the Animal Kingdom.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Characteristics of Arthropods

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes general characteristics of Arthropoda and features of the different animal classes within this phylum.

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