Sophia Learning
Sophia: Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy: Lesson 1
This lesson presents the organizational categories of living things. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy."
City University of New York
Classification: Bringing Order Out of Chaos
A self-directed module on all aspects of biological classifications that covers the species problem, diversity and chaos, cladistics, putting things in groups, and so on.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: The Kingdoms of Life
A video, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a 7-question multiple-choice quiz on the topic of Kingdoms in the life classification system.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy: Lesson 3
This lesson presents the organizational categories of living things. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy: Lesson 2
This lesson presents the organizational categories of living things. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy."
Other
The Domains and Kingdoms of Life
This site is a description of the history behind the 5 Kingdom system suggested by Robert Whittaker. An extensive list of resources is included.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: La Clasificacion De Los Organismo
This unit will describe the five kingdoms and their main characteristics. It includes 20 interactive activities.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Animals: Kingdoms of Life
A playful interactive introducing biology's five animal kingdoms. Watch the video, take a quiz, and review vocabulary.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: The 5 Significant Kingdoms of Living Things
Describes the characteristics of the five kingdoms of living things - Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.
Other
Kids' Cruz: Taxonomy
Kidzcruz.com provides a list of phylums in the animal Kingdom. Both Latin and English names are included.
Other
Alternative Classifications of Life
The Linnaean system (1758) classified all macroscopic living organisms as either Animals or Plants, based on whether they moved [anima, with a soul] or not. Thus, Fungi were included as plants. With the invention of the microscope and...