SCIENCEPOWER 10
Student Resources

Appendix A Classifying Living Things

What's in a Name?
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_classification

Did you know that the scientific classification for human beings is Homo Sapiens? In 1753, a Swedish scientist named Carolus Linnaeus thought of an orderly system for classifying the millions of plants and animals on Earth, including us! Find out more about how the classification system works, and conduct more successful Internet searches using the "scientific" names of animals and plants.

Classification of Living Things
http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/default.htm

This tutorial focuses on the Linnaean system of classification, which is used in biology to categorize all living things. Find out how humans fit into the larger picture.

Taxonomy Table
http://library.thinkquest.org/11771/english/hi/biology/taxonomy.shtml

A good, brief description of the taxonomy table and each of the terms used at the different levels.