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Follow the development of classification from its use among early humans to the latest cutting edge theories about how living organisms should be organized.

Classification of Living Things immerses students in the dynamic study of taxonomy, highlighting the importance of this central field of biology and showing how new ideas and new technology lead to the refinement of classification schemes.

Students learn about the heirarchical classification scheme and binomial nomenclature, as well as other aspects of classification. Compelling interactive lessons give students hands-on experience in constructing cladograms and classifying organisms using dichotomous keys.

Topics covered on this program:
History of classification - criteria for classification - the Five Kingdom classification scheme - Six-plus classification schemes - three domain classification scheme - taxonomic keys - the traditional school of Systematics, Cladistics, and Phenetics.

Presentation
The Presentation portion of this program includes audio-narrated scenes featuring the content from the objectives.

Interactive Lessons
Students can work through different activities that directly reinforce the information learned in the Presentation.

Program Objectives

I. Introduction

A. Importance of classification

II. History of classification

A. Early humans classified organisms

B. Aristotle

C. John Ray

D. Carolus Linnaeus

E. Ernst Haeckel

F. R. H. Whittaker/ Lynn Margulis

III. Criteria for classification

A. Morphology

B. Behavior

C. Evolution/Phylogeny

D. Fossil Record

E. Embryology

F. DNA Analysis

1. Molecular Clocks

2. DNA Hybridization

IV. The Five Kingdom Classification Scheme

A. Introduction

B. Monera

C. Protista

D. Fungi

E. Plantae

F. Animalia

V. The Six Kingdom Classification Scheme

A. Characteristics of Archaea

B. Splitting of Kingdom Monera

C. Differences Between Archaea and Bacteria

VI. The Three Domain Classification Scheme

A. Problems with the Six Kingdom Classification Scheme

B. The Three Domains

C. Controversy Over Protista

VII. Taxonomic Keys

A. Definition

B. Example

VIII. Systematics

A. Definition

B. Traditional School of Systematics

1. Phylogenetic Trees

C. Cladistics

1. Criteria

a. Synapomorphies

2. Cladograms

D. Phenetics

IX. Summary

X. Conclusion

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