Introduction:
The theme of this lab is animal diversity and the importance and uses of animals.
Objectives:
Time Requirements:
This lab should take four hours to complete.
Recording Your Observations:
Download thelab reportfor this lab where youll record your hypotheses observations and conclusions.
Procedures:
Example sites:
Tree of Life Web Maintained by scientists and collaborators this site organizes over 5000 web pages about the classification and relationships of the domains and other taxonomic groups.
Animal Diversity Web This site compiles many links to aid your research.
Biodiversity Explorer Provides a look at how the taxonomic groups are classified and basic characteristics.
Discover Life Links and information for Systematics.
Searching Websites:
Conduct a keyword search to find websites.To begin a keyword search start by searching broad terms such as biodiversity animal systematics animal diversity systematics or tree of life.The resulting list of websites can give you a lot of information but how do you know if it is reliable?There are a few basic guidelines that can help you when you open a website and try to determine its reliability.
Always consider a site’s:
Keyword Search:biodiversity animal systematics animal diversity systematics tree of life