Tag Archives: classification

5.3 Classification of Biodiversity

BioKnowledgy Presentation on 5.3 Classification of biodiversity from Chris Paine

IB Biology 5.3 Slides: Classification & Taxonomy from Jacob Cedarbaum

Find a video lesson on this sub-topic at Dan Rott videos.

Classification of Living Things (4m):

An animated tutorial from McGraw Hill Education on the Three Domains.

InThe Classification of Life, Paul Andersen explains the goal of classification as well as its history (you won’t be tested on this but it’s important) and in The Three Domains of Life he describes the three domains.

In Crash Course Biology #19 – Taxonomy: Life’s Filing System, Hank tells us the background story and explains the importance of the science of classifying living things. In #22 – Simple Animals: Sponges, Jellies & Octopuses, Hank introduces us to the “simplest” of the animals and in #23 – Complex Animals: Annelids & Arthropods, Hank continues our exploration of animal phyla with the more complexly organised annelida and arthropoda.

A quiz on Plant Classification (good luck!).

The importance of classification – woodlice names in the UK & elsewhere.

5.4 Cladistics

IB Biology 5.4 Slides: Cladistics from Jacob Cedarbaum

Find a video lesson on this sub-topic at Dan Rott videos.

Paul Andersen (from Bozeman High) discusses Phylogenetics and then shows you how to construct a Cladogram from a group of organisms using shared characteristics.

A fantastic animated tutorial from McGraw Hill Education on Phylogenetic trees.

Human Evolution

D3 Human Evolution notes – these are taken from BioNinja (with thanks).

Timeline of Human Evolution – from 530 mya – interesting but not useful for the exam (3m 28s):

Here’s another power-point (a bit more detailed than above):