http://www.biologycorner.com Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:00:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Most biology chapters start the animal kingdom with one called "Simple Animals".  This is quite misleading as there really is no such thing as a "simple" organism, or at best, "simplicity" is in the eye of the beholder.   The dragonfly textbook has a chapter that includes an introduction to animals, ... http://www.biologycorner.com/2009/11/14/simple-animals/ The unit on protists is one that I used to dread, mainly because the world of microscopic organisms does not ever seem particularly interesting to students, where only a small percentage of them seem to care about the Ameba and Paramecium.   Furthermore, studying protozoa seems to be disconnected from real ... http://www.biologycorner.com/2009/11/08/how-to-study-protists-with-freshman/ Taxonomy is one of those subjects that seems very straightforward.  Almost all students start by learning the classification system -  Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.    And hey, students are great at this, give them a little mnemonic to help them remember it (King Phillip Came Over For Great ... http://www.biologycorner.com/2009/10/17/how-to-explain-taxonomy/