Classification clues
By: Catherine Stephens.
Contributors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Series: National Geographic reading expeditions.
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778 -- Juvenile literature.; Biology -- Classification -- Juvenile literature.; Animals -- Classification -- Juvenile literature.; Plants -- Classification -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Classification
Description: Introduces the basics of classification for plants and animals, with a history of the system devised by Linnaeus, and hands-on exercises in classification.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction: meet the gladiator; value: Classifying our world: calling all kingdoms; value: Picture this: billions of bugs; value: Ordering the natural world: how plants got their names; value: Thinking like a scientist: observing; value: Probing the unknown: deep-sea adVENTures; value: Thinking like a scientist: observing; value: Hands-on science: classifying shoes; value: Science notebook; value: Glossary.