Kingdoms of Life Connected, third edition - ebook

Third edition, 2022. This ebook is a digital download (pdf) that you can view on your computer or use to print a copy for your own use. Please do not print this file for others. This download includes the file for printing the color cards for the Tree-of-Life charts. (Please note that some of the prokaryote and protist images were taken with a scanning electron microscope, and these are in black and white. Electrons do not produce a color image.) Help your children explore the diversity of life with this 206-page book.  It will help you confidently present the Tree of Life – the currently accepted classification - to elementary and middle school students. The content includes introductory lessons and learning activities for major branches of life plus the viruses. The prokaryotes and the protists are not designated as kingdoms, but they are grouped for convenient study. The fungi, animals, and plants are presented as kingdoms. And as for viruses, the book states, "A virus is a virus, a