This exhibit is tailored as a virtual field trip: infographics, presentations, online games, classroom activities and puzzles all contribute to developing an understanding of the origins of scientific names for living things and the categories into which we classify them.

View Presentations on Scientific Names

Posters: These posters explain Linneaus’ system of taxonomy. Click an image to enlarge.

Puzzles: click on the document to print and make your own puzzles with binomial nomenclature (scientific names) of various animals. Art by Linda Mitchell Thompson