1. Marine Science: Phylum Cnidaria
15 February 2019

2. Announcements Today: Black History Project is due Monday: No School
Leave written paper assignments on the corner of my desk
Submission via Canvas will take PowerPoints and Microsoft Word documents
Monday: No School
Wednesday: Deficiency notices will be turned in

3. Phylum Cnidaria
This group consists of marine animals with stinging cells (nematocysts)
Nematocysts at work:
Includes:
Corals
Sea anemones
Jellyfish
But that grouping…why?

4. Taxonomy
This is the classification of all living things (agreed upon by the scientific community)
There are seven different levels in taxonomy, each more specific than the one before:
Kingdom  Animal, Plant, Protista, Fungi and Monera
Phylum  Cnidaria, Cordates
Class  Mammals, reptiles, fish
Order
Family
Genus
Species  most-specific of the classifications

5. Taxonomy Example

6. Black History Project Name of scientist
Date of birth to date of death (if the scientist has passed away)
Accomplishments
Education
History (3 – 5 sentences)
This is also posted on Canvas (due by Friday)