Taxonomy

Well, as biology is my strong point, I figure I'll start out there. And where better to start than taxonomy? Here is the general guide;

Important Marine Classifications
1. Kingdom Monera (or Prokaryotae)
2. Phylum Cyanophyta - benthic cyanobacteria

3. Kingdom Protista
4. Phylum Chlorophyta - benthic green algae
5. Phylum Chrysophyta - planktonic diatoms
6. Phylum Pyrrophyta - planktonic dinoflagellates
7. Phylum Phaeophyta - benthic brown algae (such as kelp)
8. Phylum Rhodophyta - benthic red algae

9. Kingdom Plantae
10. Phylum Traecheophyta - true plants
11. Class Angiospermae - flowering plants (sea grasses, mangroves, reeds and rushes)

12. Kingdom Animalia
14. Phylum Porifera - sponges
15. Phylum Cnidaria - jellyfish, corals and anemones
16. Phylum Mollusca
17. Class Polyplacophora - chitons
18. Class Gastropoda - slugs, snails and limpets
19. Class Bivalvia - clams, oysters, mussels and other bivalves
20. Class Cephalopoda - octopuses and squids
21. Phylum Arthropoda
22. Class Crustacea - shrimp, crabs, lobsters, copepods, barnacles and krill
23. Phylum Echinodermata - sea urchins, sea stars, brittle stars, sea cucumbers and sand dollars
24. Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata
25. Class Chondrichthyes - sharks, skates and rays
26. Class Osteichthyes - bony fish
27. Class Reptilia - marine turtles, iguanas, crocodiles and sea snakes
28. Class Aves - penguins, albatrosses, pelicans, cormorants, gulls and puffins
29. Class Mammalia - sea lions, seals, walruses, sea otters, whales and manatees


See, wasn't that fun? As a general review, remember

Kids Prefer Candy Over Fresh Green Salads

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species



Take this example I pulled from Wikipedia, the taxonmy of modern humans:
Dominion: Terroa (uses double-helix DNA to store hereditary information and creates proteins using the twenty left-handed amino acids)
Domain: Eukarya (organisms which have cells with a nucleus)
Kingdom: Animalia (with eukaryotic cells having cell membrane but lacking cell wall, multicellular, heterotrophic)
Phylum: Chordata (animals with a notochord, dorsal nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits, which may be vestigial)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (possessing a backbone, which may be cartilaginous, to protect the dorsal nerve cord)
Class: Mammalia (endothermic vertebrates with hair and mammary glands which, in females, secrete milk to nourish young)
Cohort: Placentalia (giving birth to live young after a full internal gestation period)
Order: Primates (collar bone, eyes face forward, grasping hands with fingers, and two types of teeth: incisors and molars)
Family: Hominidae (upright posture, large brain, stereoscopic vision, flat face, hands and feet have different specializations)
Genus: Homo (s-curved spine, "man")
Species: Homo sapiens (high forehead, well-developed chin, skull bones thin)

Alright...

So, seeing as I am bound and determined to win regionals(and possibly nationals) next year, I have started this blog as a source of my own as well as a general board for our members to communicate.

First off;
Our major concern currently is to find new members, as we are losing Byron, and possibly Melissa and Tyler as well, soooooo, that leaves Rachel and I....obviously we need more people. I am planning to target freshman and am in the works of trying to get a NOSB themed class going on at Linworth next year, or if not that, to get Ron/Mark to offer extra credit to those that do NOSB. Also-IF WE CAN GET NO ONE ELSE TO JOIN THE TEAM, OR DO NOT GET ENOUGH MEMBERS, I WILL START A TEAM AT THE ZOO SCHOOL. This is not something I have any desire to do honestly, but this thing is important to me, so if it comes to that...

Second of all;
Barga will again be returning as coach and Me(Becca) as captain. I've decided as well that if Melissa decides to participate, she will be co-captain and will be in charge of directing things when I am not there ect ect if she chooses to do so.

Thirdly;
Thirdly, as I will be going to the Columbus Zoo school next year, I hope to get us some opportunities we did not previously have, as well as talking to Wayne/Parent board about a couple of 'field trips'. Again, all of this stuff is just me brainstorming, so none of this is set in stone yet.


Edit: Also, what do you guys think about meeting over the summer?