This document provides an overview of Chapter 28 from Campbell Biology on protists. It discusses the key points that protists are eukaryotic organisms that exhibit more diversity than any other eukaryotic group. Many protists are single-celled but some live in colonies. Protists can be photoautotrophs, heterotrophs, or mixotrophs. The classification of protists has changed significantly with advances in systematics. Protists are now divided among five supergroups, with excavates making up one such group.