Curated OER
The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs
Students draw names of dinosaurs out of a hat and write a report about the one they picked. Students write a riddle about their favorite prehistoric animal, post it on a bulletin board, and have other guess which animal it is about....
Curated OER
The Geologic TimeString
Students create a simple tool to visualize geologic time. They create knots to represent the K/T, P/T and Precambrian boundaries in a 4.6 meter string with each millimeter representing one million years. They then refer back to this...
Curated OER
World of Dinosaurs Game
In this science instructional activity, students write each of the vocabulary terms that relate to earth science listed in the spaces of the bingo card provided. Then they use the clues at the bottom of the sheet to match to its correct...
University of California
Ucmp: Introduction to the Cenozoic
A good brief review of The Cenozoic Era, which also includes links to more detailed information as well as a chart of its subdivisions.
University of California
Ucmp: Web Geological Time Machine
The Museum of Paleontology at Berkeley offers an online geological time machine which allows you to catch a glimpse of ancient eras in earth's history. Click into an "Era" to learn about its stratigraphy, life forms, localities, and...
Other
University of Bristol: The Kt Event
This dinosaur site, containing eight different sections, includes topics such as: 101 crazy theories about dinosaur extinction, the pattern and timing of extinction, evidence for late cretaceous climatic change, gradual extinction and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Mesozoic Era the Age of Dinosaurs
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explore the three periods of the Mesozoic Era, the age when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Find out what happened to the dinosaurs.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Layers of Time: Fossil Game
Game through which students order layers of sedimentary rock, from oldest to newest, based on the type of fossils they contain.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Greenhouse Dinosaur Extinction Theory
This comprehensive page discusses the Asteroid Impact vs. Volcano-Greenhouse dinosaur extinction debate. It was written by paleontologist, professor, and scientist Dr. Dewey McLean.
Other
Western Oregon University: Earth System Science: Geologic Time [Pdf]
An 81-page slideshow that looks at the principles of geology with respect to relative dating, at different concepts describing geological processes, at absolute age and radiometric dating, at the eons and eras in the geologic time scale,...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Aardvark
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia provides a brief overview of the aardvark. Additional content includes a focus on "aardvark" as a subject of humor in British comedy.
Other
University of Bristol: What Were the Dinosaurs, and How Did They Live?
Answers to a series of nine questions related to dinosaurs. There are a number of links to other informative sites as well.
Other
Georgia Perimeter College: The Mesozoic Era
This resource provides an overview of the Mesozoic era, with details about each period of geological history.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Face to Fossil: Protoceratops
Questions and answers about Protoceratops andrewsi, presented as an "interview" with a museum's fossil. Learn about the dinosaur, the age of the fossil, and how the museum had it transported.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mesozoic Era
Learn the basic information about the Mesozoic Era in Earth's geologic history.
BBC
Bbc: Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Several articles that trace the chronology of the dinosaur from the Triassic to the Cretaceous. Articles were written to accompany the BBC series, Walking with Dinosaurs.
PBS
Nova: A Brief History of Earth
This timeline is a good resource if you are looking for brief descriptions of the geologic periods. Descriptions include pictures of common organisms for each period and the range of time covered by each period.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Mesozoic Era Timeline and Important Facts
Provides an overview of the Mesozoic Era, its time frame, geological and tectonic activities, the climate, plants and animals, and extinction events towards the end of this era.
Other
British Geological Survey: Past Climates Examples
Describes the climates during several periods in the Earth's history.