Curated OER
The Paleozoic Era
Young scholars access prior knowledge to create a chart of eras. In this Paleozoic era lesson, students research the Paleozoic era to find information to create dioramas. Young scholars participate in fossil activities.
Curated OER
Bellwork April 12-16
In this bellwork worksheet, students answer questions about the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras. They answer questions about fossils, half life, and radioactive material.
Curated OER
The History of Life
In this history of life worksheet, students will use diagrams of the Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Era to complete 4 fill in the blank statements.
Curated OER
Missouri Time Scale
Students plot events that happened years ago beginning with volcano activity. In this investigative lesson students are introduced to the different eras and plot them on a map.
Curated OER
Geology of Connecticut
Students examine the geology of Connecticut, including plate tectonics, glaciation, and fossil formation.
After reviewing past lessons, they write essays about what life may have been like in the Mesozoic Period. Following a field...
University of California
Ucmp: The Paleozoic Era
An excellent overview of the Paleozoic Era. It also provides a chart where you can learn information regarding each of the time frames within the era.
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...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: The Cambrian Period
Journey into the past while reading this comprehensive overview of the Cambrian Period that covers topics such as the Cambrian Explosion, Burgess Shale fauna, trilobites, fossil evidence, and climate and plate tectonics.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: The Ordovician Period
Journey into the past while reading this comprehensive overview of the Ordovician Period that covers topics such as reef ecosystems, Paleozoic Fauna, fossil evidence, and climate and plate tectonics.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: The Silurian Period
Journey into the past while reading this comprehensive overview of the Silurian Period that covers topics such as life in the seas, invasion of land, fossil evidence, and climate and geology.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: The Mississippian Period
Journey into the past while reading this comprehensive overview of the Mississippian Period that covers topics such as life in the seas, tetrapods and other life on land, fossil evidence, and climate and tectonics.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Life During the Paleozoic
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] From the beginning with the Cambrian explosion and ending with the Permian extinction students will go in depth studying the Paleozoic Era that occurred hundreds of...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: The Burgess Shale
This terrific site from the National Museum of Natural History gives general information about the Burgess Shale and the fossils found within. Use the links to go the Burgess Shale specimens page where there are drawings of many of the...
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: Paleobiology: The Late Paleozoic
College-level biology book covers the Late Paleozoic geologic time period in Earth's history. See photographs of fossil evidence from that era in addition to diagrams to help with understanding.
Other
Universitat Munster: History of Paleozoic Forests
A very in-depth article from the Universitat Munster regarding the trees of the Paleozoic Period.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Paleozoic Era: Lesson 3
This lesson illustrates the paleozoic era of the history of the earth. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Paleozoic Era."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Seas
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Reveals that during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic, six marine transgressions and regressions caused sea level to rise over the continents, leaving evidence in rocks in...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Seas
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How shallow seas appeared and disappeared throughout the Paleozoic Era.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: History of Paleozoic Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Patterns of biological evolution during the Paleozoic Era.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: History of Paleozoic Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Patterns of biological evolution during the Paleozoic Era.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Life of the Phanerozoic Eon
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Patterns of biological evolution during the Phanerozoic Era.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Life During the Paleozoic
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how events during the Paleozoic Era impacted evolution.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Paleozoic Era
A brief overview illustrating the Paleozoic era in Earth's geologic history.
Other
Open Learn Learning Space: Life in the Palaeozoic
This resource introduces students to the Palaeozoic Era. Some topics examined are the Cambrian explosion, Ordovician seas, Silurian Period, and the vertebrate evolution. The activity includes a unit outline, online forum, and a learning...