Curated OER
Resource Pack: Quail Island Banks Peninsula
Learners look at birds that no long exist on Quail Island, those that currently are there, and ones that may be reintroduced. In this birds lesson plan, students put the birds into categories.
Curated OER
The Coelacanth aka 'The Living Fossil Fish'
In this online quiz worksheet, learners answer a set of multiple choice questions about the Coelacanth, or Living Fossil Fish. Page has a link to answers.
Curated OER
Out of the Freshwater Aquarium
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice questions about freshwater aquarium fish. Page includes links to answers and resources.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum: Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Creatures
This is the opening site for the online exhibit at the Natural History Museum. The exhibit features a wealth of information on dinosaurs including a dinosaur directory, fossil specimens, information, pictures, and more. The exhibit also...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Extinction: Is It Inevitable?
Students read the article "The Sixth Extinction" by Niles Eldredge on past mass extinctions and the current rate of loss of species. There is a choice of student activities which includes having students respond to discussion and...
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.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: The Sixth Extinction
Review the mass extinction events from the Earth's history. Then explore some ideas related to the concept that we are currently in the midst of the Earth's sixth major extinction.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Human Actions and the Sixth Mass Extinction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Through studying the past, students will explore extinction patterns and their causes and consider ways to protect biodiversity across the globe.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Extinction Prevention via Engineering
Species extinction is happening at an alarming rate according to scientists. In this lesson, students are asked to consider why extinction is a problem that we should concern us. They are taught that destruction of habitat is the main...
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Are We Headed for a Sixth Mass Extinction
Activity in which students analyze the information on biodiversity and extinction presented in the article and answer questions for discussion, then develop policy to meet modern environmental challenges. Individual and small group work.
Other
Hvpm: Mass Extinctions
An overview of the mass extinctions throughout earth history. Each mass extinction has a link to its own page with a list of its possible causes and the species that were most affected.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Mass Extinctions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An organism goes extinct when all of the members of a species die out and no more members remain. Extinctions are part of natural selection. Species often go extinct...
PBS
Pbs: A Modern Mass Extinction
Are we in the midst of a mass extinction? Is Homo sapiens triggering this mass extinction? Four expert panelists have written responses to the aforementioned questions for this highly informative site.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Human Actions and the Sixth Mass Extinction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how human actions are resulting in a sixth mass extinction.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Human Actions and the Sixth Mass Extinction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how human actions are resulting in a sixth mass extinction.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Major and Lesser Extinction Events in Earth's History
Read about some of the extinction events that have occurred during the history of the Earth.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Human Causes of Extinction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In addition to habitat destruction, other human-caused problems are also threatening many species. These include issues associated with climate change, pollution,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Extinction and Radiation of Life Study Guide
Use this study guide to understand extinction and radiation of life.
Earth Life
Earth Life Web: Extinction in Birds
This site, which is provided for by Earth-Life Web, gives a list of extinct birds and provides a brief description and dates of extinction.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Learning the Causes of Extinction
There are five major causes of extinction: habitat loss, an introduced species, pollution, population growth, and overconsumption. Through this activity, students will create a list of reasons why animals can become extinct.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Making of Mass Extinctions
This interactive module explores the environmental factors and species involved in five major mass extinctions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: A Brief History of Mass Extinctions
A site dedicated to knowledge about the mass extinction that have occurred in our history.
SEDL
Sedl: Extinction
This second lesson in a course on dinosaurs is devoted to extinction. There are group activities, discussion of the idea, and a way to assess what the students have learned.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Mammoths vs. Mastodons: What's the Criteria for De Extinction?
There's been a lot of talk and research interest around the possibility of resurrecting certain organisms (or, at least their genomes) from extinction, with Woolly Mammoths being prime candidates for such an endeavor. But what about a...
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