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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Evolution 101: Speciation

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial students can learn the definition of species, how new species evolve, and the processes that can cause new species to arise. At the end of the tutorial students can take a quiz to evaluate what they learned about...
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Fossil Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th
Understanding Evolution provides evidence for evolution using fossils. There are also links to lesson plans.
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Uniformitarianism

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the pioneers in Earth's geologic history and their discovery of how the process of uniformitarianism shaped the study of evolution.
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Distribution in Time and Space

For Students 9th - 10th
The Understanding Evolution site provides evidence for evolution in biogeography utilizing relative dating, geography, and plate tectonics.
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Evidence by Example

For Students 9th - 10th
The Understanding Evolution website for teachers provides common examples of evolution, especially by artificial selection.
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Science: Liquids

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students use their senses to investigate, observe, and collect data for several different liquids.
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Similarities and Differences

For Students 9th - 10th
A module explaining how two different organisms can possess similar traits by sharing a common ancestor(homology) or due to convergent evolution(analogy).
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Homologies

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages are from the Understanding Evolution website for teachers. They focus on homologous structures that organisms with common ancestors share.
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University of California

Uc Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Science Conceptual Framework

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This website is a resource for teachers to guide their instruction by giving them a list of conceptual understandings or students regarding the nature and process of science according to grade level.
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University of California

Uc Museum of Paleontology: A Guide to Understanding Science 101

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Improve your science teaching by taking this multi-part course that gives in-depth information about what science is, how it works, and how it is intertwined with our lives and with society more broadly. The course is broken up into...
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University of California

Uc Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Science

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A site that contains a resource database for how science really works. This is a good place for teachers to start as they start to plan for lessons in their classroom.
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Other

The Paleontological Research Institution: History of Oil: Spindletop, Pt. 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find out how the famous Lucas oil gusher on the Spindletop hill spurred the prolific oil industry in Texas.
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The Paleontological Research Institution: History of Oil: Spindletop, Pt. 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
More information about out how the famous Lucas oil gusher on the Spindletop hill spurred the prolific oil industry in Texas.
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University of California

Ucmp: Web Geological Time Machine

For Students 6th - 8th
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...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: Paleo Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of art demonstrates a branch of scientific illustration that specializes in drawing fossils and other paleontological subject matter. Includes information on providing proper care for historical paleo art and offers methods of...
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University of California

Ucmp: Carl Linnaeus

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of California Museum of Paleontology offers a very detailed biography of Carl Von Linne, also known as Carl Linnaeus.
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University of California

Ucmp: The World's Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of California Museum of Paleontology hosts this site devoted to the study of the earth's biomes, which are the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and adaptations of organisms to...
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Other

Welcome Argentina

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site that provides information about the main cities of Argentina together with their history, landscapes, legends and services. There is travel information as well as topical content such as articles on tango, paleontology and...
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Read Works

Read Works: Face to Fossil

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This seven-page PDF passage entitled "Face to Fossil" features an interview with ProtoAndy, a fossil of Protoceratops. It is part of a Paired Text with two other texts (see links above passage):...
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Robert Hooke

For Students 9th - 10th
The transcript of a talk given on the syndicated radio broadcast titled "The Engines of Our Ingenuity." Interesting account of Robert Hooke. Using a captivating and engaging story line, the article tells of Hooke's many interests in...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Digging Up Dirt: How Paleontologists Bring Dinosaurs Back to Life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teachers can download this teaching package that introduces students to the science of paleontology. Fossil formulation and details about the work of paleontologists are discussed. Find out how paleontologists discover, stabilize, and...
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Other

Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Follow a Fossil

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine paleontology, the study of ancient life on Earth. Some topics explored are vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants.
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Texas A&M University

Story Time: Discover Scientists' Biographies

For Students 9th - 10th
Read very accessible biographies of thirteen scientists in many fields including medicine, paleontology, genetics, chemistry, physiology, marine biology, microbiology, biochemistry, and natural selection. Emphasis is on the scientists'...
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ArgentinaXplora.com

Argentinaexplora.com: Paleontologia en Argentina Dinosaurios

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a look at dinosaur paleontology in Argentina with accompanying articles about specific eras and regions of the country.

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