TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Myths and Misconceptions About Evolution
How does evolution really work? Alex Gendler sets the record straight on the finer points of evolution, including some common evolutionary misconceptions.
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Types of Mollusks
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] There are approximately 160,000 living species and probably 70,000 extinct species of mollusks. They are typically divided into ten classes, of which two are...
Curated OER
Ny Times Learning Network: Wild Wildlife
In this lesson, students investigate the moral, economic and ecological impacts of the extinction of various animal species. Students first assess how and why people support and refute actions that lead to the extinction of animals. They...
Other
Field Trip Earth: Takhi Recovery in the Gobi
Field Trip Earth takes a look at the Prezewalski Horse Recovery done in Mongolia's Gobi desert. This was a species of horse that was brought back from near extinction. Learn about the project, the species, and the region it inhabits....
Curated OER
Ny Times Lesson Plan: Answering the Call of the Wild
In this New York Times lesson plan, students explore wildlife conservation by investigating the reintroduction of species into their natural habitats and researching a species nearing extinction. Studens then defend the protection of the...
Curated OER
Yellow Seahorse (Hippocampus Kuda), Natural History Museum
This article describes a British project to store frozen samples of DNA from endangered species. The goal is to preserve genetic information, should a species go extinct.
University of California
Ucmp: What Is a Sabertooth?
A good review of the natural history of the extinct species, the Sabertooth. Includes pictures of bones of this animal.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Are We the Only Humans Left?
Just 50,000-100,000 years ago, Earth was home to three or four separate human species, including our most famous cousins: the Neanderthals. New research has shown that Neanderthals were not the brutish, unintelligent cavemen that...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Field Journal O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about collecting data in a field journal. There's a great example of how a field journal was used to discover an extinct species! See if you can...
Talk Origins Archive
The Talk Origins Archive: Modern Synthesis of Evolution
This site from The Talk Origins Archive provides an article entitled, "The Modern Synthesis of Genetics and Evolution". The article is medium size in length and describes the most current ideas about evolution.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: The Theory of Evolution
This slideshow provides a brief overview of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution, natural selection and survival of the fittest.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Science: Biodiversity and Conservation: Chapter Test Practice
Take this fifteen question practice assessment to review the concepts of biological diversity and conservation.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Black Footed Ferret
Once widespread in the grasslands and western basins of North America, by 1987 Black-footed Ferrets were thought to be extinct in the wild. Captive animals were bred in an effort to save the species, and in 1991, some were reintroduced...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: North Pacific Right Whale
The right whales have been driven nearly to extinction as the species preferred by commercial whalers and have been hunted in spite of international bans. There are perhaps several hundred in the western Pacific, and perhaps only a...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Utah Prairie Dog
The Utah prairie dog, extinct in more than 90 percent of its former range, is an endangered species protected by law. It now lives in a small area of southern Utah, between the ranges of Gunnison's prairie dog and the white-tailed...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: American Bison
The American Bison's recovery from near extinction parallels what happened to the European Bison, Bison bonasus. Once abundant and widespread in northern latitudes, their decline in several countries since the 6th century has been...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: White Eared Pocket Mouse
One subspecies of the White-eared Pocket Mouse may be extinct, and the other is extremely rare, consisting of isolated, relict populations near the western Mojave Desert in California. White-eared Pocket Mice are nocturnal and probably...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Biodiversity Crisis Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for a unit on the biodiversity crisis.
Curated OER
Mother Polar Bear and Her Cubs Near Churchill, Manitoba
Polar bears have been officially listed as "threatened" under the United States Endangered Species Act. The belief is that the loss of Arctic sea ice in a warming climate could lead them toward extinction in less than four decades.Learn...
