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\nTuatara All the Way Down: Face to Face with a Living Fossil!\n

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\nChange is good ... unless you're a tuatara! Meet Earth's oldest surviving reptile species in a fun video from an extensive science playlist. Content includes why the tuatara did not evolve and its unique anatomy.\n
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\nCarbon Cycle - Part 2\n

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\nNature has the ultimate recycling program — the Carbon Cycle! How do fossil fuels fit into this program? Pupils answer this question as they observe how all this added carbon serves to unbalance the cycle. Using the perspective of \"new\"...\n
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\nThe Humans That Lived Before Us\n

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\nYou may struggle to find similarities between humans and many of our ancestors. Fossil evidence finds more and more signs of similarities between humans and many other species. A lesson outlines the fossil evidence and the questions...\n
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\nFranklin's Lab\n

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\nGet energized! Circuitry scholars follow the path of energy from its beginnings as a fossil fuel all the way to bulbs and batteries using an interesting interactive. Groups or individuals help Ben Franklin discover how to convert and...\n
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\nThe Island of Shrinking Mammoths\n

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\nWe've heard about pygmy pigs—why not pygmy mammoths? Fossil evidence proves their existence, but the dilemma is figuring out where they lived. A video describes different theories on their evolution and migration.\n
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\nWhen Sharks Swam the Great Plains\n

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\nWould you believe the Midwest region of the United States was once the Western Interior Seaway? An interesting presentation from the PBS Eons series describes the geography of the ancient seaway and the species that lived there. The...\n
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\nWhat Do Fossils Reveal?\n

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\nIn this fossils worksheet, students will write down 4 facts that they know about fossils and then come up with 1 conclusion about fossils based on their facts. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.\n
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\nFossils 1: Fossils and Dinosaurs\n

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\nYoung scholars explain what can be learned from fossils and in doing so, realize the difference between fact and theory (idea). They also gain a general understanding of how fossils are formed.\n
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\nFossils And Migration Patterns in Early Hominids\n

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\nStudents plot the general distribution of major fossil hominid taxa on a small black and white world map using data provided. They infer a continent of origin and likely path of migration using a worksheet guide and small group discussion.\n
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\nComparing Fossils\n

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\nStudents explore early hominid evolution as they analyze bones that share characteristics of both apes and humans. Students compare and contrast key skeletal differences between chimpanzees and humans. In groups, they sort and group a...\n
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\nBermuda: Search for Deep Water Caves: Living Fossils\n

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\nLearners explore relict species. In this anchialine cave lesson, students identify relict species associated with anchialine caves, and explain the importance of preserving anchialine caves and species.\n
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\nScience: Fossil of a Carbonized Plant\n

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\nStudents classify leaves by shape and margins and use them to create models of plant fossils. By using paper over a leaf, they simulate fossilization of organisms onto sedimentary rocks. Following instructions on worksheets, students...\n
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\nWhen Rodents Rafted across the Ocean\n

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\nYou think mice can be a nuisance, wait until you meet the capybara! An installment of the PBS Eons series traces the genetic background of a large group of rodents known as the Caviomorpha. Fossil evidence indicates they originate in...\n
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\nEarth Lesson Plans\n

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\nLearners gain understanding of how a fossil is formed and why they are so important.  In this fossil lesson students create their own fossils.\n
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\nFossil Fuel Extraction Activity\n

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\nExtracting oil is more difficult than many think! Learners work together and get hands-on as they represent oil companies drilling for oil by simulating oil extraction using beans. They identify the challenges faced in using...\n
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\nWhy All The Wiggling on the Way Up?\n

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\nSome of the CO2 emitted by burning fossil fuels is removed from the atmosphere by natural sinks, such as the ocean. The fifth engaging lesson in the series of 21 examines the CO2 data from three very different locations. It then makes a...\n
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\nEvidence for Evolution II\n

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\nSome scientists believe humans are no longer evolving and have reached their evolutionary peak. In the video, scholars explore Darwin and his published work, The Origin of Species. The instructor discusses Darwin's ideas of biogeography,...\n
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\nScientific Evidence for Evolution\n

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\nHumans share about 50% of their genes with a banana. In the video, scholars analyze the scientific evidence for evolution. The instructor spends time discussing Darwin and biogeography, fossils, and homologous structures. Scholars then...\n
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\nPlugging into the Sun\n

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\nWhat's cooking? A sizzling STEM unit challenges scholars to build a solar cooker that can successfully cook an egg. The unit opens with a study of Earth's rotation, the sun's energy, and shadows. Pupils use a compass and thermometer to...\n
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\nThe Other Explosion You Should Know About\n

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\nScientists replace incorrect ideas when new evidence appears, but what happens when scientists reject the new evidence? Learn the story of the Avalon explosion and the scientists who resisted the fossils proving it existed as one part of...\n
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\nFossil Facts and Finds- Using the Magic Bag\n

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\nStudents investigate fossils. In this geology lesson, students study various types of fossils in rocks and identify the characteristics of the fossil. Students write a research paper on their fossil.\n
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\nMaking a Fossilized Egg\n

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\nStudents explore fossils by participating in an in class experiment. In this archaeology lesson, students utilize dough and classroom objects to create fossil imprints after hiding the toy/fossil in the dough egg. Students categorize the...\n
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\nRelative Dating - Telling Time Using Fossils\n

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\nStudents use fossil range charts to explain relative dating. They graph for ammonites, marine organisms that went extinct at the same time as dinosaurs.\n
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\nFossils: Clues to Ancient Life\n

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\nYou can make your students amateur paleontologists with great fossil lesson plans.\n
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