Instructional Video3:42
FuseSchool

Fossils and Evidence for Evolution

9th - 12th Standards
What was the paleontologist's favorite album? The fossil record! Introduce the concept of fossils as evidence for evolution to your biology class with an inspiring video. The narrator of the Fuse School video from the Evolution playlist...
Instructional Video
FuseSchool

How Do Fossils Form?

9th - 12th Standards
Fossils are fun with a function! But, why aren't they everywhere? Discover the unique conditions needed for fossil formation using an illustrated video. Junior paleontologists learn the differences between whole body and trace fossils,...
Instructional Video8:41
The Brain Scoop

In Search of Fossil Fish

6th - 12th Standards
Fossil Lake, Wyoming contains the most complete representation of early Eocene life in the world. The first of three videos on location at Fossil Lake discusses the process of finding fossils. It introduces the tools and methods used to...
Instructional Video5:42
FuseSchool

The Evolution of Humans

9th - 12th Standards
We've come a long way! Biology scholars travel back to the big bang, then follow the path of the simple organisms that led to modern Homo sapiens through an engaging Fuse School Evolution video. Content includes key events in our...
Instructional Video5:49
Bozeman Science

LS4A - Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity

3rd - 12th
Need help putting together an uncommonly good unit about common ancestry? Check out a video that covers NGSS standard LS4A, Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity. Topics include ways to convey similarities and differences between...
Instructional Video2:47
MinuteEarth

How Many Mass Extinctions Have There Been?

6th - 12th Standards
Everyone knows about the extinction of the dinosaurs, but what other mass extinctions have happened? The video explains how scientists define mass extinctions. It offers insight into the debate about the number of mass extinctions as well.
Instructional Video4:20
Fuse School

How The Atmosphere Changed

9th - 12th
Has Earth's atmosphere always been capable of supporting life? Discover how the air around us has evolved in the first video in a series of seven. Learners watch the amazing transformations that occurred within the atmosphere...
Instructional Video13:37
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Crash Course

The History of Life on Earth

7th - 12th
The first life on Earth developed in the oceans. As an introduction to ecology, the video starts with the formation of the earth. It follows with the Archaean and Proterozoic Eons including protobionts, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes. It...
Instructional Video8:34
Curated OER

Charles Darwin (Part 2)

9th - 12th
Part two of this entertaining series looks at Darwin's visit to the Galapagos, his return home, and his determination to support his theories with evidence. What fun!
Instructional Video3:42
Curated OER

Fossil Record Mystery

5th - 8th
Watch how paleontologists scour the Gobi Desert to find fossils that fill in a gap in the fossil record. How big did dinosaurs get during the Jurassic period? Get your class thinking about these questions and more with this short clip....
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Evolving Ideas: Did Humans Evolve?

9th - 10th
This video from Evolution explores the evolution of humans from a common ancestor of humans, chimpanzees, and other apes. [5:28]