Burke Museum
Burke Museum: Marine Fossils
"Marine fossils and their living relatives" is part of a larger site dedicated to the research and collection information of the Burke Museum on Paleontology.
Natural History Museum
Nhm: From Bodies to Bones and Back Again
Can dinosaurs be recreated like in the movie Jurassic Park? This resource describes the reality of re-creating a genetic blueprint of dinosaurs.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Mammoth Cave National Park: Curriculum Material
A collection of puzzles, activities, lessons, and games related to Mammoth Cave, cave systems in general, and related topics, such as fossils, bats, weathering, and erosion.
Other
Cincinnati Museum Center
This site describes the Museum of Natural History and Science in detail and provides links to other programs and exhibits offered.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Geologic Time and Correlation
In this amazing interactive tutorial you will learn about what methods are used by geologists to learn about the history of the Earth. Investigate a geologic time scale and learn about how scientists have developed and organized a record...
Burke Museum
Burke Museum: Paleontology
This collection of artifacts and information on Paleontology from the Burke Museum includes online exhibits and access to pictures from various collections.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Tracking Dinosaurs
Two activities that will help students learn how paleontologists are able to determine, based on fossil evidence, whether a particular dinosaur was walking or running when it left footprints behind.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: George Gaylord Simpson
Read about one of the greatest and most influential paleontologists of all time, George Gaylord Simpson.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Fantastic Fossils
Learners learn about fossils - what they are, how they are formed, and why scientists and engineers care about them.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries
Visitors to this resource will discover the new things that scientists are learning about dinosaurs by paging through the information about this comprehensive exhibition.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Face to Fossil: Protoceratops
Questions and answers about Protoceratops andrewsi, presented as an "interview" with a museum's fossil. Learn about the dinosaur, the age of the fossil, and how the museum had it transported.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Paleontology: The Big Dig
On this site, you will learn all about Paleontology, the study of ancient life. It defines paleontology and provides links to games, stories, videos, and hands-on activities.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology Quiz: What Do You Know? Paleontology
Test your knowledge of paleontology by taking a quick quiz.
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Museum of Zoology
See the Museum of Zoology where visitors can explore the museum's resources.
Other
Starry Skies: How Do Fossils Form?
Directions and materials needed to make a modern day fossil.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Neanderthals on Trial
Learn about Neanderthals, understand the scientific methods used to create theories from fragmentary evidence and interpret a Neanderthal artifact found at a cave site in Slovenia.
Other
The Evidence for Evolution
These pages are part of a site called "Evolution," that accompanies a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author, and in this section he discusses the evidence for evolution.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Fighting Dinos: New Discoveries
A virtual investigation surmising how two fighting dinosaurs died in the Gobi Desert.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Dinosaur Detectives
For this lesson plan, students conduct research on what paleontologists do when they study dinosaur fossils. They learn about some of the major paleontologists, what they discovered, and how opinions about fossils change over time as new...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: We Can Dig It!
In this lesson, third grade students will explore "fossils" by using chocolate chip cookies in an interactive fossil dig! Through creative problem-based learning that incorporates technology, students will work in collaborative groups to...
Other
Principia Cybernetica Web: Punctuated Equilibrium
Starts with a definition of Punctuated Equilibrium, followed by an explanation of this "Observation," and how it fits with other evolutionary theory.
Other
Bio Web Evolution: Homepage
This site from BioWeb Evolution was originally created as a ThinkQuest entry, and it has some good basic information about evolution. This page is on fossils and geologic time.
Other
Dinosaur Extinction: One More Hypothesis
"The survivals and extinctions at the close of the Cretaceous are such as might be expected to result from intensely hot winds such as would be generated by extra large meteoritic impacts." This article suggests that this theory should...
Treehut
Suzy's World: What Is a Fossil?
This site, which is a personal site from Suzy's World by Suzy Cato, explores fossils. Find out some basic facts about fossils, including who studies them and what they are made of. A fun experiment is also included.