PBS
When a Billion Years Disappeared
In some places, the rocks below the Great Unconformity are about 1.2 billion years older than those above it. This missing chapter in Earth’s history might be linked to a fracturing supercontinent, out-of-control glaciers, and maybe the...
TED Talks
TED: Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe | Kenneth Lacovara
What happens when you discover a dinosaur? Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara details his unearthing of Dreadnoughtus -- a 77-million-year-old sauropod that was as tall as a two-story house and as heavy as a jumbo jet -- and considers how...
Wonderscape
The Mesozoic Era: Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Step into the Mesozoic era, often called the Age of Dinosaurs, spanning over 150 million years from the Triassic to the Cretaceous period. This era saw the rise of dinosaurs, the flourishing of coniferous plants, and significant...
Wonderscape
Exploring the Paleozoic Era: From Cambrian Explosion to the Great Dying
Journey through the Paleozoic era, a transformative period in Earth's history marked by the emergence of complex life and culminating in the largest mass extinction ever. Learn about the rise of diverse life forms, from the Cambrian...
Wonderscape
Unlocking Earth's Past: The Fascinating World of Fossils
Dive into the captivating world of paleontology and explore how fossils unlock the secrets of Earth's ancient life. Discover the processes that preserve these rare treasures and understand the insights they provide into the evolution and...
One Minute History
005 Earth - One Minute History
Planet Earth was created under the force of gravity, when stellar dust and rocky debris from the solar nebula combined. “Proto-Earth” was completely molten, its atmosphere toxic. A collision with planetoid Theia formed the Moon. Earth...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Where are the Goldilocks Stars? With Giada Arney
Giada Arney, astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, is looking at the potential for K stars to host habitable worlds. Learn about how stars affect planetary environments and why complex life on early Earth was impossible.
Science360
DRILLING INTO THE JURASSIC IN NEW JERSEY
One hour from New York City, where the suburbs of New Jersey give way to farms, a team of scientists are drilling for ancient rocks on the edge of a cornfield. The rocks hold clues about what the earth was like about 201 million years...
One Minute History
The Story of Earth - History of the Universe - One Minute History
The story of the creation of earth and its various epochs.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Day the Mesozoic Died
A dynamic, three-part feature explores what caused mass extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period. Computer animations, interviews, and on-site footage from around the world divulge evidence that it was the K-T...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: How Earth Formed
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] View a National Geographic video featuring the way the Earth was formed. [1 hr. 30 min.]
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Meet the Paleont O Logist: John Flynn
An inquiry-oriented look at the work and personal interests of a paleontologist. Includes advice to kids who don't like science. Click on the starred words to learn more about the topic on the interactive flashcards.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Meet the Paleont O Logist: Ross Mac Phee
An inquiry-oriented look at the work and personal interests of a paleontologist from Ross MacPhee. Click on the starred words to learn more about the topic on the interactive flashcards.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Peering Inside Fossils
"A scanning device most commonly seen in hospitals is reshaping the science of paleontology by allowing researchers to peer inside irreplaceable fossils without damaging them." Find out what scientists are now able to see that they've...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Beginnings of Life
Life and photosynthesis start to thrive in the Archean Eon. [10:25]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Paper Casts Doubt on Dinosaur Death Theory
Some scientists are challenging the conventional wisdom that dinosaurs abruptly disappeared because of a huge crater created by an extraterrestrial impact in the Gulf of Mexico. Find out about this challenge and what they're saying about...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: A Guinea Pig the Size of a Horse
This site is provided for by National Public Radio. A seven foot tall rodent that weighs nearly one ton seems like something out of the movies, but researchers have found a skeleton of a rodent the size of a horse. Read about this...