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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Homologies

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages are from the Understanding Evolution website for teachers. They focus on homologous structures that organisms with common ancestors share.
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University of California

Uc Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Science Conceptual Framework

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This website is a resource for teachers to guide their instruction by giving them a list of conceptual understandings or students regarding the nature and process of science according to grade level.
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University of California

Uc Museum of Paleontology: A Guide to Understanding Science 101

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Improve your science teaching by taking this multi-part course that gives in-depth information about what science is, how it works, and how it is intertwined with our lives and with society more broadly. The course is broken up into...
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University of California

Uc Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Science

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A site that contains a resource database for how science really works. This is a good place for teachers to start as they start to plan for lessons in their classroom.
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Other

The Paleontological Research Institution: History of Oil: Spindletop, Pt. 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find out how the famous Lucas oil gusher on the Spindletop hill spurred the prolific oil industry in Texas.
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Other

The Paleontological Research Institution: History of Oil: Spindletop, Pt. 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
More information about out how the famous Lucas oil gusher on the Spindletop hill spurred the prolific oil industry in Texas.
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University of California

Ucmp: Web Geological Time Machine

For Students 6th - 8th
The Museum of Paleontology at Berkeley offers an online geological time machine which allows you to catch a glimpse of ancient eras in earth's history. Click into an "Era" to learn about its stratigraphy, life forms, localities, and...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: Paleo Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of art demonstrates a branch of scientific illustration that specializes in drawing fossils and other paleontological subject matter. Includes information on providing proper care for historical paleo art and offers methods of...
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University of California

Ucmp: Carl Linnaeus

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of California Museum of Paleontology offers a very detailed biography of Carl Von Linne, also known as Carl Linnaeus.
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University of California

Ucmp: The World's Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of California Museum of Paleontology hosts this site devoted to the study of the earth's biomes, which are the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and adaptations of organisms to...
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Other

Welcome Argentina

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site that provides information about the main cities of Argentina together with their history, landscapes, legends and services. There is travel information as well as topical content such as articles on tango, paleontology and...
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Read Works

Read Works: Face to Fossil

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This seven-page PDF passage entitled "Face to Fossil" features an interview with ProtoAndy, a fossil of Protoceratops. It is part of a Paired Text with two other texts (see links above passage):...
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Robert Hooke

For Students 9th - 10th
The transcript of a talk given on the syndicated radio broadcast titled "The Engines of Our Ingenuity." Interesting account of Robert Hooke. Using a captivating and engaging story line, the article tells of Hooke's many interests in...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Digging Up Dirt: How Paleontologists Bring Dinosaurs Back to Life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teachers can download this teaching package that introduces students to the science of paleontology. Fossil formulation and details about the work of paleontologists are discussed. Find out how paleontologists discover, stabilize, and...
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Other

Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Follow a Fossil

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine paleontology, the study of ancient life on Earth. Some topics explored are vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants.
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ArgentinaXplora.com

Argentinaexplora.com: Paleontologia en Argentina Dinosaurios

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a look at dinosaur paleontology in Argentina with accompanying articles about specific eras and regions of the country.
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Texas A&M University

Story Time: Discover Scientists' Biographies

For Students 9th - 10th
Read very accessible biographies of thirteen scientists in many fields including medicine, paleontology, genetics, chemistry, physiology, marine biology, microbiology, biochemistry, and natural selection. Emphasis is on the scientists'...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Meet the Paleont O Logist: Mark Norell

For Students 3rd - 8th
Interview with paleontologist Mark Norell provides insights into his research interests, his career preparation, and his ideas about a range of paleontology-related topics.
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Burke Museum

Burke Museum: Marine Fossils

For Students 9th - 10th
"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.
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University of California

Ucmp: A Relative Dating Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
An learning activity to help students grasp the concept of relative dating and geologic time.
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University of California

Ucmp: Introduction to Chondrichthyes

For Students 9th - 10th
Good introduction from Berkeley's department of paleontology, gives a brief history and the defining characteristics of the class of Chondrichthyes.
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Evolution at Different Scales

For Students 9th - 10th
Macroevolution and microevolution are defined, along with mutation, migration, genetic drift, and natural selection, which are "established mechanisms of evolutionary change."
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Evolution 101: Gene Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the process of gene flow and how it can cause genetic variation within a population.
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University of California

Uc Museum of Paleontology: Misconceptions About Science

For Students 9th - 10th
This page addresses the several topics students may have misconceptions about in science. Page addresses topics such as the limits of science to misinterpretations of the scientific process in a FAQ type of responses.

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