Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Human Origins: Human Family Tree
Find the human ancestor you are interested in and click on it either in the timeline or the list below for more details. Each fossil or reconstruction pictured includes links to more details about it.
PBS
Nova: Forgotten Genius: Nature?s Pharmacy
The tutorial discusses species that have chemical compounds to fight human illnesses. Some topics include "penicillium" mold, cinchona tree, and "streptomyces" bacteria. The activity consists of a printable version and interactive version.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Archetypes: Themes and Situations [Pdf]
This 24-page PDF presentation focuses on Archetypes including themes and situations. It includes the discussion of themes such as supernatural world, human relationships, forces of nature, and many more.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Human Activity: Lesson 3
This lesson will describe how human activity can impact a natural ecosystem. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Human Activity."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Human Activity: Lesson 4
This lesson will describe how human activity can impact a natural ecosystem. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Human Activity."
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Digestive System
A collection of illustrated fact sheets and activities on the parts of the human digestive system.
Other
Mr. Palm:positive/negative Consequences of Human Modification of the Environment
A short slideshow explaining several ways that changes to the environment can have both positive and negative consequences.
Curated OER
Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Australopithecus
Graphic image of the ape-man ancestor of humans, Australopithecus.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bishop Joseph Butler
(1692-1752) Butler was an English bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher. He is most famous for his "Fifteen Sermons on Human Nature."
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lucian
Lucian, the humorous satirist, was a native of Samosata, in Syria, and flourished towards the end of the second century. In early life he was a sculptor, but later applied himself to the study of literature and philosophy. He was an...
Other
Insightful Interaction: Visualizations
A collection of interactive visualizations that were produced through analysis of economic, political, and market research data. Topics are diverse, e.g., military spending and trade, immigration, consumer spending, crime, unemployment,...
PBS
Pbs Teachers:china's Top Water Issues
Investigate some of the most pressing water-related issues in China with this interactive map. Discover various viewpoints on topics such as dam construction, river flooding, sewage treatment and industrial pollution.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Global Vegetation
This picture helps show global vegetation levels. Looking at the image it is clear to see that some areas are rich in vegetation while others are not. Vegetation levels are vital for humans living around the world, satellites monitor the...
Curated OER
Unesco: Lithuania: Curonian Spit
Human habitation of this elongated sand dune peninsula, 98 km long and 0.4-4 km wide, dates back to prehistoric times. Throughout this period it has been threatened by the natural forces of wind and waves. Its survival to the present day...
Curated OER
Unesco: Spain: Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
The Aranjuez cultural landscape is an entity of complex relationships: between nature and human activity, between sinuous watercourses and geometric landscape design, between the rural and the urban, between forest landscape and the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sphinx
Sphinx is a Greek word signifying 'strangler,' applied to certain symbolical forms of Egyptian origin, having the body of a lion, a human or an animal head, and two wings. Various other combinations of animal forms have been called by...
Curated OER
Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture
This was a Library of Congress exhibition from 1993 that includes information and artifacts regarding: archaeology, humanism, mathematics, music, medicine, nature, and more.
Curated OER
Unesco: Iceland: Surtsey
Surtsey, a volcanic island approximately 32 km from the south coast of Iceland, is a new island formed by volcanic eruptions that took place from 1963 to 1967. It is all the more outstanding for having been protected since its birth,...
Curated OER
Unesco: China: Mount Sanqingshan National Park
Mount Sanqingshan National Park, a 22,950 ha property located in the west of the Huyaiyu mountain range in the northeast of Jiangxi Province (in the east of central China) has been inscribed for its exceptional scenic quality, marked by...
Curated OER
Unesco: Austria: Hallstatt Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
Human activity in the magnificent natural landscape of the Salzkammergut began in prehistoric times, with the salt deposits being exploited as early as the 2nd millennium BC. This resource formed the basis of the area’s prosperity up to...
Curated OER
Unesco: Senegal: Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes
The site, located in south-east Senegal, includes three geographical areas: the Bassari-Salemata area, the Bedik-Bandafassi area and the Fula-Dindefello area, each with its specific morphological traits. The Bassari, Fula and Bedik...
Curated OER
Unesco: Indonesia: Cultural Landscape of Bali Province
The cultural landscape of Bali consists of five rice terraces and their water temples that cover 19,500 ha. The temples are the focus of a cooperative water management system of canals and weirs, known as subak, that dates back to the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Euripides
The next evolution is presented in Euripides. He is less ideal than his predeccesor, but truer to nature. His drama is more of a reality. He takes his stand in the midst of human life as it is. His language is the language of the people....
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: The Great Sphinx
This colossal figure, human-headed and lion-bodied, is hewn from the natural rock. The body is about 150 feet long, the paws 50 feet, the head 30 feet. The height from the base of the top of the head is 70 feet. Except for its head and...
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