Curated OER
The Path of Pollution
Students conduct a brainstorming exercise that asks them to list all the ideas about air pollution that can be recalled. The ideas are recorded on a chart that the teacher has prepared. The lesson contains sufficient background...
Curated OER
Cloning and Related Issues
Eighth graders research information on cloning and the surrounding issues online. They analyze the issues surrounding cloning and present their point of view with supporting details in a Powerpoint presentation.
Curated OER
Endangered Species- Florida Panther
Students investigate the concept of the conservation of the Florida Panther and examine the effects of the Everglades water restoration project. They conduct a web based activity that includes the following: Listing what they know,...
Curated OER
Natural Hazards Research Paper and Oral Presenation
High schoolers use the internet and look at a list of the world's countries and the natural hazards that impact them. They comprehend that it is sometimes called "Nature's Fury," each natural hazard has a heartbeat, a locational pattern,...
Curated OER
So It Goes
Students consider how events, accomplishments, and beliefs shaped Kurt Vonnegut's body of work by creating one-pagers. They examine a quotation by Kurt Vonnegut and consider how they might alter it to reflect their own views. Students...
BBC
Bbc Earth: The 25 Biggest Turning Points in Earth's History
From the birth of a planet to the evolution of the human race, interactive details the 25 biggest milestones that shaped Earth's history
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Asteroid Impacts May Have Sparked Life
Article reports on a new study that claims that the energy released from asteroid collisions may have sparked life on Earth. Includes a list of key vocabulary.
PBS
Nova: The Origins Game
This resource provides information about the origin of the universe, the earth and the organisms that live here. You will also be challenged to identify the geographic areas where origins research is taking place.
Science Struck
Science Struck: How Was the Earth Created
This resource gives a detailed explanation of the stages that the Earth and the solar system went through beginning with their origins in the Big Bang up to the present time.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Early Life
The aim of this article relates the nature of science to our current understanding of the origin of life and describe the formation of the atoms which build the Earth and its life.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: Evolution: History of Life: Origins
Learn about the scientific hypotheses of the origin of life on Earth. [5:55]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Characteristics and Origins of Life Study Guide
A general overview of the origin and characteristics of life.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Characteristics and Origins of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes characteristics of living organisms, and the origin of life.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Characteristics and Origins of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes characteristics of living organisms and the origin of life.
Other
Exploring Origins Project: Exploring Life's Origins
Explore life's evolutionary history on the planet through molecular illustrations and animations. Pictorial evidence is based on origin of life research and theory.
University of Oxford (UK)
University of Oxford: Origin of Life on Earth
Where did life come from? Features a 36-page exploration of the possibilities of special creation or spontaneous generation.
National Library of France
National Library of France: Heaven and Earth
Learn how art through the ages has been influenced by the Earth and the heavens. See paintings that attempted to explain the Earth's creation from a scientific standpoint, sacred architecture that provided a place to worship the heavens,...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: It Takes Teamwork: How Endosymbiosis Changed Life on Earth
A tutorial on symbiotic relationships that explores the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells as well as the origins of eukaryotic organelles possibly being from endosymbiotic relationship. This tutorial also offers...
NASA
Nasa: Welcome to From Earth to the Solar System (Fettss)
A collection of high-resolution images of space. Images "showcase the discoveries and excitement of planetary exploration, with a focus on the origin and evolution of the Solar System and the search for life".
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Life From Space: An Emerging Paradigm
Recognize that some people believe that life on Earth came from outer space. Learn about the support for these ideas and what could happen if life would continue to arrive from space.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Origins of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] There is good evidence that life has probably existed on Earth for most of Earth's history. Fossils of blue-green algae found in Australia are the oldest fossils of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Earth Forms and Life Begins Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for a unit on the origin of life.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 4.11 First Cell
Learn about the first form of life on Earth, the cell.
Scientific American
Scientific American: The Origin of Oxygen in Earth's Atmosphere
The breathable air we enjoy today originated from tiny organisms, although the details remain lost in geologic time. Scientific American helps uncover this mystery.