Learn about the scientific hypotheses of the origin of life on Earth. [5:55]

An explanation of how life came into existence from early beliefs, such as panspermia, to more recent ideas like abiogenesis.

Where did life come from? Features a 36-page exploration of the possibilities of special creation or spontaneous generation.

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.

An entry from the Standard Encyclopedia of Philospohy that analyzes creationism from scientific, philosophical, and theological viewpoints and finds it lacking on all three measures.

Through full-color images and concise information, learn about the origin of cells. Discover some of the notable studies surrounding the history of life on Earth.

Learn what five different religions have to say about the shaping of life and evolution. [August 8, 2005]

Online lesson which allows students to choose a person of interest and create a timeline of their life. Includes working together, researching potential conflicting information, and developing essays from the original research.

The life and times of Louis Pasteur.

A collection of links to activities and lessons that could be used for Earth science concepts including the foil record, creating a timeline of Earth's history, plate tectonics, dinosaurs, and the progression of life on Earth.

Looks at what life was like at home in the U.S. during World War II using original photographs.

Original photographs depicting the everyday life and people of the early 20th century and what they did in their leisure time.

The theory of evolution is a theory which gives an explanation to a variety of known facts that justify the changes of nature over time. Explore the facts and theory offered in this article.

If you are a living, breathing human being, chances are you have felt sad at least a few times in your life. But what exactly is melancholy, and what (if anything) should we do about it? Courtney Stephens details our still-evolving...

This is the original, online text of the short story collection by Rudyard Kipling. It includes Miss Youghal's Sais, Yoked With an Unbeliever, and many other stories of life in India.

This is a fabulous site for the Sherlock Holmes lover. Provided here is a brief biography of Holmes' creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle along with many other links to Sherlockian information.

Charles Darwin's theory that all living organisms are connected in some way has been confirmed through intense studies over centuries. Understand the similarities that bond all things living to the same family tree by checking out this...

The Aztec pictorial manuscript later known as the Codex Telleriano-Remensis was created in sixteenth-century Mexico, about a generation after contact. It is considered one of the most beautiful and informative remaining works by the...

This site, from the University of North Carolina, provides the full text of "My Life in the South," the autobiography of an emancipated slave, Jacob Stroyer(1849-1908). The text is complete and in-depth with a full introduction and...

Original photos, art work and primary source documents portray life inside a Japanese internment camp in the United States during World War II.

This online reproduction of the original 1913 text by Gardner W. Allen is organized chronologically beginning in 1775 and ending with 1783. An appendix includes source citations, a list of vessels, officers, privateers and other...

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.

Find out about the perfect storm of conditions that allowed Earth's atmosphere to contain oxygen.

Illustrated essay about the Tuskegee airmen touches on the origins of the group, the challenges they faced, people involved, their missions, their successes, and life for the airmen after World War II.