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Ucmp: Understanding Science: Dogs and Turnips

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A simple lesson where each group of students turns over word cards creating sentences from them. As the student turns over more cards, the group modifies the meaning of the sentence, leading them to discuss how scientists change their...
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Ucmp: Mystery Fossils

For Students 9th - 10th
Each month a new mystery fossil is presented for students to try to identify, giving them a taste of what paleontologists are confronted with in their work.
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Ucmp: Introduction to the Eukaryota

For Students 9th - 10th
The huge diversity of the Eukaryota is described, including what has been preserved in fossils. The section, "More on Morphology", explains the biology of eukaryote cells in detail.
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Ucmp: Dinoflagellates

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of California provides background material on dinoflagellates which exhibit bioluminescence. Site includes information on their fossil record, ecology, and structure.
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Ucmp: Entrance to the Vertebrate Flight Exhibit

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of California Berkeley page provides information on the evolution of vertebrate flight and includes links to the following topics: Introduction to Flight, The Physics of Flight, Gliders and Parachuters, The Evolution of...
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Ucmp: A Virtual Exploration of the Beach

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the following questions:1. What are the divisions of a beach?2. How does energy vary along the beach area?3. How does grain size vary along the beach in response to wave energy?
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Ucmp: Introduction to Ctenophora

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an advanced level review of the biology of these organisms. The opening photographs are worth seeing!
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Ucmp: Discovery of Sulawesi Coelacanths

For Students 9th - 10th
A new location for this 'living fossil' is documented at the University of California. Good general information on the biology and significance of coelacanths.
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Ucmp: What Is a Sabertooth?

For Students 9th - 10th
A good review of the natural history of the extinct species, the Sabertooth. Includes pictures of bones of this animal.
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Ucmp: The Tyrant Lizards: The Tyrannosauridae

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of California provides basic information on T. rex with links to related material great for a quick introduction.
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Ucmp: Inferring the Possible Speed of Dinosaurs

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay detailing the evidence used to determine how quickly dinosaurs moved. Includes pictures of fossilized dinosaur tracks.
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Ucmp: Dinosaurs, Movies, & Reality

For Students 9th - 10th
A very good review of how "movie science" can present an inaccurate or incomplete picture of actual scientific knowledge and methods.
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Ucmp: Learning About Vendian Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
UC Berkeley offers very nice photos and descriptions of what is known about fossils of animals from this era.
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Ucmp: Introduction to Bacteria

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an introduction to bacteria and examines fossil records, life history and ecology, systematics, and morphology.
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Ucmp: Georgius Agricola

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of California provides a review of the life and contributions of Georgius Agricola (1494-1555) the 'founder of geology as a discipline'.
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Ucmp: Introduction to the Annelida

For Students 9th - 10th
Berkeley offers a great site on segmented worms titled, "Introduction to Annelida, Everybody's favorite, worms."
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Ucmp: The Jurassic Period, 208 to 146 Million Years Ago

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the Jurassic Period, including links to more detailed information about the geology and biological changes of the period.
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Ucmp: Introduction to the Mesozoic Era

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of the Mesozoic era, and it's three divisions, the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. Extensively cross-linked on important topics. Good site from Berkeley.
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Ucmp: Annelids Life and History

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the life history and ecology of Annelids.
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Ucmp: Introduction to the Cnidaria

For Students 9th - 10th
A colorful look at Cnidarians from the University of California. Be sure to click on the 4 buttons on the bottom of the page to see all the info there is on this fascinating phyla!
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Ucmp: Cnidarian Fossil Records

For Students 9th - 10th
At this University of California, Berkeley site you can find out far back the Cnidarians show up in Fossil records. Also, find out how much they have changed over time! Be sure to click on the highlighted words to go to other interesting...
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Ucmp: The Grassland Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
A good site to begin your study of grasslands as it gives clear definitions of terms and an explanation of how the grasslands came into existence.
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Ucmp: Tundra

For Students 9th - 10th
Characteristics given about tundras. The two types of tundras, arctic and alpine, are both discussed.
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Ucmp: Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides hyperlinks to the history behind and the mechanisms driving plate tectonics. Be sure to click on the globe icons for animations of plate tectonics.

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