[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes characteristics of living organisms, and the origin of life.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes characteristics of living organisms and the origin of life.

This multiple-choice quiz on the origin of life allows students to get hints for each question and check their answers after submitting.

[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...

A general overview of the origin and characteristics of life.

Article describing research done by scientists in their quest to understand the origins of life. Questions are posed throughout about the nature of scientific research.

Learn about the RNA world hypothesis through short animations, informational text, and interactive questions in this virtual lab.

This lecture covers the topic of life now and into the future, including the role genetic engineering will play.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Adventures of a Penny by Mrs. Perring (1865), a fictional account of the life of a penny as told by the penny itself.

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.

An activity for students to explore an infograph to compare the similarities and differences between human and other species.

Explore life's evolutionary history on the planet through molecular illustrations and animations. Pictorial evidence is based on origin of life research and theory.

This resource provides a paper written by Dr. Charles Urbanowicz, anthropologist at California State University. It deals extensively with the life and death of Charles Darwin, his research, and the publication of his book, "The Origin...

Read about the Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian writer honored for his "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse." This Nobel Prize-winner profile includes a brief overview of Tagore's life and published works, as well as the...

A look into what controls the rise of oxygen on the Earth and maybe on other planets as well.

Using primary documents, oral histories, and other historical resources, discover how the arts of Africa, Europe, and pre-Civil War America influenced the culture of enslaved African Americans.

From a PBS television series, this site offers a summary of the features which characterize the phylum chordata and includes multiple color photos.

This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner by Daniel Defoe; Parts I and II of the illustrated novel are included.

This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner by Daniel Defoe; It includes Parts I and II of the novel and an introduction to the history...

A collection of classroom lessons to help high school biology teachers teach evolution and the nature of science. This highly lab-oriented module is a very useful evolution and deep-time teaching site.

Featured is a tutorial on exobiology and the origins of life. The tutorial covers the nature of prebiotic Earth, the Miller-Urey experiment, possible sites for the origin of life, the search for extraterrestrial life, politics in...

A five question quiz over the concepts about the beginning of life on Earth. Test your knowledge of this topics.

Eukaryotic cells have separate DNA from mitochondria and chloroplasts which indicates that they were once primitive cells on their own. This multimedia article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and quiz...

From the birth of a planet to the evolution of the human race, interactive details the 25 biggest milestones that shaped Earth's history