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What do You Know About Life on Earth? LearningWhat do You Know About Life on Earth? Learning
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American Museum of Natural History
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6th - 12th
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What do You Know About Life on Earth?

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Humans have only inhabited the earth for a fraction of the time that life has existed. Young scientists explore the facts about the emergence of life on Earth with an interactive resource. While highlighting different types of life, the lesson provides facts about what makes each type unique. Versatile and informative, the lesson works as a remote learning resource or as an in-class exercise.

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Concepts

the origin of life, planet earth, the earth, oceans, eukaryotes, biodiversity, bacteria, protists

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Create a guided notes document for pupils to complete as they explore the resource
  • Have learners build a timeline to hang in the classroom

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires devices with Internet access
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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  • Includes links to vocabulary support
  • Provides interesting facts to hold the users' attention

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