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Topic: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Advances in Neurotechnology In this video segment from Greater Boston, learn how a man with severe motor disabilities can operate a computer and move a prosthetic hand by simply thinking the commands, thanks to the combined efforts of bioengineers and neuroscientists.	6-12	QuickTime Video
All in the Family In this Evolution Web feature, test your skills at judging who's who on the tree of life while you learn about the tools and methods of cladistics.	6-12	Flash Interactive
Cell Differentiation In this video segment from The Secret of Life school video, "Sex and the Single Gene" follow as a single fertilized egg cell divides, differentiates, and assembles into the tissues and organs of a new organism.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Dance of Development Watch the "dance" of development as a zebrafish egg divides and differentiates on its way to becoming an embryo in this interactive activity adapted from the Exploratorium.	9-12	Flash Interactive
Desert Biome This video segment from NOVA: "A Desert Place" describes the physical characteristics and organisms that define the desert biome.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Evolution of the Eye Zoologist Dan-Erik Nilsson demonstrates how the complex human eye could have evolved from simple light-sensitive cells. From Evolution: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea."	9-12	QuickTime Video
Evolving Ideas: Did Humans Evolve? This video from Evolution explores the evolution of humans from a common ancestor of humans, chimpanzees, and other apes.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Evolving Ideas: How Do We Know Evolution Happens? This video from Evolution focuses on one of the several lines of evidence for evolution -- fossils, highlighting the evolution of whales from land-dwelling mammals to the aquatic creatures we know today.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Finding Lucy This Evolution video segment depicts the landmark hominid fossil finds by Don Johanson and his team in Ethiopia.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Fish with Fingers In this video segment from Evolution: "Great Transformations," paleontologist Jenny Clack explains that vertebrates evolved fingers before they invaded land.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Fossils Fossils are indicators of past life. This collection of still images produced for Teachers' Domain features examples of fossils from plants, animals, and insects.	3-12	Flash Image
Gene Control The development of creatures that appear to have nothing in common is directed by a surprisingly small number of genes. In this video segment, learn about the power of master control genes. Footage from The Secret of Life: "Birth, Sex & Death."	6-12	QuickTime Video
Homo Sapiens Versus Neanderthals This video segment, adapted from NOVA, explores reasons why Homo sapiens had an advantage over Neanderthals in the pursuit of territory and natural resources.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Hummingbird Species in the Transitional Zones This video segment from Evolution: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" shows biologists Chris Schneider and Tom Smith studying hummingbirds and other animals in Ecuador. Their research is investigating the processes by which new species are formed.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Laetoli Footprints This Evolution video segment describes how the famous track fossils known as the Laetoli footprints might have been formed and what they can reveal about the creatures who left them.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Laetoli Trackways Diagram View a diagram of the hominid footprints that archaeologist Mary Leakey's team found at Laetoli in Tanzania.	9-12	JPEG Image
Mike Novacek: Fossils in the Gobi Biologist Mike Novacek discusses his discovery of mammal fossils in the Gobi Desert and what we can learn from them. From Evolution: "Extinction!"	9-12	HTML Document
Origins of Humankind In this Evolution feature, examine a six-million-year-long fossil record to learn about the evolution of the human family.	9-12	Flash Interactive
Record of Time Enter the exciting world of dating ... fossil dating, that is. From Record of Time by anthropologist Dennis O'Neil.	6-12	PDF Document
Riddle of the Bones In this Evolution Web feature, piece together clues to how one of our early ancestors looked as you examine images from four significant fossil finds of Australopithecus afarensis.	9-12	Flash Interactive
Ted Daeschler and Neil Shubin: Early Tetrapod Fossils In this transcript of an interview filmed for Evolution: "Great Transformations," Ted Daeschler and Neil Shubin describe the discovery and significance of some of their key fossil finds.	9-12	HTML Document
Tracing Human Evolution to Its Roots This graphic from Biology by Kenneth R. Miller and Joseph Levine suggests how some recent hominid fossil finds might fit into the overall picture of hominid evolution. As more fossils are found and further analysis advances our understanding of human evolution, this picture will almost certainly be revised.	9-12	JPEG Image
The Transforming Leap, from Four Legs to Two John Noble Wilford, a New York Times science writer, outlines various hypotheses on the origin of bipedalism.	9-12	HTML Document
Transitional Tetrapod Fossil In this video segment from NOVA: "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial," learn about the discovery of a well-preserved transitional fossil and how such transitional fossils support the theory of evolution.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Walking Tall This video segment from Evolution: "Great Transformations" illustrates the differences between the skeletons of a chimpanzee (a knuckle-walker) and a human (a biped).	9-12	QuickTime Video
Whales in the Making This graphic from Evolution, traces the evolution of whales from land-dwelling mammals to the aquatic creatures we know today.	6-12	PDF Document