Teachers' Domain®
 

Organization:

Change Organization

Forgot Your Password?

Not yet registered?

Register now to download, share, and save resources. It's simple, safe, and free! Learn More

You are now "Test Driving" Teachers' Domain

You may view up to 7 resources in this limited trial period.

You have 6 views remaining. Register now for unlimited free access and to download, share, and save resources. Learn More

About Registration:

Registering with Teachers' Domain is free and allows you to:

  • • View as many resources as you like
  • • Save, sort, and share resources using My Folders and My Groups
  • • Download resources to your desktop
  • • See standards correlations for your state

Thank you for "Test Driving" Teachers' Domain

You have viewed all seven resources permitted in this limited trial period. You may continue to browse the site, but to view, download, share, and save resources, you must register now. Registration is simple, safe, and free.

For more information:

Learn about our online Professional Development Courses, or review our Privacy Policy.

If you still have questions, please contact us.

NSDLNSDL users sign in here

Topic: Paleontology

Resource Grade Level Media Type
Becoming a Fossil  

Becoming a Fossil
This video segment describes how the Australopithecus afarensis skeleton known as Lucy could have been fossilized. Footage courtesy of NOVA: "In Search of Human Origins."

6-12 QuickTime Video
Cave Formation: Biogeochemical Cycles  

Cave Formation: Biogeochemical Cycles
This video segment adapted from NOVA chronicles the discoveries that led to a radical new theory in which living organisms, not just geological processes, play an active role in cave formation.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Continental Divide: The Breakup of Pangaea  

Continental Divide: The Breakup of Pangaea
Examine geological evidence found in fossils, rock deposits, and ancient mountains that supports the theory of continental drift in this interactive activity adapted from the Exploratorium.

6-12 Flash Interactive
Dating Lava Flows on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaiʻi  

Dating Lava Flows on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaiʻi
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists search for carbonized remains of plants preserved in lava flows to find out how long it has taken rain forests on Hawaiʻi to regenerate after a volcanic eruption.

3-12 QuickTime Video
Deep Time  

Deep Time
This interactive timeline from Evolution offers a visual representation of the major geological changes, transformations, and extinction episodes in the 4.6-billion-year history of Earth.

6-12 Flash Interactive
Earth System: Drought and Air Quality  

Earth System: Drought and Air Quality
This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center discusses how a drought can have negative effects locally, for example by increasing the number of forest fires, and also globally, for example by impacting air quality thousands of miles away.

3-12 QuickTime Video
Evolving Ideas: Did Humans Evolve?  

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?  

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  

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  

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
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
The Grand Canyon: Evidence of Earth's Past  

The Grand Canyon: Evidence of Earth's Past
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a fossil found among the Grand Canyon's rock layers reveals the existence of a shallow sea that once covered most of western North America.

6-12 QuickTime Video
How Did Life Emerge Here?  

How Did Life Emerge Here?
This video segment adapted from NOVA describes the emergence of life on the islands of Hawaiʻi from a barren volcanic platform under the ocean waves to the rich explosion of life that covers the many climate zones of the islands today.

3-12 QuickTime Video
Ingredients for Life: Water  

Ingredients for Life: Water
This video segment adapted from NOVA goes on a whimsical journey in search of life forms thriving in extreme conditions on Earth and in outer space. Animations show ice on Jupiter's moon, Europa, and signs that water once existed on Mars.

3-12 QuickTime Video
Laetoli Footprints  

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
Life Before Oxygen  

Life Before Oxygen
This Interactive NOVA: "Earth" video segment looks at ancient organisms that lived anaerobically, the origins of photosynthesis, and the new forms of life this process made possible.

3-12 QuickTime Video
Origins of Humankind  

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
Permian-Triassic Extinction  

Permian-Triassic Extinction
In this video segment from Evolution: "Extinction!", geologist Peter Ward discusses evidence for a Permian-Triassic mass extinction.

9-12 QuickTime Video
Radiometric Dating  

Radiometric Dating
In this video segment from A Science Odyssey: "Origins," scientists explain how Earth's age was determined by radiometric dating.

6-12 QuickTime Video
Riddle of the Bones  

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  

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
Transitional Tetrapod Fossil  

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
Types of Fossils  

Types of Fossils
This interactive resource adapted from the University of California Museum of Paleontology features images of body fossils, trace fossils, and a combination of the two.

3-12 Flash Interactive
What Is a Theory?  

What Is a Theory?
In these two audio interviews from NOVA Online, learn about the difference between the common understanding of the word "theory" and how science uses the term.

6-12 Flash Interactive
What Killed the Dinosaurs?  

What Killed the Dinosaurs?
This Evolution Web feature uses animations to explore how evidence can support a variety of hypotheses surrounding the mystery behind the extinction of the dinosaurs.

3-12 Shockwave Interactive
When Did the First Americans Arrive?  

When Did the First Americans Arrive?
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, recent archeological evidence leads scientists to revise existing theories about human migrations into the Americas around the time of the last ice age.

6-12 QuickTime Video