SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY EXCURSION

Evolution

THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH

Evolution of Man by Ernst Haeckel Public Domain Image

FOSSIL IDENTIFICATION WEBSITES

Fossils and fossil formation

• Dinosaurs: Honolulu Community College
• Making Fossils: BBC Science & Nature: Prehistoric Life
• Learning from the Fossil Record: University of California Museum of Palaeontology
• Oil on my Shoes: "Beginner Topics"
• Sands of the World (from the Sand Web Site)
• Jurassic Ammonites
• Fossil Activities for Kids (fossil-facts-and-finds.com)
• The Virtual Fossil Museum
• Fossils, Rocks and Time
• Geo Mysteries (The Children's Museum of Indianapolis)
• How Fossils Form Activities (University of Kentucky)
• Discovering Fossils
• The Fossil Mystery (Nova Scotia Museum)
• Finding Fossils (San Diego Natural History Museum)
• Prehistoric Life (Museum Victoria, Australia)
• Palaeontology (Australian Museum Online)
• Information about Fossils (www.fossiel.net)
• National Geographic
• World of Fossils

PLATE TECTONIC WEBSITES

Earth structure, folding and faulting, plate tectonics, volcanoes and earthquakes

• Plate Tectonics (University of Tennessee)
• Faults (US Geological Survey)
• Geology in the Parks (US Geological Survey)
• Explore Geology: Tour of the Parks (National Park Service)
• Earthquake (Virtual Courseware)
• Virtual Field Trips (Houghton Miffin Company)
• The Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics (USGS)
• Dynamic Earth: Currents in the Earth's System (UCMP)
• Structure of the Earth (NASA)

ROCK LAYERS WEBSITES

Web sites on landscapes, rock cycle, types of rocks, sand

• Earth Science World: Image Bank
• Schoolyard Geology (USGS)
• Geology in the Parks (USGS)
• Grand Canyon Explorer: The Geology of the Grand Canyon
• Sands of the World (The Sand Website)
• Virtual Field Trips (Houghton Miffin Company)
• Geology (About.com)
• Museum & Palaeontology Centre (Courtney & District)
• Sedimentary Rock (Enchanted Learning)

GEOLOGIC WEBSITES

Geologic time and time lines

• The Interactive Geological Time Scale (AGI)
• Web Geological Time Machine (UCMP)
• Earth Floor: Geologic Time
• Comprehending Geologic Time
• Geological Time Line
• National Geographic Lesson Plans

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