Chapter 14: The History of Life
Section 14.1 Resources:
- Explore the geologice timeline with “Deep Time.”
- The Smithsonian’s “Geologic Time.“
- NOVA’s “A Brief History of Life.“
- Online “Plate Tectonics” wordsearch puzzle.
- “The Cambrian Explosion” video.
Section 14.2 Resources:
- “What Is Spontaneous Generation?” Section Launcher movie.
- “Origins” game.
Chapter Resources:
- “The History of Life” review.
- “The History of Life” word search puzzle (word doc).
- Online “The History of Life” matching game.
- “The History of Life” crossword puzzle (word doc).
Links to go further:
- A PBS “Human Evolution” Shockwave activity: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/evolution/#
- “Life Has History” modules sponsored by the NSF: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/intro/index.html
- Discover the history of life: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/historyoflife.php
- “Fossils, Rocks, and Time” by USGS: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/
- Article on spontaneous generation: http://www.chemheritage.org/EducationalServices/pharm/antibiot/readings/spogen.
- How did life begin? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/knoll.html
- Spontaneous generation: http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio114/spontgen.htm
- History of life on earth: http://www.dbc.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/lec01/b65lec01.htm#HIST . . .
