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Title:

Life Has A History

Url:

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/intro/index.htm...

Publisher:

University of California, Berkeley. Museum of Paleontology

Description: This website provides students with an introduction to the history of life and how it resulted in today's biodiversity. There are three tiers of difficulty available for different grade levels. During this tour students learn about geologic time, fossils, ancestral relationships, cladograms, variation, natural selection, and extinction. Students learn that life has been around for a very long time and is the result of evolution. They learn that fossils provide evidence of past life, that much of past life is now extinct, and that evolutionary relationships of organisms can be illustrated as cladograms. Using the Galapagos finches as an example, students learn the importance of variation and natural selection in evolution, as well as the biodiversity we see on Earth today. The teacher's section provides all necessary information for implementing this module, including lesson plans, handouts, and assessment ideas.

LC Classification:

Bibliography. Library science. Information resources (General) -- Subject bibliography -- Education -- Special disciplines and subjects, A-Z -- Earth sciences
Science -- Natural history. Biology -- Biology (General) -- Ecology -- Special aspects of the subject as a whole, A-Z -- Biological diversity
Science -- Natural history. Biology -- Biology (General) -- Ecology -- Study and teaching. Research
Science -- Natural history. Biology -- Biology (General) -- Study and teaching. Research
Science -- Natural history. Biology -- Natural history (General) -- Study and teaching. Research. Nature study
Science -- Zoology -- Geographical distribution -- Topographical divisions (Faunas) -- Pacific islands -- By individual island or group of islands, A-Z -- Galapagos Islands

GEM Subject:

Science -- Biology
Science -- Biological and life sciences
Science -- Ecology
Science -- Earth science
Science -- Geology

Key Concept:

Biology -- Variations
Ecology -- Biodiversity and diversity
Geology -- Fossils
Geology -- Geologic time
Biology -- Biodiversity

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Lesson/Lesson Plan
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Middle School
Elementary School

Language:

English

Rights:

Regents of the University of California

Access Rights:

Free access

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