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Dinosaurs
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This site helps students answer questions about dinosaurs: What makes a dinosaur a dinosaur? Where did they live? What caused their mass extinction? Students can participate in a virtual dinosaur discovery, follow milestones in dinosaur evolution, and see behind-the-scenes slide-shows of the lab environment where vertebrate specimens are prepared for exhibits and research.

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Biology
Life Science
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Reading
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Smithsonian Institution
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National Museum of Natural History
Date Added:
07/16/2024
Geologic Time: The Story of a Changing Earth
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This site examines the history of Earth. Learn about the formation of Earth, dating the age of rocks, geologic time, plate tectonics, climate change, ocean circulation, evolution, extinction, ecology, and topics related to paleobiology.

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Biology
Ecology
Geology
Life Science
Physical Science
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Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of Natural History
Date Added:
07/16/2024
The Global Volcanism Program (GVP)
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This site presents documentation of the eruptions of all volcanoes during the past 10,000 years. Visitors can review volcanic activity reports, view geographic and geologic information for all Holocene volcanoes (those with known activity during the last 10,000 years), and order research and publications by Smithsonian volcanologists and their colleagues.

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Applied Science
Astronomy
Chemistry
Engineering
Geology
History
Physical Science
Physics
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Data Set
Diagram/Illustration
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Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of Natural History
Date Added:
07/16/2024
Introduction to Human Evolution
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Human evolution is the lengthy process of change by which people originated from apelike ancestors. Scientific evidence shows that the physical and behavioral traits shared by all people originated from apelike ancestors and evolved over a period of approximately six million years. This is a multimedia presentation with videos, lesson plans, a glossary, an educators guide and more.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
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Activity/Lab
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of Natural History
Date Added:
07/16/2024