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Deep History of Life on Earth

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Topic

  • Evolution
  • Paleobiology
  • Earth Science
  • Earth History

Resource Type

  • Interactive Media
  • Click & Learn

Level

High School — GeneralHigh School — AP/IBCollege
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Description

This interactive module explores key events in the record of life on Earth, which stretches over three billion years.

In this Click & Learn, students visit different times in Earth’s history to learn what life was like at that time, based on scientific evidence. Such evidence ranges from chemical signatures in rocks and ancient biological molecules, to fossils of colossal dinosaurs and early humans. The Click & Learn also includes a simplified tree of life that illustrates the major taxa and their evolutionary relationships.

Estimated Time

One to two 50-minute class periods.

Key Terms

biomarker, chloroplast, cyanobacteria, dinosaur, eukaryote, extinction, Great Oxygenation Event (GOE), isotope, stromatolite, trilobite

Terms of Use

Please see the Terms of Use for information on how this resource can be used.

Version History

Date Published 04.24.12

NGSS (2013)

HS-LS4.A, HS-LS4.D, HS-ESS1.C

AP Biology (2019)

SYI-3.E, EVO-3.G, EVO-1.N

IB Biology (2016)

5.1, 5.2

AP Environmental Science (2020)

Topic(s): 4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 4.8, 9.3
Learning Objectives & Practices: ERT-4.D, ERT-4.E, ENG-2.A, ENG-2.B, STB-4.D

Vision and Change (2009)

CC1

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