Classroom Resources

This interactive module allows students to examine fossils of early humans and compare them to modern primates.

This interactive module explores the environmental factors and species involved in five major mass extinctions.

This interactive module traces the evolutionary history of birds by comparing the bone structures of a chicken to those of other species.

This interactive module explores key human impacts on the environment and how they have affected Earth’s landscape, ocean, atmosphere, and biodiversity.

This interactive module allows students to examine fossils of fish, tetrapods (four-limbed animals), and their transitional forms.

This interactive module explores different anatomical features of the human body and what they reveal about the evolutionary history of humans.

This interactive module allows students to explore concepts related to speciation by identifying which birds belong to one of two finch species.

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

This interactive module allows students to explore the science of Earth's deep history, from its formation 4.5 billion years ago to modern times.

This interactive module explores how scientists use the scientific process to learn about the distant past of humans.

This interactive module sheds light on the evolutionary history of humans by comparing the features of a prehistoric primate skeleton to those of modern primates.

This tutorial describes three examples of recent human adaptations: lactose tolerance, sickle cell disease, and bitter taste perception.