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\nThe Big Burp: Where's the Proof?\n

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\nStudents research the evidence for prehistorically formed methane hydrates contributing to global warming. In this climate change lesson, students work in groups to research methane hydrates, global warming, The Cambrian Explosion, and...\n
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\nFrom the Cambrian Explosion to the Great Dying\n

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\nLife before the dinosaurs was pretty amazing—and very fragile! Discover what Earth was like for Cambrian creatures, from the smallest ocean-dwellers to the first land animals. A video from an extensive biology playlist explores how early...\n
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\nThe Methane Circus\n

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\nStep right up! An engaging research-centered lesson, the third in a series of six, has young archaeologists study the amazing animals of the Cambrian explosion. Working in groups, they profile a breathtaking and odd creature and learn...\n
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\nThe History of Life on Earth\n

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\nThe first life on Earth developed in the oceans. As an introduction to ecology, the video starts with the formation of the earth. It follows with the Archaean and Proterozoic Eons including protobionts, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes. It...\n
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\nThe Big Burp: Where's the Proof.\n

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\nStudents explore the Cambrian explosion and Paleocene extinction events. In this climate change lesson, students read articles to link evidence they find to extinction and climate change.  Links to the articles are included in the...\n
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\nThe Other Explosion You Should Know About\n

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\nScientists replace incorrect ideas when new evidence appears, but what happens when scientists reject the new evidence? Learn the story of the Avalon explosion and the scientists who resisted the fossils proving it existed as one part of...\n
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\nWhat's the Big Deal?\n

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\nWho knew that a possible answer to Earth's energy resource problems was lurking deep beneath the ocean's surface? Part four of a six-part series introduces Earth Science pupils to methane hydrate, a waste product of methanogens. After...\n
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\nThe History of Life on Earth\n

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\nUsing meters as years, your class works together to map out the geologic time scale on a football field. Plenty of background information is included in this lesson plan as well as several resource links and a student worksheet. Your...\n
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\nThe Big Burp:A Bad Day in the Paleocene\n

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\nStudents describe the overall events that occurred during the Paleocene extinction event as well as the processes that are believed to result in global warming after group research. They infer how a global warming event could have...\n
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\nPupils explore and define methane hydrates and describe ways that it can impact their own lives.  In this methane hydrate lesson students create a molecular model and research methane hydrate. \n
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\nStudents define terms and describe where they are found and formed.  In this methane lesson students complete an activity and describe ways in which methane hydrates impact our lives. \n
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\nShape of Life: Cambrian Explosion\n

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\nDes Collins studies the fossils of the Burgess Shale that represent the Cambrian Explosion of animal life. An animation of this event shows the transition from the simple animals that existed before the explosion to the many complex,...\n
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\nAction Bioscience: Evidence and the Cambrian Explosion\n

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\nDiscover the scientific data that supports the significance of the Cambrian explosion.\n
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\nUntamed Science: Biology: Evolution: History of Life: The Cambrian Explosion\n

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\nLearn about the Earth's evolutionary history during the Cambrian period. [3:25]\n
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\nNational Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: The Cambrian Period\n

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\nJourney into the past while reading this comprehensive overview of the Cambrian Period that covers topics such as the Cambrian Explosion, Burgess Shale fauna, trilobites, fossil evidence, and climate and plate tectonics.\n
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\nCk 12: Episd: Life During the Paleozoic\n

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\n[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] From the beginning with the Cambrian explosion and ending with the Permian extinction students will go in depth studying the Paleozoic Era that occurred hundreds of...\n
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\nNoaa: Ocean Explorer: The Methane Circus\n

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\nIn this activity students will understand the events occuring during the Cambrian explosion. They will also begin to explain how methane hydrates contribute to global warming. Finally, they will discuss links between methane hydrates...\n
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\nOpen Learn Learning Space: Life in the Palaeozoic\n

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\nThis resource introduces students to the Palaeozoic Era. Some topics examined are the Cambrian explosion, Ordovician seas, Silurian Period, and the vertebrate evolution. The activity includes a unit outline, online forum, and a learning...\n
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\nKhan Academy: How Do Earth and Life Interact?\n

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\nA look at the 'comfort zone' humans live in, and the interplay of life and the biosphere. [9:58]\n
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\nKhan Academy: History of Life on Earth:biodiversity Flourishes in Phanerozoic Eon\n

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\nVideo lecture discusses Cambrian explosion and biodiversity in the Phanerozoic Eon. [10:27]\n
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\nKhan Academy: Biodiversity Flourishes in Phanerozoic Eon\n

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\nCambrian explosion and biodiversity in the Phanerozoic Eon. [10:28]\n
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\nShape of Life: Des Collins, Paleontologist: The Burgess Shale\n

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\nFollow Des Collins, a paleontologist, as he looks back into deep time to study the Cambrian explosion in this video. He studies fossils from the Burgess Shale in Canada. He describes the excitement and difficulty of putting together an...\n
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\nShape of Life: Paleontology: Paleontologists Study Fossils\n

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\nA single location, the Burgess Shale, in the Canadian Rockies has revealed thousands of fossils that tell a story of an ancient explosion of animal life, called the Cambrian Explosion. [5:05]\n
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\nCk 12: Earth Science: History of Paleozoic Life\n

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\n[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Patterns of biological evolution during the Paleozoic Era.\n
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