SciShow
IDTIMWYTIM: Bird or Dinosaur?
When was the last time you ate a dinosaur? Viewers might just be surprised when they learn the answer from a video that explains what is and what is not a dinosaur. Classification systems and definitions are picky things, and as the...
Be Smart
Sonic the Hedgehog Is Why You Have Thumbs!
Do you know what Sonic hedgehog is? Yes, it is a video game character, but it is also a protein that controls how your fingers develop. A paleontologist discusses the development of the arm and hand, beginning with fish and ending...
SciShow
Great Minds: Mary Anning, "The Greatest Fossilist in the World"
How would you feel if you made a scientific discovery and weren't recognized because of your gender? Mary Anning basically founded paleontology, but she could never publish her own discoveries. From discovering how to clean fossils and...
TED-Ed
The Hidden Worlds within Natural History Museums
Behind the closed doors of natural history museums lies a hidden world of scientific research and discovery that goes unseen for visitors. Follow along as this short video explores different scientific mysteries that have been...
Curated OER
The Dino Mummy, A Tour of the Body
Casey Gardener takes your class to meet Leonardo, one of the most intact dinosaur mummies ever found. A prominent paleontologist takes you on a tour of the dinosaur's body, showing how fossils and mummies can tell the story of life as it...
Curated OER
Finding Dinosaurs
Explorer Evan hosts this episode of "Our World" as he describes what a paleontologist does and how NASA helps these scientists work using remote sensing. Perfect for your first through third graders, this five-minute video shows the many...
Curated OER
Fossil Record Mystery
Watch how paleontologists scour the Gobi Desert to find fossils that fill in a gap in the fossil record. How big did dinosaurs get during the Jurassic period? Get your class thinking about these questions and more with this short clip....
Curated OER
What is a Dino Mummy?
Excite your class with this clip that describes one of the most interesting dinosaur finds ever. Found by a high school student, a completely articulated mummified hadrosaur was uncovered in the high deserts of North Dakota. Why are...
Curated OER
Fossil Hunting
Ever wonder what a paleontologist does, or have a little learner yearning to know everything about fossil hunters? This comprehensive video shows what paleontologists do and why they do it. Get your kids thinking about the wonders of a...
Curated OER
Digging Up a Dinosaur Graveyard
Travel with a team of paleontologists as they dig into the Gobi Desert to uncover new species of dinosaurs. They find several dinosaur graves containing a new find, Guanlong, or crested dragon, a never before seen species trapped in a...
Curated OER
What if Dinosaurs Hadn't Been Wiped Out?
An intriguing question awaits you and your imaginative learners. What would life be like if dinosaurs had survived and were still alive today? A passionate paleontologist gets kids thinking about what paleontologists do and what would...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: The King of Dinosaurs or a Chicken Dinner?
Could a Tyrannosaurus be created in a modern-day lab? Join paleontologist, Jack Horner, in using protein sequencing to find the closest relative to the T-Rex, and then hypothetically re-creating a specimen in the lab.
PBS
Nova: Arctic Dinosaurs
Watch this great video from NOVA online or read the transcript about the many dinosaur species and hundreds of specimens paleontologists discovered buried in the Arctic permafrost. One of their methods of excavation was novel, and not...
BBC
Bbc Earth: Hunting for Dinosaurs How to Build a Dinosaur
Luis Chiappe and his team of paleontologists excavate a dinosaur. Working out what species the dinosaur is won't be possible until the bones are back in the lab in Los Angeles. [3:03]
BBC
Bbc Earth: How to Build a Dinosaur: The Color of Dinosaurs
Professor Mike Benton has the fossilized remains of a dinosaur that are so well preserved that it is possible to discern the color of the feathers on the dinosaur. [3:04]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Michael Novacek and 'Terra'
An interview with Michael Novacek, author of Terra: Our 100-Million-Year-Old Ecosystem - and the Threats That Now Put it at Risk. He talks about the history of ecosystems and environmental threats the Earth faces. Includes link to a...
Other
Kids Science Challenge: A Day in the Life of a Paleontologist
This video explores the day in the life of a paleontologist, including gathering gear/tools and searching for treasure based on certain digging techniques and research. [2.41]
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Paleontology: New Evidence Revises Thinking, Anomalocaris
It sometimes takes years and many mistakes to piece together an entire animal. Collins uses Anomalocaris as an example of the long complicated process. Several fossil pieces of Anomalocaris were originally identified as entirely...
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Paleontology: Paleontologists Study Fossils
A 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]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Peering Inside Fossils
"A scanning device most commonly seen in hospitals is reshaping the science of paleontology by allowing researchers to peer inside irreplaceable fossils without damaging them." Find out what scientists are now able to see that they've...
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Introduction: A New View of the Evolution of Animals
The scientific fields of paleontology, embryology, anatomy, and genetics have all contributed to a new view of the evolution of the animal kingdom. [3:42]
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Paleontology: Paleontologists Study Tracks and Traces
Jenny Clack visits a site with fossilized tracks of an early tetrapod. She and her assistant hypothesize about what the animal was doing around 370 million years ago. [8:22]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Can We Clone Extinct Dinosaurs From Dna Preserved in Their Fossils
Paleontologists and molecular biologists have searched for a couple of decades to find and replicate DNA from some non-avian dinosaur fossil. [0:59]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Utah"s Fossil Finds Describe an Ancient World
A panel of paleontology experts describes some of Utah's ancient treasures.