Instructional Video3:16
SciShow

IDTIMWYTIM: Bird or Dinosaur?

9th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video6:41
Be Smart

Sonic the Hedgehog Is Why You Have Thumbs!

6th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video4:30
SciShow

Great Minds: Mary Anning, "The Greatest Fossilist in the World"

9th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video4:27
TED-Ed

The Hidden Worlds within Natural History Museums

5th - 12th Standards
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...
Instructional Video2:59
Curated OER

The Dino Mummy, A Tour of the Body

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video5:04
Curated OER

Finding Dinosaurs

4th - 6th
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...
Instructional Video3:42
Curated OER

Fossil Record Mystery

5th - 8th
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....
Instructional Video4:54
Curated OER

What is a Dino Mummy?

5th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video3:34
Curated OER

Fossil Hunting

5th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video3:04
Curated OER

Digging Up a Dinosaur Graveyard

5th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video2:29
Curated OER

What if Dinosaurs Hadn't Been Wiped Out?

4th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Blossoms: The King of Dinosaurs or a Chicken Dinner?

9th - 10th
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.
Instructional Video
PBS

Nova: Arctic Dinosaurs

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
BBC

Bbc Earth: Hunting for Dinosaurs How to Build a Dinosaur

9th - 10th
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]
Instructional Video
BBC

Bbc Earth: How to Build a Dinosaur: The Color of Dinosaurs

9th - 10th
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]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Michael Novacek and 'Terra'

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
Other

Kids Science Challenge: A Day in the Life of a Paleontologist

9th - 10th
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]
Instructional Video
Sea Studios Foundation

Shape of Life: Paleontology: New Evidence Revises Thinking, Anomalocaris

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
Sea Studios Foundation

Shape of Life: Paleontology: Paleontologists Study Fossils

9th - 10th
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]
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Peering Inside Fossils

9th - 10th
"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...
Instructional Video
Sea Studios Foundation

Shape of Life: Introduction: A New View of the Evolution of Animals

9th - 10th
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]
Instructional Video
Sea Studios Foundation

Shape of Life: Paleontology: Paleontologists Study Tracks and Traces

9th - 10th
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]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Can We Clone Extinct Dinosaurs From Dna Preserved in Their Fossils

9th - 10th
Paleontologists and molecular biologists have searched for a couple of decades to find and replicate DNA from some non-avian dinosaur fossil. [0:59]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Utah"s Fossil Finds Describe an Ancient World

9th - 10th
A panel of paleontology experts describes some of Utah's ancient treasures.