What effect could one person's invention have on the human race? In the case of the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution, small improvements in farming methods led to increased food production. The human population began to boom, leading us...

How do people improve their economic situations? While many learners may not consider questions about how many crops to grow in ancient times were economic decisions, a hands-on activity encourages individuals to make these connections....

If you lived in prehistoric times, what kinds of choices could your family make to increase their chance of survival? By making similar decisions in a simulation game, participants discover how specialization creates both opportunity and...

Young paleontologists roll up their sleeves and get a little dirty in this hands-on unit on dinosaurs. Over the course of these seven lessons young scientists learn about these giant reptiles while excavating and assembling a T-rex...

"Sea Monsters 3," the final video of a three-part series, takes a close look at the styxosaurus. It resembles a long-neck dinosaur under the sea. This video will also discuss the dolichorhynchops and the herperornis.

Part two of "Sea Monsters" will keep your class on the edge of their seats while they learn about the vicious-looking cretoxyrhina. It is the largest shark in the cretaceous and can grow up to 24 feet. They will also learn about the...

Show this exciting preview to your class prior to watching the whole three-part video series. This video will get them excited for what is to come on their prehistoric adventure.

Students explore prehistoric times by participating in visual art activities. In this dinosaur lesson, students read the book How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? and identify the era of dinosaur life on Earth. Students paint a dinosaur...

Students explore prehistoric times by completing web activities in class. In this human ancestry lesson, students identify the archaeological discovery of the "Lucy" skeleton and what it meant for science. Students investigate the Leakey...

Young scholars identify prehistoric times by reading a nonfiction book in class. In this dinosaur lesson, students read the book Tyrannosaurus Rex and identify the characteristics and traits of the killer dinosaurs. Young scholars answer...

In this online interactive history quiz activity, students respond to 7 multiple choice questions about prehistoric times. Students may submit their answers to be scored.  

Students investigate artifacts and reconstruct them. In this artifact instructional activity, students research archaeologists and Native American groups. Students plan a design for a clay pot which represent the Native American artifact.

In this earth science worksheet, students identify and explain that distinctive definitions on fossils make them easier to locate. Then they draw plaster layers representing each layer of the Earth. Students also define what fossil is...

In this science instructional activity, students find the words that are related to prehistoric times and the answers are found by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.

Seventh graders use Internet to familiarize themselves with variety of stone tools used by early man, create information chart describing each tool and its purpose, and discuss why tools have survived thousands of years.

Students map the ecoregions in Texas and illustrate the vegetation native to the region. They will use their maps to investigate why prehistoric hunter-gatherers might have decided to live in one area over another, such as the ancient...

Students discover the presence and importance of insects throughout history. Students identify and analyze the use of maggots in WWII and in modern day medicine, as well as the role of Cicadas in history. Students illustrate how...

Students explain the purpose of cave paintings and rock art, identify some of the animals that roamed France in prehistoric times, appreciate the methods used by ancient civilization to create cave and rock art, and use appropriate...

Students read or listen to books about dinosaurs in order to be able to identify ten dinosaurs. They determine whether the dinosaurs are meat or plant eaters by researching them. They write a book including factual information from their...

Students become experimental archaeologists using three methods of pottery making before the invention of the pottery wheel.

As students examine maps of Utah, 4th graders search for clues about what prehistoric life was like in Utah.

Learners read online chapters to study Wisconsin archaeology including the Paleo-Indian people and the Kenosha mammoth.