SciShow Kids
The Very Long Time of the Dinosaurs! | History of Life! | SciShow Kids
Dino stops by the Fort to learn all about dinosaurs with Jessi and Squeaks! Did you know that dinosaurs were on Earth for so long that not all dinosaurs lived at the same time?! 2nd Grade Next Generation Science Standards Science and...
SciShow
A Brief History of Life on Earth: The Full Series
From the Archean Eon to the Holocene Epoch, check out this SciShow mini-series for a primer about life on earth.
Bozeman Science
The Three Domains of Life
Paul Andersen starts with a brief description of the history of life. He then discusses the seven characteristics of life and why viruses are not alive. He then describes the three domains in the current classification system and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Becoming a Fossil
This video segment describes how the Australopithecus afarensis skeleton known as Lucy could have been fossilized. Footage courtesy of NOVA: "In Search of Human Origins." [2:34]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Permian Triassic Extinction
In this video segment from Evolution: "Extinction!", geologist Peter Ward discusses evidence for a Permian-Triassic mass extinction. [2 min, 20 sec]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fish With Fingers
In this video segment from Evolution: "Great Transformations," paleontologist Jenny Clack explains that vertebrates evolved fingers before they invaded land. [3:49]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Carbon Cycle
A video giving information about carbon's ability to form chemical bonds. Learn about how this is very important to the history of life on Earth and continues to influence our own future.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Life in Italian Limestone
Get a rare glimpse at Earth's history in this video that shows well-preserved limestone layers in the mountains of Italy. During this video check out the early forms of life found in the limestone. [7:40]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Evolution: Fossils: Rocking the Earth
Use fossils, like clues buried inside of rocks, to unlock the history of life on our planet. Play the Evolution Lab: http://www.pbs.org/nova/labs/lab/evolution/
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: Life in a Beer
The millennia-spanning story of a cold one. [3:28]