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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mammals Get Their Chance

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, animations of an asteroid hitting Earth are used to illustrate this widely accepted theory of dinosaur extinction and the resulting conditions that favored mammals.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Cenozoic Era the Age of Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The two periods of the Cenozoic Era, Tertiary and Quaternary, granted the mammals the time and space to evolve since the dinosaurs became extinct.
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eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountain Community College: Class Mammalia: Got Milk?

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains general information about the class Mammalia and their unifying characteristics.
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Handout
University of California

University of California Irvine: Evolution of Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
A strong, comprehensive look at the evolution of mammals. Includes factors such as changing geologic structure of the earth and the different types found on different continents.
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Climate Change and Speciation of Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview defining the correlation between climate change and speciation. Resources for support and for educators are offered.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Mammals: Evolution and Classification Study Guide

For Students 4th - 9th
Explore the classification and evolution of mammals.
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Eutheria: Systematics, Part

For Students 9th - 10th
A cladogram that gives the evolutionary relationship between the different groups of mammals. Modern relationship drawing, somewhat difficult to interpret.
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Handout
Other

Warrensburg Schools: The Evolution of Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Warrensburg Schools is a high school site that touches on most of the major information in the most common account of the evolution of mammals.
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Handout
Other

Twow:the Gradual Evolution of Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting page, full of references that discusses the evolution of mammals. High level discussion.
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Article
Science Daily

Science Daily: Discovery of New Fossils in Gobi Desert

For Students 9th - 10th
Internet science magazine ScienceDaily discusses fossils found in the Gobi desert, even dinosaur fossils.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Evolution of Modern Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the evolution of modern mammals.
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Handout
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: The Evolution of Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
A good and easy to read history of mammals. Relatively brief discussion of the evolutionary history.