San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Giant Panda
This is a resource on the giant panda. It has excellent facts and information, captivating photographs, and an interesting video. [1:27]
BBC
Bbc: Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Several articles that trace the chronology of the dinosaur from the Triassic to the Cretaceous. Articles were written to accompany the BBC series, Walking with Dinosaurs.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Macroevolution Study Guide
Review the process of species changing and evolving over time.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Exhibition: Extreme Mammals
Learn about the body structure, habitat, reproduction, movement, and evolution of extreme mammals, both extinct and living, through interative animation and short videos.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Timeline of Evolution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For life to evolve from simple single-celled organisms to many millions of species of prokaryotic species to simple eukaryotic species to all the protists, fungi,...
Bagheera
Bagheera.com: Golden Cheeked Warbler
This site as a whole is focused on conservation and information about threatened and endangered animals. This page covers the Golden-Cheeked Warbler and the causes of endangerment and what is being done to prevent extinction.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Evolution
Evolution is the change of inherited characteristics within a population over time through natural selection, which may result in the formation of a new species.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Microevolution Study Guide
A general overview over the evolution of one population or one species over a short period of time.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: The Theory of Evolution
This slideshow provides a brief overview of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution, natural selection and survival of the fittest.
Talk Origins Archive
The Talk Origins Archive: Modern Synthesis of Evolution
This site from The Talk Origins Archive provides an article entitled, "The Modern Synthesis of Genetics and Evolution". The article is medium size in length and describes the most current ideas about evolution.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Evolution Aqa
Evolution is the change of inherited characteristics within a population over time through natural selection, which may result in the formation of a new species. Fossils provide a record of organisms that lived a long time ago. They also...
Read Works
Read Works: Vanishing Frogs
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a skin fungus causing the harlequin frog species to become endangered. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.
Bagheera
Bagheera: Short Tailed Albatross
This site highlights the short-tailed albatross as a vanishing species. Content includes a focus on its habitat, history, causes of endangerment, and current conservation actions designed to help save it from extinction.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Disappearing Frogs
Kerry M. Kriger describes why frogs are on the verge of extinction and how you can help save them. [3:48]
Read Works
Read Works: Saving the Rain Forests
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about protecting the rainforest and the animals that live there. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Back From the Brink
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage gives information about animals that are on the brink of extinction, including the following: bald eagle, grizzly bears, Hawaiian sea turtles, and Southern sea turtles. This...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Researching Dolphins as Endangered Mammals
In this interdisciplinary lesson, students work in groups of 3-4 to use the Internet for research. Students create reports and slideshow presentations (optional) defining dolphins as mammals and as an endangered species. Students will...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What's the Big Idea? Biodiversity
Find information about diversity among genes, species, and ecosystems that helps answer questions about the importance of biodiversity and how we can save species from extinction.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Endangered!
After making the gameboard, play this interactive learning game that teaches about "The Endangered Species Act", a law that protects animals and plants that are in danger of going extinct.
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Natural History Museum: Fossil Field Guide: Crassatellid Clam
A look at what fossil evidence reveals about the life and ecological interactions of this extinct species of a clam.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Life Science
This unit covers the processes of photosynthesis, extinction, biomimicry and bioremediation. In the first lesson on photosynthesis, students learn how engineers use the natural process of photosynthesis as an exemplary model of a complex...
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Hawaii's Vulnerable Biodiversity
Because of Hawaii's isolation, endemic species evolved in their own unique way. With the arrival of foreigners and colonization, new species were introduced to the islands. The result being a crisis within the Hawaiian ecosystem,...
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Frogs: The Thin Green Line
PBS documentary explores threats to the continuing survival of frogs at locations around the world owing to habitat loss, pollution, and a fungus called chytrid now known to be responsible for killing large numbers of amphibians. [50:31]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Unit 9: Biodiversity Decline
This is an extensive learning module on biodiversity and its decline. It looks at ways biodiversity is threatened, the possibility of another mass extinction, the causes and consequences of habitat loss, factors that drive biodiversity...