CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Fossils
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Researchers studying the history of life on Earth spend hours digging, examining, pouring over fossils. What can fossils reveal about the past? Find out what fossils...
University of California
Ucmp: The Evolution of Flight in Birds
Evidence from the fossil record is used to support bird evolution from small carnivorous dinosaurs. In the student module, feathers, behavior, and skeletal structure are examined in an interactive lesson designed to impart a complete...
Yale University
Open Yale Courses: Principles of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
Access any one of thirty-six lectures from a biological sciences course, in audio, video, and text format. Coverage includes evolution, natural selection, the fossil record, the history of life on Earth, ecological communities,...
PBS
Nova: Intelligent Design on Trial: Fossil Evidence
The resource discusses fossil evidence of the intelligent design. The interactive activity explores five well-known fossil transitions that indicate Darwinian evolution in action. The activity consists of a printable version and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Evidence for Evolution Web Quest
This Web quest from the PBS series "Evolution" will help you investigate a variety of types of evidence for evolution.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Evolution
Through informational text, online lab activities, virtual simulations, and video clips, students study the concepts of biological evolution.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Fossils
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how fossils help us understand the past.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Evolution: Fossils Quiz
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over fossils, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Evidence for Evolution
Explore the evidence for evolution: anatomy, molecular biology, biogeography, fossils, & direct observation.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Evolution Quiz
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over evolution, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Evolution Quiz Ii
Take an interactive quiz over evolution. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
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...
Other
The Evidence for Evolution
These pages are part of a site called "Evolution," that accompanies a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author, and in this section he discusses the evidence for evolution.
University of California
Ucmp: Aves: Fossil Record
A very good article on the fossil evidence and the prominent theory on the evolution of birds. Addresses both sides and presents information. Predominently agrees with the pro-dinosaurian point of view.
University of California
Ucmp: Chondrichthyes Fossil Record
This Berkeley site offers a great overview of when the class appears in the fossil record.
University of California
Ucmp: Learning From the Fossil Record
Fossils provide scientists with clues about Earth's past. This site from the University of California's Museum of Paleontology is great for exploring lots of information on fossils.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Fossil Evidence of Change: Self Check Quiz
Try these five multiple-choice questions about fossil evidence of change. After submitting answers, students can review the material.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Florida Fossils: Evidence of Evolution
See how fossils have shown evidence of evolution throughout the history of the Earth.
Science Daily
Science Daily: Discovery of New Fossils in Gobi Desert
Internet science magazine ScienceDaily discusses fossils found in the Gobi desert, even dinosaur fossils.
University of California
University of California Museum of Paleontology: The Arthropod Story
A tutorial that explains the evolutionary history of arthropods. Within the history, students can learn about taxonomy, paleontology, fossils, and evolution. Each section includes key questions for students to focus on as they move...
Other
Evolution: Evidence From Living Organisms
By examining fossils, scientists have collected evidence that supports the theory that species changed over time. As you read this article, study this evidence and critically evaluate whether it indicates that species may have arisen by...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Fossils
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how fossils help us understand the past.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The Science Show: Eight Fingered Fish Fossil
Site provides a 1998 transcript of a science radio broadcast about a eight-fingered fossil fish find. Narrated by Robin Williams.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Digging for Fossils: Studying Fossils as Evidence for Human Evolution
As students dig for paper fossils, they make observations of brain size, teeth, hands, thumbs, trunks, pelvis, foot and big toes to determine characteristics of chimpanzees and humans. Then, they dig up and analyze a new fossil...