Web Sites:
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Western Interior Paleontological
Society Paleo Links,
Western Interior Paleontological Society
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The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology,
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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Learning
from the Fossil Record,
The Museum of Paleontology of The University of California, Berkeley
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PaleoNet Pages,
The University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology and The
Natural History Museum
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Museum of Paleontology,
University of California, Berkeley
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Evolution and the Fossil
Record,
AGI
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Magazines:
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Science News
Excellent source of articles describing the most recent and interesting
events in scientific reserach.
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Earth,
AGI
Published by the American Geosciences Institute, this magazine reviews
current issues in the Earth Sciences and can serve as a valuable supplemental
resource for teachers and students alike. Visit the web site for online
articles and information about obtaining a one-year subscription (40%
discount for AGI Member Society members; 65% discount for students).
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National Geographic
Excellent source of articles. Often includes helpful maps.
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Fossil News,
Journal of Amateur Paleontology
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Books:
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Information
on Fossils and Fossil Collecting,
USGS
- General Interest Publications
The following general interest publications can be ordered without charge
from:
USGS Information Services
Box 25286
Denver, CO 80225
- Fossils, Rocks, and Time,
This publication explains the use of fossils and rocks to decipher the
geologic history of an area and the development of the relative and
radiometric time scales.
Paper copy -- 24 p., Free
- Dinosaurs: Facts and
Fiction,
Answers to FAQ's about dinosaurs are offered in this video, as well
as current ideas and evidence to correct some long-lived popular misconceptions.
Paper copy -- 10 p., Free
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Evolution and the Fossil Record,
AGI and The Paleontological Society
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Videos
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Fossils:
Uncovering Clues to the Past Video,
24 Hours 7 Days
This video uncovers the many cluse fossils reveal about Earth's last 600
million years of life from the simplest organisms that colonized the oceans
to the complex mammals that exist today. Live action footage and recent
scientific ideas about ecology help you explore the major life forms that
thrived during the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic geologic eras. Teacher's
Guide and glossary included.
Full-motion VHS.
20 minutes.
Grades 7-12.
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Evolution:
Boxed Set (available on DVD and VHS),
PBS
Evolution offers a groundbreaking and definitive view of the extraordinary
impact the evolutionary process has had on our understanding of the world
around us. Beginning with Darwin's revolutionary theory, this seven-part
series explores all facets of evolution.
8 hrs. on seven VHS video tapes, WG1158, $99.95 or 8 hrs. on 4 DVDs, WG35469,
$99.95.
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Evolution,
PBS
Watch the following short videos to spur classroom discussion about science
and evolution. They are free and available for download.
- Isn't Evolution Just a Theory?
- Who Was Charles Darwin?
- How Do We Know that Evolution Happpens?
- How Does Evolution Really Work?
- Did Humans Evolve?
- Why Does Evolution Matter Now?
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Dinosaur
Hunters: Secrets of the Gobi Desert Video and DVD (2003),
National Geographic
This National Geographic video follows a 1997 journey of two paleontologists from the American
Museum of Natural History. Their discoveries include the find of a skeleton of a femal oviraptor
and her nest of a dozen eggs.
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