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Evolution of Life Activities

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Curious creatures
Using fossil and modern evidence to work out the lifestyles of extinct animals Curious creatures Video

Dig up the dinosaur
Become a fossil hunter and dig up a dinosaur Dig up the dinosaur Extension Video

Dinosaur death - did it die or was it killed?
Was this a Cretaceous crime scene?
using rock and fossil forensic evidence to find out Dinosaur death - did it die or was it killed?

Dinosaur in the yard
Was Iguanodon strolling in the sun, or fleeing in fear? Dinosaur in the yard Extension

Fifty million years into the future
Investigating how animals become adapted to their environments Life in the future

Fossil or not?
Discussion about what is a fossil and what is not Fossil or not?

How could I become fossilised?
Thinking through fossilisation in the context of me or you How could I become fossilised?

How to weigh a dinosaur
Using a dinosaur footprint impression to estimate how heavy the animal was How to weigh a dinosaur

Mary Anning - Mother of Palaeontology
“A woman in a man’s world” Mary Anning

Meeting of the dinosaurs - 100 million years ago
The evidence given by dinosaur footprints Meeting of the dinosaurs Extension

Sorting out the evolution of evolution headlines (ELI+)
Lay out your own timeline of how the theory of evolution developed Evolution of evolution

Time-line in your own backyard
Hang pictures of the important events in the history of life on a string time-line Time-line in your own backyard Extension

Trail-making
Making your own "fossil" animal trails Trail-making

What was it like to be there? - bringing a fossil to life
A series of questions to bring fossils, and the environments in which they lived, to life What was it like to be there? - bringing a fossil to life

Who ate the ammonite?
A Jurassic food web - from fossil evidence Jurassic_menu Extension

Title & Description	English	Extension Ideas Readers’ comments to take you further	Videos
Curious creatures Using fossil and modern evidence to work out the lifestyles of extinct animals	Curious creatures		Video
Dig up the dinosaur Become a fossil hunter and dig up a dinosaur	Dig up the dinosaur	Extension	Video
Dinosaur death - did it die or was it killed? Was this a Cretaceous crime scene? using rock and fossil forensic evidence to find out	Dinosaur death - did it die or was it killed?
Dinosaur in the yard Was Iguanodon strolling in the sun, or fleeing in fear?	Dinosaur in the yard	Extension
Fifty million years into the future Investigating how animals become adapted to their environments	Life in the future
Fossil or not? Discussion about what is a fossil and what is not	Fossil or not?
How could I become fossilised? Thinking through fossilisation in the context of me or you	How could I become fossilised?
How to weigh a dinosaur Using a dinosaur footprint impression to estimate how heavy the animal was	How to weigh a dinosaur
Mary Anning - Mother of Palaeontology “A woman in a man’s world”	Mary Anning
Meeting of the dinosaurs - 100 million years ago The evidence given by dinosaur footprints	Meeting of the dinosaurs	Extension
Sorting out the evolution of evolution headlines (ELI+) Lay out your own timeline of how the theory of evolution developed	Evolution of evolution
Time-line in your own backyard Hang pictures of the important events in the history of life on a string time-line	Time-line in your own backyard	Extension
Trail-making Making your own "fossil" animal trails	Trail-making
What was it like to be there? - bringing a fossil to life A series of questions to bring fossils, and the environments in which they lived, to life	What was it like to be there? - bringing a fossil to life
Who ate the ammonite? A Jurassic food web - from fossil evidence	Jurassic_menu	Extension