Photo courtesy of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Educational Resources
The Paleontology Portal
The Paleontology Portal includes a wide range of educational resources, including information on famous fossil localities, a gallery of photographs of fossils, information on paleontology careers, and interviews with paleontologists.
PaleoPortal Teachers' Guide http://www.paleoportal.org/index.php?globalnav=audience§ionnav=teachers_guide
PaleoPeople http://www.paleoportal.org/index.php?globalnav=paleopeople
Paleocast - funded in part by the Paleontological Society
Palaeocast launched on Sept. 1, 2012! This site, funded by a Paleontological Society Outreach and Education grant, provides podcasts in which paleontologists describe their research findings and a forum where you can discuss paleontological topics. Check it out!
Evolution of Life Activites
http://www.earthlearningidea.com/English/Evolution_of_Life.html
Activities on various aspects of paleontology with some video demonstrations; check out the ELI blog as well for new ideas on all aspects of earth science learning.
Falls of the Ohio State Park
Downloadable do-at-home activities for kids, resources for teachers and other educational resources.
A Career in Paleontology
http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/ACareerinPaleontology.html
Learn more about what paleontologists do, how they are trained, and how you can become one!
Understanding Evolution
Award-winning website with great resources to learn more about how evolution works.
Understanding Science
http://www.understandingscience.org
Not sure just what sets science apart from other ways of understanding the world? Explore this website!
Explorations Through Time
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explotime.html
A set of K-12 lessons on paleontology and geologic time distributed by the University of California Museum of Paleontology.
Hands-On Classroom Activities
The PS Education and Outreach Committee has developed these hands-on classroom activities for use by teachers, parents, and PS members engaged in outreach. They may be downloaded and reproduced for educational use only.
Dinosaurs Big and Small [PDF 115 KB]
Geological Timeline [PDF 7.3 MB]
Measuring Fossils [PDF 109 KB]
Modeling Fossilization [PDF 117 KB]
My Favorite Dinosaur [PDF 120 KB]
Observing Fossils [PDF 111 KB]
Educational Brochures
Brachiopods [PDF 233 KB]
Bryozoan [PDF 149 KB]
Corals [PDF 232 KB]
Crinoids [PDF 211 KB]
Fossil Shark Teeth [PDF 101 KB]
Mollusks [PDF 180 KB]
Oldest Fossil Evidence of Life [PDF 175 KB]
