Paleos: The Trace of Life on Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Paleos is a highly annotated, illustrated, interactive geologic timescale. The website contains detailed descriptions of scientific terms and time periods as well as biological and geological ...

The Geologic Time Scale in Historical Perspective part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This brief discussion of the development of the Geologic Time Scale begins with Nicolas Steno in 1669 whose ideas have become known as the principles of original horizontal deposition and ...

Peabody Museum of Natural History: The Age of Reptiles Mural part of SERC Web Resource Collection

As part of the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University website, this page contains useful information concerning animal and plant life during the "Age of Reptiles", spanning the Permian, ...

Continental Drift part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This web page is an animation showing the changing locations of the continents over the last 740 million years. You can click on the animation to get a paleontological history of any era (Cenozoic, ...

American Field Guide: Relative Dating - Telling Time Using Fossils part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website integrates video footage and information with lesson plans and activities to teach students about the concept of relative dating. Students will graph a range chart for ammonites, ...

Explorations Through Time part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a series of interactive modules that explore the history of life on Earth, while focusing on the processes of science. Each module contains suggested lesson plans and an extensive teacher's ...

K-12 Education Resources part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This portal features an extensive selection of links to materials for K-12 teachers and students. The teacher's section contains lesson plans, activities and a collection of interactive, web-based ...

The Paleontology Portal part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This portal provides access to a large variety of paleontological information, including an interactive map and timeline that allow users to explore the history of life through geologic time in North ...

FossilPlot part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This spreadsheet application allows users to make graphs of the diversity and stratigraphic ranges of Phanerozoic marine animals. FossilPlot uses the compendium of marine animal genera compiled by ...

Introduction: how and when did microbes change the world? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a review article published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. It summarizes the current consensus and points of debate regarding the age and history of life on Earth. It ...