Molding and Casting Fossils for Geology Laboratories part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article illustrates the step by step process of molding and casting fossils. Topics include specimen preparation, making the mold, casting, coloring the fossils, ...

Experimental Investigation of the Processes of Fossilization part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article describes a laboratory experiment that demonstrates the relative rates of decay and disarticulation of hard-parts, nonmineralized skeletal parts, and ...

Analyzing Fossil Morphology part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article describes an introductory laboratory activity that outlines some of the common statistical techniques used to describe the shape and form (morphology) of ...

Evolution Telephone part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article describes a short class activity that can be used to illustrate evolution through the childhood game "telephone."

Analyzing Fossil Morphology; Cladism part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article describes an activity to teach about cladism, the relationships among shared characteristics of groups of organisms, by using cladograms.

Understanding evolution part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Abstract: The University of California Museum of Paleontology, in partnership with the National Center for Science Education, announces Understanding Evolution: a new comprehensive website on ...

American Museum of Natural History-Resources for Learning part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site presents a collection of scientific learning resources for educators, parents, kids, after-school coordinators, informal learning center staff, and anyone else interested in teaching or ...

Global Paleogeographic Views of Earth History part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site supplies 26 global paleogeographic maps that illustrate how Earth may have appeared throughout the last 600 million years. Realistic colors for geographic features were derived from ...

Fossilization and Taphonomy part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a classroom exercise from the Idaho Museum of Natural History on the preservation of fossils. The exercise is designed for high school or introductory college classes. This activity is to be ...

Dinosaur footprints in Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary beds on the Isle of Portland part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site is dedicated to the dinosaur footprints found in the Purbeck Formation of the Isle of Portland. The site features information about the identification of footprints, surrounding rock ...