A Virtual Museum of Fossils part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This collection of fossils contains 300 fossils of vertebrates and invertebrates and casts of fossils from national museums, universities and private collections. For each geologic time period, the ...

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, ...

The Tree of Life Web Project part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This project was created for those interested in locating information about a particular group of organisms, identification keys, figures, phylogenetic trees, and other systematic information for a ...

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 ...

Cell evolution and Earth history: stasis and revolution part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This review paper synthesizes data from paleontology, comparative morphology, and molecular phylogenetics into a cohesive (if extremely controversial) model of the evolution of life on Earth. Topics ...

Hot Springs Microbes Hold Key To Dating Sedimentary Rocks, Researchers Say part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a ScienceDaily article about the effect of microbes on sedimentary rock formation. It covers the process of calcium carbonate crystalization, the effect of microbes on that process, and how ...