Fossils under your Feet: Using the Paleobiology Database to explore local fossils part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Rowan Lockwood, College of William and Mary
In this activity, students will explore what types of fossils have been found in their local area, where they were discovered, and how old they are, using the Paleobiology Database (PBDB).

The Pangea Puzzle part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Mark Uhen, George Mason University
Students learn how to use the Paleobiology Database (PBDB) to produce maps of fossils on the present-day Earth's surface, as well as past continental configurations. They will then use these maps to understand ...

SIGkit (Software for Introductory Geophysics toolkit) for modelling and visualization of data part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Charly Bank, University of Toronto
Predicting what geophysical data may look like and making basic inferences from data are critical learning outcomes of introductory geophysics courses whether they happen in a classroom or in a field setting. This ...

Ships that pass in the night: Competition in the fossil record part of Teaching Activities
John Fronimos, Vassar College; Phil Novack-Gottshall, Benedictine University
A lab activity using the Paleobiology Database to produce and interpret diversity curves for brachiopods and bivalves that tests the hypothesis of competitive displacement, as first demonstrated in Gould and ...

Ethics and Paleontology: Dinosaur Wars part of GeoEthics:Activities
Jim Schmitt, Montana State University-Bozeman
Jim Schmitt, Montana State University-Bozeman Summary Dinosaur fossils capture the interest of students and the public, but their study, collection, and disposition often engender signficant highly-publicized ...

"It's Alive!" Fossil Activity part of Paleontology:Activities
Peg Yacobucci, Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
This activity is the first lab exercise students do. Each student selects a fossil, describes and sketches it, and then must write out a "proof" that this object represents a once-living animal, rather ...

Fossil Identification part of Paleontology:Activities
Connie Soja, Colgate University, csoja@colgate.edu
This activity asks students to identify examples of types of fossils amongst the exhibits at the Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, New York. Students will build on their ...

Exploring Polar Science - 4-H Project Book part of Teaching Activities
Jason Cervenec, Ohio State University-Main Campus
This 4-H project book includes a series of eight activities, focused on polar science, that youth can complete with an parent or mentor. Each activity includes a hands-on component and options for communication. ...

Lab Exercise for California Academy of Sciences part of Paleontology:Activities
Kenneth Angielczyk, The Field Museum, kangielczyk@fieldmuseum.org
This is an exercise developed for use at the California Academy of Sciences by an undergraduate-level class which explores paleontology or the history of life. Students are asked to explore the California Academy ...

Life Mode Characteristics part of Paleontology:Activities
Steve Hageman, Appalachian State University
This exercise provides a standardized format that can be used to describe the life mode and its characteristics for most any organism or group of organisms.