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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.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Taxon-Specific Items , Paleoecology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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A basic trilobite morphometric exercise part of Paleontology:Activities
John Taylor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus
A lab exercise and follow-up classroom activity in which students measure some trilobite specimens, evaluate the statistical significance of differences documented in data acquired for two different populations, ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Biostratigraphy/Biogeography , Development/Growth and Form/Morphometrics , Taxon-Specific Items
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Microfossils Lab (Labs 2 and 4) part of Paleontology:Activities
Melissa Lobegeier, Middle Tennessee State University
Lab assignment in which students examine different types of microfossils and pick condont elements and foraminifera from sediments and then photograph their specimens using the SEM

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Taxon-Specific Items , Paleoecology , Systematics and Phylogenetic Reconstruction
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

What is a paleontological species? part of Paleontology:Activities
Deborah Anderson, Saint Norbert College
In this specimen-based activity, students study ischyromyid rodent molar cusp morphology and develop their understanding of the morphological species concept as applied in paleontology.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Taxon-Specific Items , Systematics and Phylogenetic Reconstruction
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Niche Partitioning in Silurian Tabulate Corals part of Paleontology:Activities
Peg Yacobucci, Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
In this group lab activity, students read a journal article, and then duplicate the article's measurements on a Silurian tabulate coral head. Students must evaluate their data in light of the journal ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Paleoecology , Taxon-Specific Items , Evolution , Development/Growth and Form/Morphometrics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Brachiopod exercise for FossilPlot part of Paleontology:Activities
Leif Tapanila, University of Utah
Uses FossilPlot to graph Phanerozoic histories of Articulata, introduce concepts on diversity and mass extinctions, and basic biostratigraphy.

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Taxon-Specific Items , Online Resources/Computer Software , Biostratigraphy/Biogeography , Extinction and Diversity
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Fossil Identification and Classification Lab part of Paleontology:Activities
Ralph Willoughby, University of South Carolina-Columbia
In four lab sessions, students pick fossils from Pleistocene bulk sediment, identify taxa, compile a faunal list, and interpret environments. Strength of the exercise is hands-on experience with fossils, directly ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Systematics and Phylogenetic Reconstruction , Extinction and Diversity , Taxon-Specific Items , Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction , Paleoecology , Event-Specific Items
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Trial by fire in the vertebrate graveyard part of Paleontology:Activities
Allison Tumarkin-Deratzian, Temple University
Students work through a series of stations displaying isolated bones, and answer short-answer questions designed to introduce them to formulating and defending hypotheses concerning anatomical and taxonomic ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Development/Growth and Form/Morphometrics , Systematics and Phylogenetic Reconstruction , Taxon-Specific Items
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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An Exploratory Activity in Marine Diversity Analysis part of Paleontology:Activities
David Sunderlin, Lafayette College
This activity introduces students to the Sepkoski database of fossil invertebrates through guided use of online access to the compendium. The activity calls for data analysis and display as well as student response ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Extinction and Diversity , Taxon-Specific Items , Online Resources/Computer Software
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Paleobotany Exercise: 200,000 Years of Pollen and Environmental Change part of Paleontology:Activities
Christopher Hill, Boise State University
Students interpret a pollen data set that extends back to 220,000 years ago. They gain experience in observing morphological differences in pollen taxa, collection and orginization of data, data analysis, and ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Biostratigraphy/Biogeography , Taxon-Specific Items , Paleoecology , Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review