What Does it Mean to be Human?
This resource is from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. This institute is committed to expanding the public understanding of human evolution. Be sure to check out their 3D collections of artifacts and fossils.
Live webcams hundreds of different creatures all over the world.
Shape of Life offers classroom videos depicting the evolution of the animal kingdom on planet earth. Students and educators from all over the world explore animal adaptation, animations, and behaviors along with the amazing scientists who bring their stories to life. Shape of life offers a rich selection of NGSS materials including lesson plans, readings, illustrations and activities that inspire a deeper dive into the phyla that explain so much of our existence. Shape of Life content is FREE to students and educators all over the world.
Teachers and students alike are riveted by being able to observe fertilization, cell division and embryonic development of sea urchins. Microscope skills and the acid ocean are also covered.
This collection has been developed to introduce students to new concepts. By walking through the still images and movie included for each topic, viewers are in control of choosing the learning style that best fits their needs.
eSkeletons isn't only about understanding human anatomy. It is an interactive comparative tool that enables a student to view the bones of both human and non-human primates and to learn more about them from the site's anatomical database.
This one is not a fully fledged anatomical course, but a cool and short 10 question quiz on different body parts. It is a Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History resource. With a mouse rollover you have to match the thumbnail with its location on the skeletal structure named ‘Jerome’. You can also turn Jerome around for another view. ‘Jerome’ is actually a papier-mâché anatomical model preserved in the institute.
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