Education Resources for Paleontology

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General Information and Teaching Sources

• From USGS Geologic Education and Outreach:
  • Information on Fossils and Fossil Collecting.
  • Selected References on Fossils and Paleontology.

• The Learning Web is a portion of the USGS web dedicated to K-12 education, exploration, and life-long learning.
  • Global Change. As part of the larger study of Global Change, activities are presented to assist in teaching concepts such as geologic time and how fossils are made.

• The USGS Ask-A-Geologist system can be used to ask USGS scientists specific questions about all aspects of geology, including paleontology.

General Interest Publications

	Dinosaurs: Facts and Fiction. Ronald J. Litwin, Robert E. Weems, and Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., 1995. Answers to some frequently asked questions about dinosaurs, with current ideas and evidence to correct some long-lived popular misconceptions.
	Fossils, Rocks, and Time. Lucy E. Edwards and John Pojeta, 1994. How the study of fossils and sedimentary rocks help scientists to reconstruct the history of Earth.
	Geologic Time. William L. Newman, 1994. A review of the concept of geologic time and how it is measured.
	This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics. W. Jacquelyne Kious and Robert I. Tilling, 1996. A brief introduction to the concept of plate tectonics.

To obtain information about other USGS publications, or to order these or other USGS products, contact your nearest Earth Science Information Center (ESIC), call 1-888-ASK-USGS (275-8747), or contact:

• Learning from the Fossil Record (University of California at Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology).
• Newton's Apple (KTCA Saint Paul/Minneapolis, MN):

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