The following internet sites provide useful information about geologic time, the history of the earth, fossils, and the evolution of life through time. Sites below include an analysis of the different theories explaining the origin of life on Earth and an in-depth discussion of how radiocarbon dating is done.

http://members.aol.com/fostrak/paleeduc.htm
Paleontology for Students and Teachers - maintained by Glenn J. Kuban. This is a list of web sites that are specially aimed at students and teachers, or which are particularly useful for educators because of their scope or style of coverage.

http://members.aol.com/fostrak/paletime.htm
Geologic Time - a listing of links maintained by Glenn J. Kuban.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
The Museum of Paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley offers an online museum featuring exhibits about fossils, evolution, and geologic time.

http://www.wf.carleton.ca/Museum/lobby.html
The Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum of The Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Exhibits include "Fantastic Fossil Finds", "Evolution and Extinction", and "Field Trips".

http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/dinos/dinos_home.html
Visit Dino Russ' Lair as a jumping off point for explorations of the Mesozoic Era.

http://www.natcenscied.org/
The National Center for Science Education's web site involves defending evolution. The NCSE works to increase public understanding of evolution and science "as a way of knowing." They sponsor programs to help teachers who want to improve their teaching of evolution. Here you'll find information and resources for all these activities.

http://tabla.geo.ucalgary.ca/~macrae/Burgess_Shale/
The remarkable fossils of the Cambrian Burgess Shale in British Columbia are explained and illustrated at this site sponsored by the University of Calgary, Department of Geology.

http://www.resa.net/nasa/origins_life.htm
The Origins of Life homepage contains a wealth of information and links related to the question of how life first evolved on Earth.

http://www2.waikato.ac.nz/c14/webinfo/index.html
The Radiocarbon Web Site is a cooperative project between Waikato University in New Zealand and Oxford University in the U.K. which provides extensive information about the theory and techniques involved in carbon-14 dating.

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