Most high school students don't get a chance to hear a triple-doctorate (paleontologist, geologist, and biologist) discussing science, but the students at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts are luckily situated a mere 10 miles away from Dr. Andrew Knoll's office at Harvard University. In this taped lecture, Knoll uses his own photos, slides, and rock specimens to discuss what scientists know about the earliest forms of life ascertained from the fossil records documenting the evolutionary process, along the way stopping for questions when necessary, and asking questions of the students in return. Filmed by both a professional camera crew and students (it's sometimes obvious which team did what), the fact remains that UnEarthing Life is a taped lecture, and while the information is interesting, condensing it into a visuals-packed documentary short would have been more effective for most classrooms. Optional. [Note: also newly available at the same price are: UnEarthing Life on Mars? and Thin Ice: Earth in the Time of Climate Change.] Aud: H, C, P. (R. Reagan)
UnEarthing Life: The Deep History of a Living Planet
(2007) 55 min. DVD: $50. Classroom Encounters. PPR. ISBN: 978-0-9801729-3-5. Volume 23, Issue 3
UnEarthing Life: The Deep History of a Living Planet
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