Fossils and Evolution
"Scotty", Saskatchewan's own T.rex
http://www.royalsaskmuseum.ca/research/earth_sciences/scotty.shtml
http://www.royalsaskmuseum.ca/about/museum_history_scotty.shtml
http://www.royalsaskmuseum.ca/gallery/archived/scotty_skull.shtml
Other Saskatchewan Fossils
http://www.royalsaskmuseum.ca/research/earth_sciences_unit.shtml
http://www.royalsaskmuseum.ca/research/collections/earth_sciences/earth_palaeontology.shtml
http://www.royalsaskmuseum.ca/gallery/archived/paleo_prairies.shtml
http://www.royalsaskmuseum.ca/research/pdf/RSMFactSheet1.pdf
http://www.royalsaskatchewanmuseum.ca/education/pdf/Discovering_Dinosaurs.pdf
http://www.royalsaskatchewanmuseum.ca/education/pdf/The_Big_Chill.pdf
http://www.royalsaskatchewanmuseum.ca/education/pdf/Saskatchewan_Rocks.pdf
http://www.town.carrotriver.sk.ca/teleorhinus.htm
Summary of Saskatchewan Fossil sites
Evolution and the Fossil Record
This American site has excellent resources on paleontology and evolution that can be printed directly from the web. Includes section on age dating.
Understanding Evolution
Evolution site with lesson plans. This American site is a collaborative project of the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the National Center for Science Education.
Tiktaalik (a fossil fish from the Arctic)
http://tiktaalik.uchicago.edu/
http://tiktaalik.uchicago.edu/book.html
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/060501_tiktaalik
Fossil Lesson Plans
Burgess Shale Fossils
Making Fossils from Mud
Getting Into the Fossil Record
A computer activity site designed by the University of California. This site provides students with a basic understanding of what a fossil is and the factors involved in becoming part of the fossil record. A teacher's guide contains instructions, lesson plans, handouts and assessment tools.
Fossil Gallery
Great photographs with brief descriptions. Several different ways to navigate this site which can make it a bit confusing; recommend using search boxes at the bottom of the page and selecting options there.
Fossil Focus
Photographs and brief descriptions of 12 common fossils.
Fossils as Commercial Commodities
http://www.ammonite.com/ammonite.htm
http://www.stonesbones.com/
Dinosaurs in the Classroom
Information for geoscientists visiting a Kindergarten classroom to assist with a lesson on dinosaurs. Also contains useful information for teachers. Article was published in March 2006 issue of Geoscience Canada (p.25-29) and is available in full online:
http://www.gac.ca/publications/geoscience/TOC/GACGeoCanV33No1SummariesForWeb.pdf
Tyndall Stone
http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/paleochron/17_e.php?p=1
http://whaton.uwaterloo.ca/waton/watons99.html
http://dfp.mediacooks.com/
http://www.gac.ca/publications/factsheets/TyndallStone_e.pdf
Burgess Shale Fossils
A University of Calgary site with extensive information about the Cambrian Burgess Shale and its exceptionally preserved fossils.