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B3 Life on Earth

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1045063,00.html
  A news report about the Goya (giant guineapig) fossil.
• http://www.esta-uk.org/main.html
  You can order replica fossils from the Earth Science Teachers’ Association website.
• http://www.iwcoffice.org/conservation/cetacea.htm
  http://www.brixhamseawatch.fsnet.co.uk/Species/Whales/whales.html
  You can find out more about whale classification here.
• http://www.historyoftheuniverse.com/origlife.html
  This website describes different theories of the origin of life on Earth.
• http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/
  This website has up-to-date information on the latest NASA mission to Mars.
• http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/m2k4/frameset.html
  This website has lots of background to the NASA mission, and even lets you explore the surface of Mars!
• http://www.bbcshop.com
  The BBC programme Life on Earth (David Attenborough) describes the journey of life on Earth, from the first life 3500 million years ago. The DVD is available to buy from this site.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/biology/humansasorganisms/4nervoussystemrev1.shtml
  This website has basic information about the human nervous system.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/
  Are you a sheep or an armadillo?!? Test your reaction speed.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/cavemen/
  The BBC's website on human evolution contains information, news, and games – try the 'caveman challenge'!
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/evolution/
  A good place to start looking at the story of human evolution, these websites have plenty of images and explanations of what the evidence for human evolution shows us.
• http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/human-origins/
  http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/collections/museum/hominid/hominid_index.shtml
  These websites show how pieces of evidence kept at two museums help to explain the story of human evolution.
• http://www.becominghuman.org/
  A great website with lots of background detail to the story of human evolution.
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/sex/love/index.html
  Is love in our DNA? This website asks whether evolution has shaped who we find attractive.
• http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/brain/256.asp
  This website investigates the evolution of language.
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/crocs
  Millions of species that once lived on Earth are now extinct. So how could crocodiles have survived for so long, including the destruction that wiped out dinosaurs 65 million years ago?
• http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/eb/index.shtml
  http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/biodiversity/
  The Natural History Museum’s website is continually being developed. For this module, these sections on biodiversity are useful.
• http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/biodiversity/index.htm
  The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs has a definition for ‘biodiversity’ and links to information on biodiversity in the UK.
• http://www.stepin.org
  This website is an introduction to sustainability. Have a look at 'What is sustainability?' and the 'Case studies'.
• http://www.globaleye.org.uk
  'Global Eye' is a comprehensive website with information on how the world is developing. For this module look in 'Index' then 'Themes', and then scroll down for articles on sustainable development.
• http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/documents/agenda21/english/agenda21toc.htm
  The United Nations Division for Sustainable Development has very detailed information about sustainable development on this website.
• http://www.bestfootforward.com/footprintlife.htm
  https://www.myfootprint.com
  These websites have simple models for you to work out your own 'ecological footprint'.
• www.dep.org.uk/activities/cities-activities.htm
  There are several simple and quick-to-use quizzes in the ‘Ecological footprints’ section of this website.