Science Time Period Brochure (Grade 6 Teams)
Databases
Databases give you access to content not available on the free web. Use these two sources to gain background information.
Databases give you access to content not available on the free web. Use these two sources to gain background information.
Britannica Reference Center
Type your time period into the search bar to find an encyclopedia article. Features: clickable Table of Contents, headings, varied reading levels, text-to-speech, double-click dictionary, images and videos. |
Science in Context
Find related reference, academic journal, news and magazine articles on the searched time period. Certain articles may be too specific. |
eBooks
eBooks can be accessed from any device with Internet access.
eBooks can be accessed from any device with Internet access.
- Click the book covers or titles to open the book in the Follett eBook platform;
- Use the Table of Contents to explore the various sections of the eBook
- OR Use the magnifying glass (top right) to search for a word within the text
Click here for eBooks (and click "see all" for more titles)
Select "Open" for the one you want to read.
Then type in your 4-digit ID for username and password.
Recommended Websites
UC Museum of Paleontology: Geologic Timeline
Use the links in the timeline to guide you to your time period and offer a brief summary of events and life in that time period. Links include information about locations where fossils of the time period have been discovered.
Use the links in the timeline to guide you to your time period and offer a brief summary of events and life in that time period. Links include information about locations where fossils of the time period have been discovered.
PBS Evolution: Deep Time
Read the introduction and use the top links to select a time period and explore detailed information about it.
Read the introduction and use the top links to select a time period and explore detailed information about it.
Books
The Prehistoric Earth series
A reference set of books about prehistoric creatures including mammals, birds, reptiles, ocean life, and human ancestors. Each title covers a specific time period, from early life in the Cambrian period to humans in the Pleistocene & Holocene Epochs. Table of Contents shows the major sections of the book, headings organize the chapters into topics and boldfaced words are defined in the glossary.
A reference set of books about prehistoric creatures including mammals, birds, reptiles, ocean life, and human ancestors. Each title covers a specific time period, from early life in the Cambrian period to humans in the Pleistocene & Holocene Epochs. Table of Contents shows the major sections of the book, headings organize the chapters into topics and boldfaced words are defined in the glossary.
- The First Vertebrates: Oceans of the Paleozoic Era
- March Onto Land: The Silurian Period to the Middle Triassic Epoch
- Dawn of the Dinosaur Age: The Late Triassic & Early Jurassic Epochs
- Time of the Giants: The Middle & Late Jurassic Epochs
- Last of the Dinosaurs: The Cretaceous Period
- The Age of Mammals: The Oligocene & Miocene Epochs
- Primates & Human Ancestors: The Pilocene Epoch
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