Online Resources for Teachers and Students

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  • The Interactive Geology Project was formed in 2002 by Professor Paul Weimer and colleagues to animate Colorado’s geologic history and explore new ways of using 3D technology in earth science education.

  • Includes a global Geologic Time Scale as ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy that is avaliable to download.

  • Provides an Earth Science Glossary that lists Spanish translations of Earth Science Terms.

  • Lets you easily create your own crossword puzzles or word searches using the listed vocabulary words.

  • Features valuable and easy to understand paleontology resources for teachers.

  • Discusses the first person to use fossils for determining the relative ages of rocks—William Smith, an English surveyor and canal-digger in the early 1800s. William Smith also built the first geologic map.

  • Features a wide selection of resources, including curriculum for K-12 teachers and photos of different types of fossils that you can search by location, time period, or type.
  • Horses in the North American West​
    Understand when, why, and how horses shaped human history by studying horse equipment and ancient animal bones. Disponible en español.
  • Paleontology Hall
    Check out the new online Virtual Reality experience of the museum's Paleontology Hall. Disponible en español.