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Objectives
• Enhance appreciation in study of earth’s history and evolution as a scientific discipline
• Basic concepts and understanding in paleontology
• Enhance self-motivation and ability in independent study skills
Course plan
• Senior primary to junior secondary students who are scientifically inclined
• 3 levels with increasing degree of difficulty• Proficiency test at end of each level• Course contents provided both in English and
Chinese
Course activities• Web-based learning course– Exercises and activities– Tests– Supplementary information on internet– Open-ended questions
• Discussion forum and real-time Q&A sessions• Seminars on Paleontology• Workshop on restoration of fossils• Field and museum visits
Contents
Level 1
Relationship between Organisms and Paleontology
Basic concept of fossil &
Formation of fossils
Geological Time & Index fossils
The origin of life
Discover the fossils and preservation
Contents
Level 2
The Cambrian explosion - The earliest evidence of life
Ancient invertebrates
Ancient vertebrates
Basic classifications of dinosaurs
• Living environment
Level 3
Ancient Plants
The Age of Dinosaurs• The origin• Diet• Appearance• Extinction of dinosaurs
The Rise of Mammals
The Origin and Development of Humans
Mass Extinction Events