Series Title: Wonderwise: Women in Science
Search Belize and Mexico for a crater caused by an asteroid that hit Earth 65 million years ago. Follow space geologist Adriana Ocampo, Ph.D., as she compares ancient craters on other planets with those discovered on Earth. Learn about fossil records and biological time.
Get to know Adriana, who helped determine the outline of a buried crater in Mexico, a discovery that helped prove an asteroid caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Your students will develop an understanding of:
●Cause and effect in Earth systems.
●Atmospheric processes.
●The span of biological time.
●The fossil record and changes in life forms.
Each Wonderwise: Women in Science kit includes a DVD or VHS, CD-ROM and Activity guide. The CD-ROM sound track and text are available in both English and Spanish.
Rights granted with purchase include: a) life of media audiovisual use, b) public performance, c) campus or building closed circuit and digital/video-on-demand transmission. The episodes may also be licensed for broadcast or cablecast. Contact slenzen@shopdei.com for details.
Each site purchasing a Wonderwise kit may make additional copies of the CD-ROM without charge for use at the site or to be given to students. Organizations requiring multisitehts should contact slenzen@shopdei.com for pricing.
Click here for Guide Look on page 4 for a list of materials required to complete the activities.
Click here for list of vendors of the materials listed on page 4 of the activity guide.
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Ideal for grades 4 - 6
Duration: 15 -20 minute episode
Closed-Captioned
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