- Handmade activity
- Head-to-Head activity
- Pull-it-off activity
- Thumbs Up activity
- Tool Test activity
- How fieldwork is done (content to come)
- Chromosome Connection (content to come)
- Building Bodies (content to come)
Classroom Activities
Other Learning Assets
Human Origins online course taught by Donald Johanson.
Online resources about Human Origins
- ASU Institute of Human Origins
- Ask An Anthropologist
- American Museum of Natural History Human Evolution
- Chimp Empire—Netflix (2023 documentary on Ngogo chimpanzee community)
- Fun Science Demos—Science videos from how air pressure works to short animations about anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History
- “How man ice ages has the Earth had, and could humans live through one?” written by Denise Su PhD, published by The Conversation
- Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind audiobook read by Donald Johanson, PhD (purchase required)
- National Center for Science Education
- Next Generation Science Standards
- New York Times—The theory of evolution has its origins in the Galapagos. (subscription may be required)
- PBS Evolution—Online Resource for Teachers and Students
- PBS/WBGH—NOVA—Great Human Odyssey
- Rise of Warrior Apes—YouTube Video (purchase $2.99) (2017 documentary on Ngogo chimpanzee community)
- Smithsonion Institution Human Evolution Interactive Timeline
- Smithsonian Institution 3D Hominin Fossils
- The human story, Science News
- Timeline of Fossil Discoveries from the Australian Museum—This resource lists the human ancestor fossil discoveries by the dates they were discovered.
