Learning on ScreenOrigins and History of Life
- Synopsis
- Describes the events occurring after the earth was formed: the origin of life, and the subsequent evolution of the main taxa of organisms. Discusses prebiotic chemical evolution, the origin and nature of the first prokaryotes, the origin of eucaryotic cells and the endosymbiotic evolution of their organelles. A time chart allows the exploration of the main events during the diversification of both prokaryotes and eucaryotes, in particular multicellularity, the Cambrian explosion, the invasion of land and mass extinctions. Approximately three hours of teaching material.
- Series
- Origins and Classification of Life: A Multimedia Exploration
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia; CD-ROM. PC or Apple Macintosh (separate versions)
- Year of production
- 1995
- Availability
- Sale
- Notes
- For updated information see the Biodiversity Consortium Web site at http://ibis.nott.ac.uk/biodiv/
Available to UK higher education institutions.
The CD-ROM holds the complete suite of Biodiversity Consortium programmes. - Uses
- 1st-year biological sciences.
- Subjects
- Biology
- Keywords
- biodiversity; biology teaching; computer-assisted learning; evolution; origins of life; Teaching & Learning Technology Programme
Distribution Formats
- Type
- CD-ROM
Distributor
- Name
University of Leeds, Department of Pure and Applied Biology
- pabÛmjtw@lucs-mac.novell.leeds.ac.uk
- Phone
- 0113 233 2862
- Fax
- 0113 233 2862
- Address
- Leeds
LS2 9JT - Notes
- contact: Mike Williams
- Name
University of Nottingham, Department of Life Science
- Phone
- 0115 951 3196
- Fax
- URL: http://ibis.nott.ac.uk
- Address
- Nottingham
NG7 2RD - Notes
- contact: Dr Peter Davies
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