Physical Geography II: Life During the Paleozoic Era (2005)

Educational programme that explores the Paleozoic Era from the Cambrian time, over 600 million years ago. It looks at common fossils found in the United States and investigates the origin of these animals and how paleontologists have classified them according to their various characteristics. Students will discover the fossils record, artist drawings and dioramas of life in the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian and Permian periods. The programme also discusses mass extinction theories and shows how the continents have moved.