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Prehistoric Life

A sketch of a dinosaur, and a man is seen standing below. Caption: Argentinosaurus, 35 meters approximately equals 114 feet. 70 metric tons approximately equals 154,000 pounds.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 51
9 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A cartoon shows a large python wrapping its body and squeezing a small crocodile.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 53
7 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of ancient rock drawings, including a kangaroo, deer, and a lot of scribbles.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 18
9 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man stands in front of a black background as he talks to us.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 23
7 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
View from space of a prehistoric earth that is mainly covered in land and slim streams of water in between the two land formations.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 30
10 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustrated copepods of different colors, shapes, and sizes. Text reads, “Copepods.”
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 25
8 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Slow moving current passes by a grouping of rocks partially covered with moss.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 6
9 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An illustration depicts a pair of reptile like dinosaurs running in a desert. Image credit: Ceri Thomas.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 36
8 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two rat like creatures are seen fighting. Caption: Illustration by Velizar Simeonovski, copyright Darin Croft. From horned armadillos and rafting monkeys: The fascinating fossil mammals of South America.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 50
9 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Bright neon green waves crash to shore with text below that reads, "Harmful Algal Blooms."
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 5
8 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Computer rendering of a walrus perched on the shore, rearing is head back with mouth open, showing 4 long, thick teeth protruding from its gums on the top and bottom.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 12
7 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Digital graphic of the carbon cycle shows a factory producing fossil fuels that go into the air, and then into the soil, which goes into the water, and into the sediment under the water. Arrows move in a circle to show how the cycle goes on and on. Text reads, “Carbon Cycle.”
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 29
10 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Dickinsonia fossil from the Ediacaran that is symmetrical and round with rib-like segments that are radially inclined towards the wide end from a central ridge.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 8
10 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Male lion roars at us.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 14
7 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
An illustration depicts a theropod dinosaur, looking into a nest with eggs and newborn dinosaurs.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 39
7 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman stands in front of a black backdrop and talks to us like she's doing an interview.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 15
12 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Colorful timeline labeled “Cenozoic Era” that starts at 66 MYA in light green to Present Day in light yellow. In the middle there is a dark green block labeled, “Eocene Epoch.”
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 21
8 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An illustration of a Daphoenus Demilo.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 45
9 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A cartoon shows the skeletal structure of a giant dinosaur.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 49
12 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration shows an interpretation of how a hell pig would look like in the desert. The pig looks like a longer warthog with a long nose and prominent cheekbones.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 24
7 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A Wooly Rhino is grazing on the slope of a mountain.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 23
13 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A painting depicts scientists comparing Piltdown Man's remains to other species. Charles Dawson and Sir Arthur Smith Woodward are seen standing together.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 33
9 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An illustration depicts an old shepherd, wearing clothes made from animal leather, sitting on a rock.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 48
9 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman stands in front of a black backdrop like she's doing an interview.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 17
8 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
An illustration depicts a pair of dinosaurs fighting each other.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 34
8 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Museum with large recreations of ancient mammals such as a deer, armadillo-like animal, and a rhino ancestor with a long neck and small head called a Paraceratherium. People walk at the feet of the statues.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 26
7 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Aerial view of a crocodile peeking its head up slightly above bright green water.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 4
7 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
South America with different colors representing different parts of the continent. The large green area that has a river drawn across it is labeled, “Amazon Biome.” The rest of the land is colored in different shades of brown.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 19
6 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Sandy path with differently-shaped footprints in the sand. There's a light tan rock in the middle of the area.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 13
10 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man faces camera against a black background, gesturing with both hands out and forward.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 7
9 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An illustration depicts the dinosaur, Coelophysis, with new born Coelophysis in between its beak.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 32
10 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
The sculpture, of a dragon sprawled, at the steps of Kinh Thien palace. Caption: Remains of Kinh Thien Palace.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 41
12 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Computer rendering of how earth might have looked billions of years ago. It's mostly white and light gray with a fracture of blue down the middle along the horizontal axis.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 3
11 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
An illustration depicts the earth of 50 million years ago, with a supercontinent Laurasia. Caption, Paleographic animation by C R Scotese.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 38
11 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Computer rendering of a dinosaur skeleton depicting a creature with short front arms and a long tail that walks on its hind legs.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 9
7 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Herd of reindeer passes through a snowy clearing with tall trees in the distant background. Some reindeer lean down, pushing their snouts into the snow.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 11
9 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
A giant deer roams a grassland.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 31
6 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
An illustration of a hyaenodont. Caption: Illustration by Alan Turner and Maurico Anton.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 43
9 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
A skull from the fossils of Homo floresiensis, and a rough sketch of the limbs of the fossil remains are presented.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 40
9 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A pair of Ichthyosaurs hunting prey in the sea.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 27
9 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A large group of penguins.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 55
10 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman talks to us in front of a black background like she's doing an interview.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 20
8 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A painting of a flooded forest, and insects are seen crawling on the tree surface.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 52
7 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A group of Hippos and Giraffes are grazing in a forest.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 54
7 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A group of four legged terrestrial creatures. Caption: Synapsids.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 26
10 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Man talks to us in front of a black background like he's doing an interview.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 28
12 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An illustration of a male Woolly mammoth.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 44
11 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Man in glasses parts lips in mid-speech. Bookshelves and art supplies line walls in background. Title card reads, "How to fly. Stay in the air."
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 8 / Ep 13
13 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Color illustration of a grimacing dragon walking through a hazy forest.
Monstrum
Season 1 / Ep 1
6 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person holding a large animal skull. Caption: The teeth on this thing are huge.
Science Nation
Episode 133
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Cartoon of a group of large cat-like animals with two protruding fangs. Caption: (narrator) This tells us a little about the life of baby saber-tooths.
5 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12