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Students
Students
At Shape of Life we believe PLAY is the best form of science research. We encourage everyone to lift rocks and get messy. A whole world opens up from our curiosity.
Handout Material
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Handout
Constructing the Tree of Life HandoutFull Handout Material
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Factsheet
Cambrian ExplosionThe Cambrian Explosion was a burst of animal evolution that occurred in the ocean about 540 million years ago.
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Reading
Cambrian Explosion: A BIG BANG in the Evolution of AnimalsFor most of Earth's early history, there simply was no fossil record. Only recently have we come to discover otherwise: Life is virtually as old as the planet itself, and even the most ancient sedimentary rocks have yielded fossilized remains of primitive forms of life.
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Creature
The star tunicate (Botryllus schlosseri) a colonial tunicate
A marine model for stem cell research, evolution of the immune system and nerve degeneration.
The star tunicate (Botryllus schlosseri) a colonial tunicate
A marine model for stem cell research, evolution of the immune system and nerve degeneration.
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Did You Know?
Anchovy Die-Offs
Sometimes very large schools of anchovies come in close to shore and mistakenly swim up harbors where they find a dead end.
Anchovy Die-Offs
Sometimes very large schools of anchovies come in close to shore and mistakenly swim up harbors where they find a dead end.
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Scientist
Karla Palmieri
You need to “be a good cook” who can think creatively to do genetic sequencing work with invertebrates.
Karla Palmieri
You need to “be a good cook” who can think creatively to do genetic sequencing work with invertebrates.
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