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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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Features
Creature
Colossal Squid
This giant squid weighs approximately 800 – 1100 pounds and is almost 5 feet long. WOW! That’s a HUGE invertebrate.
Colossal Squid
This giant squid weighs approximately 800 – 1100 pounds and is almost 5 feet long. WOW! That’s a HUGE invertebrate.
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Climate News
Ocean Acidification and Cephalopods
Blurb: Squid are very intelligent visual hunters, acidic oceans due to climate change ensures a bleak future for these creatures. Humans have the capacity to curb carbon emissions.
Ocean Acidification and Cephalopods
Blurb: Squid are very intelligent visual hunters, acidic oceans due to climate change ensures a bleak future for these creatures. Humans have the capacity to curb carbon emissions.
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Scientist
Dr. Kat Bolstad, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Auckland, NZ
It was as a volunteer at the New England Aquarium where Kat fell deeply in love with the giant pacific octopus. Thereafter, cephalopods became Kat’s passion.
Dr. Kat Bolstad, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Auckland, NZ
It was as a volunteer at the New England Aquarium where Kat fell deeply in love with the giant pacific octopus. Thereafter, cephalopods became Kat’s passion.
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