Ediacaran Fauna Fossils Podcast: Educational Materials

For the Ediacaran Fauna Fossils podcast, we worked with the Advent of Complex Life Project (ACL), a project of the U.S. based NASA Astrobiology Institute. The Advent of Complex Life Project is working to answer questions about the origins of complex life here on earth—how it evolved, when, and why—in order to recognize what life might look like on other planets.

Advent of Complex Life and EOL

ACL is sharing images and information through the Encyclopedia of Life. You can view pages with ACL content here.

Advent of Complex Life Resources

What is Complex Life?

What is complex life? View a video from the Advent of Complex Life which explores this question.

Multimedia

The Advent of Complex Life Project provides multimedia such as videos, screencasts and images to help explore the evolution of complex life.

Educational Activities

ACL has developed a Webquest online inquiry based activity, focusing on fossils from the Ediacaran time period.

Meet the Scientists

Meet the many scientists involved in the study of early life on earth by viewing their biography videos.

Learn More

Visit the Advent of Complex website to see a growing collection of images, taxonomic reference materials and educational resources.