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Last Extinction

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The following resources from the companion Web site accompany this program:

Watch Online
Watch the entire program online after the broadcast date. (Quicktime or Windows Media required.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

End of the Big Beasts
Learn more about four different hypotheses for why America's big beasts were killed off at the end of the Ice Age. (Grades 9-12)

The Extinction Debate
Follow the heated, decades-long controversy over North America's Ice Age extinctions. (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

Extraordinary Artifacts
View ten Clovis stone tools that include exquisitely carved spear points and other flaked stone artifacts crafted thousands of years ago. (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

Modeling a Comet Airburst
See in this video clip a simulation of what might happen if an asteroid exploded three miles above Earth. (QuickTime or Windows Media required.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

Stone Age Tool Kit
Discover in this matching game what roles ten different kinds of primitive artifacts from Europe and North America played for our earliest ancestors. (Flash plug-in required; printable version available) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

Before Clovis
Explore in this interactive map 28 possible pre-Clovis sites found throughout North America. (Flash plug-in required; printable version available) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

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Teacher's Guide
Last Extinction
WATCH A PREVIEW BUY THE VIDEO WATCH THE VIDEO ONLINE PROGRAM OVERVIEW VIEWING IDEAS RELATED NOVA RESOURCES INTERACTIVE FOR STUDENTS
   

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