Invading the Land (Course ID: CDI020081925)
Monday 24 November
Suitable for senior secondary students (S5-7) and teachers

The colonisation of the land by vertebrates was a hugely significant event in the history of life. By examining fossils, living creatures, and the properties of air and water, we can work out how this transition happened and learn about the importance of physical constraints and the influence of the past in evolution.  More details

Speaker: Dr Matt Wilkinson
UK Institution: University of Cambridge

Taking Wing: The Miracle of Animal Flight
(Course ID: CDI020081926)
Tuesday 25 November
Suitable for junior secondary students (S1-4) and teachers

Flight is a very demanding yet wonderful way to get around. By looking at the physical requirements of flight and the biology of flying animals we can explore how evolution gave rise to these astonishing abilities, even with such an unpromising start as carnivorous dinosaurs, the ancestors of modern birds.  More details

Speaker: Dr Matt Wilkinson
UK Institution: University of Cambridge

Fossils, Evolution and Extinction
(Course ID: CDI020081927)
Wednesday 26 November
Suitable for senior secondary students (S6-7) and teachers

Fossils provide scientists with concrete evidence for evolution. Although incomplete, the fossil record shows how life on Earth has changed continuously for almost four billion years. Species have appeared and become extinct, often during catastrophic mass extinctions, while organisms of increasing complexity have emerged in the last half billion years.  More details