thebrainscoop: Welcome to Fossil Country | #PrehistoricRoadTripPBS Ep.1 Promo

Teacher or professor: thebrainscoop
Subject: Science
Content of the Lesson: ↓↓↓ Info on how/where/when to catch PREHISTORIC ROAD TRIP below! ↓↓↓ Emily works with Dr. Eileen Grogan to look for fossil fish in Montana – and that’s no easy task. Dr. Grogan shares her most memorable fossil-hunting moment when she happened upon an ancient shark fossil. Emily also gets to experience what ancient shark liver oil smells like. WHERE TO STREAM WORLDWIDE STARTING 6/17: PBS.org @ http://www.pbs.org/prehistoricroadtrip WTTW.com @ http://www.wttw.com/prehistoricroadtrip On your TV, phone, or tablet through the PBS App: https://www.pbs.org/pbs-video-app/ Also available on DVD: https://shop.pbs.org/product/PHRT601 PREHISTORIC ROAD TRIP premier dates* *Check your local PBS station for exact times! #PrehistoricRoadTripPBS Episode 1: "Welcome to Fossil Country" (Wednesday, June 17) Eager to get going, Emily embarks on a journey through billions of years of Earth history. Along the way, she meets some of the planet’s earliest life forms–from primitive bacteria to giant reptiles, and many surprising creatures in between. Episode 2: "We Dig Dinosaurs" (Wednesday, June 24) Emily cruises into the Cretaceous, where astonishing creatures like T. rex dominated the planet. But what happened to these tremendous animals? And how did other lifeforms survive an apocalyptic asteroid that crashed into Earth 66 million years ago? Episode 3: "Tiny Teeth; Fearsome Beasts" (Wednesday, July 1) As she drives closer to the present day, Emily discovers surprising truths written in the fossil record. Meantime, scientists studying our planet’s past are revealing clues about its future.


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