popfray.pages.dev

Simple history timeline ks2

    •

In this short film for primary schools Martin Hughes-Games describes the role of a palaeontologist; someone who studies ancient living things and how planet Earth has evolved over millions of years.

Dr Neil Clark, a real life palaeontologist, shows a range of fossils including colonial coral found in equatorial regions, crinoids which are sea lilies still alive today and orthocones (related to the octopus).

He explains how Scotland used to be closer to the Equator but has moved further north over millions of years.

Martin models the evolution of life on Earth in a few minutes using the visual aid of a walk through timeline.

From 4.6 billion years ago when the Earth was red hot, the timeline illustrates the evolution of the first life forms through to plants photosynthesising, bacterial evolution, marine life development, dinosaurs, flowering plants, finally leading to human life.

Palaeontologists can date the rocks containing fossils so that these fossils can be placed accurately on a timeline to show how a species can change or develop over millions of years.

The timeline

    •

World History Timeline

★ Reviews

Mummification KS2 Process Cards

Excellent!

Excellent visual cue for the writing process.

Thanks, Roxana! We're so pleased that you have found this resource useful :-)

Time Saver

Absolutely brilliant, just what I needed and instantly available - quick and easy display. Clear but not cluttered. Thank you 😊

You're welcome, Ms T! We're so happy to hear that you're pleased with the resources :-)

Didn't receive

Free activitie, wasnt able to download and never received an email with a confirmation code.

Hi Luke, we are sorry to hear that you have had trouble accessing this free resource - all of your purchases are available to download directly from the website when you are logged in, from your 'My Downloads' area. Please check your inbox - we have sent you a message to further help you with this.

123

    •

TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines. Beginners can create a timeline using nothing more than a Google spreadsheet, like the one we used for the Timeline above. Experts can use their JSON skills to create custom installations, while keeping TimelineJS's core functionality.

Tips & tricks

  1. Keep it short. We recommend not having more than 20 slides for a reader to click through.
  2. Pick stories that have a strong chronological narrative. It does not work well for stories that need to jump around in the timeline.
  3. Write each event as a part of a larger narrative.
  4. Include events that build up to major occurrences — not just the major events.

Media sources

TimelineJS can pull in media from a variety of sources. Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, Dailymotion, Google Maps, Wikipedia, SoundCloud, Document Cloud and more!

Make a Timeline

TimelineJS works on any site or blog. Make your own in four easy steps.
Having trouble? Watch our video, or see the help section below.

  1. Create your spreadsheet

Copyright ©popfray.pages.dev 2025