Darwin and evolution for kids his life and ideas, with 21 activities
A biography of the English naturalist who, after collecting plants and animals from around the world, postulated the theory of evolution by natural selection. Includes related activities.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Ill. :
Chicago Review Press,
c2003.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Before Darwin
- Taxonomy
- 2. A comfortable youth
- Be a backyard naturalist
- Acquired characteristics
- Making shrewsbury cakes
- A classified education
- 3. To distant lands
- Botanical treasure hunt
- Tying the knot
- South American Comida
- Voyage journal
- 4. The search for reasons
- Make your own fossils
- Traveling plants
- 5. A turning point in human understanding
- Going ape
- Count the generations
- 6. The idea that changed the world
- Make your own geological strata
- Camouflage egg hunt
- The benefits of beauty
- 7. Reluctant celebrity
- Carnivorous plants
- Seed strategies
- Emotions left and right
- 8. After Darwin
- The great "monkey trial" debate
- Future evolution.
