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Check out these related resources for additional information about the Galapagos Islands. Sherri Steward, Frontiers' science teacher ambassador, has helped select these exceptional resources.

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Books
Videos/Videodiscs/Filmstrips
Multimedia
Websites



Books

  • The Autobiography of Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin. New York: W.W. Norton.

  • The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time. Jonathan Weiner. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.

  • The Darwin Reader. Mark Ridley, ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1987.

  • Darwin and the Beagle. Alan Moorehead. New York: Harper & Row, 1969.

  • Darwin and the Enchanted Isles. New York: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan.

  • Ecuador. Emilie U. Lepthien. Chicago: Regensteiner Publishing Enterprises, Inc., 1986.

  • "The Encantadas," Piazza Tales, Herman Melville.

  • Galapagos: A Natural History. Michael H. Jackson. Vancouver: University of Calgary Press, 1994.

  • The Galapagos Islands. Roger Perry. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1972.

  • The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin.

  • Seawatch: The Seafarers Guide to Marine Life. Paul V. Horsman. New York: Facts on File, 1985.

  • The Song of the Dodo. David Quammen. New York: Scribner, 1996.

  • Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin.

  • Wildlife of the Islands. William H. Amos. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1980.


Videos/Videodiscs/Filmstrips

  • "Biodiversity at the Bell," Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories, 800-828-7700

  • "Charles Darwin," BBC Television Film Series.

  • "Communities of Living Things," Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories, 800-828-7700.

  • "Five Kingdoms: Introduction to Classification," Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories.

  • "Plant Classification," Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories, 800-828-7700



Multimedia

  • "Encyclopedia of Nature" CD-ROM, Eyewitness Multimedia.

  • "Five Kingdoms of Life" software, Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories, 800-828-7700.

  • "Food Chains and Webs" Multimedia Biology Series CD-ROM, Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories, 800-828-7700.




 

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