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LESSON 2: Teacher Page |
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Activity 1: Darwin's Great Voyage of Discovery |
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Read Darwin's account of his voyage on the Beagle and see how this experience inspired him to devote the rest of his life to developing and refining the theory of natural selection.  |
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Learning Goals |
| Understand how Darwin's observations from his journey helped him to develop the theory of natural selection |
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Activity 2: Evolution's Role in History |
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Find out how scientific ideas paved the way for Darwin's theory of natural selection and how his theory changed the course of not just science, but also the world.  |
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Learning Goals |
| Understand how evolutionary theory relates to the history of science |
| Appreciate the role that other scientists, before and after Darwin, played in developing evolutionary theory |
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Additional Activities Paul Revere and William Dawes...Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Why is it that we remember one and not the other? Compare the ideas of Wallace and Darwin.
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