Darwin and evolution for kids : his life and ideas, with 21 activities / Kristan Lawson.

Author/creator Lawson, Kristan
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoChicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxiii, 146 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 x 28 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

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.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 144) and index.
LCCN 2003007473
ISBN1556525028
ISBN9781556525025

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