1.how do you feel about evolution right now? 2.how do you...
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1. How do you feel about evolution right now?
2.How do you feel about Charles Darwin right now?
Charles Darwin• We will learn about Charles Darwin
• We will discuss a few highlights of the history of evolutionary thought
• Then there are stations to practice these ideas
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin• The movie Creation focuses on two
main ideas:• Darwin’s personal struggle
• Darwin’s path to publishing
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7X33g6eoOc
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin• Was from a wealthy upper class
family of “free thinkers”
• Followed in his father and grandfather’s footsteps by going to medical school, but he didn’t like blood and dropped out
Charles Darwin• Went to Cambridge to study
“Divinity” i.e. be ordained
• In his spare time he studied beetles
• Graduated as a clergyman
• Received the opportunity to sail on the HMS Beagle from 1831-1836
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin• Came home and married his first
cousin, Emma
• Documented and described all of the specimens he collected during the voyage of the HMS Beagle
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin• As he went through his observations
he noticed a pattern and formed an idea
• This idea, and what it could mean for
the world made him physically sick through anxiety attacks
Charles Darwin• He and Emma had 10 children, 3 of
them died
• The first was Annie
• This traumatized him, through his studies he noticed that inbreeding orchids led to weaker plants
Charles Darwin• He believed that by marrying his
first cousin he made his children weak, and felt tremendous guilt
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin• He worked for more than 20 years
researching all kinds of things to collect data, but put off publishing because it was stressful
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin• He AGONIZED over whether to
publish his book or not
• He believed in God and did not want to “go against God”
• His wife was a devout Christian and urged him not to publish
• His science friends urged him to publish because they knew it would change how the world was viewed
Charles Darwin• He AGONIZED over whether to
publish his book or not
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE7ctcJzts0
Charles Darwin• He did publish for fear that Alfred
Russel Wallace would publish before him and get credit
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Heraclitus500 B.C.E.
Aristotle & co.350 B.C.E.
Spontaneous Generation
Aristotle & co.350 B.C.E.
Essentialism
Aristotle & co.350 B.C.E.
Scala naturae
Cuvier1750 A.C.E.
Linnaeus1750 A.C.E.
Buffon1750 A.C.E.
Lamarck1750 A.C.E.
Erasmus Darwin1750 A.C.E.
Hilaire1850 A.C.E.
Chambers1850 A.C.E.
Race Through History• Around the room there are 16
stations
• Take your notebook with you, with lines 1-16 numbered
• For each station write the name of the scientist that would have made the statement given
Race Through History• Number your paper 1-16
• You only need one line per number
Race Through History• Around the room there are 16
statements
• Your job is to match the scientist/concept with the statement
Race Through History• One partner will sit at a desk with
the notes
• The other will go to ONE station and identify the scientist/concept
• Then you will switch positions
Race Through History• There should be NO TALKING
between partners while one is working
• DO NOT USE THE NOTES WHEN YOU READ THE STATEMENT
Race Through History• The winning pair will be rewarded