Darwin’s Great Voyage of Discovery

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Time: One to two class periods

Students learn about Darwin's voyage on the Beagle by reading excerpts from his letters and journals and mapping his route.

[Evidence of evolution: Grades 9-12] The fossil record provides evidence for evolution.
[Mechanisms of evolution: Grades 9-12] Occupying new environments can provide new selection pressures and new opportunities, leading to speciation. (LS4.C)
[Nature of science: Grades 9-12] Scientists test their ideas using multiple lines of evidence. (P6, NOS2)
[Nature of science: Grades 9-12] Scientists can test ideas about events and processes long past, very distant, and not directly observable.
[Nature of science: Grades 9-12] The real process of science is complex, iterative, and can take many different paths.
[Nature of science: Grades 9-12] Science is a human endeavor. (NOS7)
[Studying evolution: Grades 9-12] Our knowledge of the evolution of living things is always being refined as we gather more evidence.
[Studying evolution: Grades 9-12] Our understanding of life through time is based upon multiple lines of evidence.
[Studying evolution: Grades 9-12] Scientists use the geographic distribution of fossils and living things to learn about the history of life.

Disciplinary Core Idea LS4.C: Adaptation
NOS Matrix understanding category 2. Scientific knowledge is based on empirical evidence.
NOS Matrix understanding category 7. Science is a human endeavor.
Science and Engineering Practice 6. Constructing explanations and designing solutions

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