Evolution: Online Course for Teachers: Session 2- Elaborate Part A




	About this Course

	SESSION 2

	Engage

	Explore

	Explain

	Elaborate

	Part A:	The Age of Darwin

	Part B:	Modern-Day Darwins

	Evaluate


	Resources

	Facilitator Notes

SESSION 2: How Does Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Illustrate the Process of Science?

Elaborate Part A: The Age of Darwin

Darwin waited a long time before presenting his theory because he worried about how it would be accepted. To understand the times in which Darwin lived, his struggle with religious beliefs, and the response to his theory:

Image of Darwin holding a candle talking with two others, from Evolution Show One.

Watch the Evolution Show One video segment "Darwin: Reluctant Rebel."

Darwin: Reluctant Rebel
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Review the "Darwin's God" theme of the Darwin's Diary Web activity.

		Darwin's Diary (Flash) Low-Bandwidth Version

Read Darwin's letter to Charles Lyell, the geologist whose work greatly influenced Darwin.

Think about:

	•	What were Fitzroy's, Owen's, and Darwin's wife Emma's objections to his theory?

	•	Why was publishing his theory a courageous act for Darwin?

Next: Elaborate Part B: Modern-Day Darwins


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