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Author Lawson, Kristan.

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

Publication Info. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, [2003]
©2003

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 146 pages) : illustrations, maps
Summary 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 Includes bibliographical references (page 144) and index.
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.
Note Print version record.
Subject Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Juvenile literature.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Naturalists -- England -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs.
Naturalists.
Scientists.
Evolution (Biology)
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Science & Nature -- General.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Science & Technology.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Science & Nature -- Biology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lawson, Kristan. Darwin and evolution for kids. 1st ed. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2003 1556525028 9781556525025 (DLC) 2003007473 (OCoLC)52381667
ISBN 9781556528477 (electronic bk.)
1556528477 (electronic bk.)
1306051622 (electronic bk.)
9781306051620 (electronic bk.)
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