Evolutionary Timeline
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Objective(s):
Student will complete a Scientist Biography Card on each of the scientists.
Student will produce a timeline on the development the Theory of Evolution.
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Directions:
- You will complete a Scientist Biography on each of the listed
individuals. See the list in Table 2. This would count as one SciQuest: Extra Credit
project
and then.....
- You can construct a timeline by transferring the information
to a strip of cash register tape. Requirements are as follow:
- Timeline covers the years 1700 - 1930.
- Scale: One cm = one year.
- Begin by drawing a line down the cash
register tape.
- Make your 1 cm marks.
- Label every 10 years beginning with 1700 and ending with
1930.
- Timeline will show the life span of each individual. (Year of
birth and death)
- all years of birth, in one color, will appear above the line.
- all years of death, in a different color, will appear below
the line
- A picture of each scientist will be on the paper.
- A brief paragraph of each scientist's contribution(s) will
accompany their picture.
- Pick up 11 Biography Sheets / group.
- Staple this cover sheet on top of the biography sheets when
you hand them in.
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| Table 1: Scientists contributing to the
Theory of Evolution |
- George Cuvier
- Charles Darwin
- Erasmus Darwin
- James Hutton
- Jean Baptiste de Lamark
- George Louis Leclerc
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- Carl Linneus
- Charles Lyell
- Thomas Malthus
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- Alfred Wegner.
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| Scientist Biography Sample Sheet |
| Name |
Nationality |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
| Contribution(s) to Theory of Evolution (include any significant dates such as submission of papers, year of
book publication, etc.) |
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| Bibliography - (and/or printout of
Internet resources) |
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