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Charles Darwin fix sail on the transport HMS Beagle on Dec 27, 1831, from Plymouth, England. Darwin was twenty-two years old when he was hired to be the ship's naturalist. Near of the trip was spent sailing around South America. There Darwin spent considerable fourth dimension ashore collecting plants and animals. Darwin filled notebooks with his observations of plants, animals, and geology. The trip was an almost five-year run a risk and the transport returned to Falmouth, England, on Oct 2, 1836.

Throughout South America, Darwin collected a diversity of bird specimens. I fundamental observation Darwin made occurred while he was studying the specimens from the Galapagos Islands. He noticed the finches on the island were similar to the finches from the mainland, merely each showed certain characteristics that helped them to gather nutrient more hands in their specific habitat. He collected many specimens of the finches on the Galapagos Islands. These specimens and his notebooks provided Darwin with a record of his observations as he adult the theory of evolution through natural selection.

Have students work in pairs to use the map and the resources in the explore more tab to create a social media feed that includes five dates and posts from the expedition. Students may need to carry additional research to ensure their proposed posts are factual and something Darwin would accept seen on the trip. Help students brainstorm ideas for their posts past asking: What types of animals would Darwin accept seen? Are any of them extinct today? What types of plants did he note? What types of geology did he see? What would you imagine some of the hardships the explorers would have encountered on this voyage?

evolution

Noun

change in heritable traits of a population over time.

geology

Noun

study of the physical history of the Globe, its limerick, its structure, and the processes that class and change it.

naturalist

Noun

person who studies the natural history or natural evolution of organisms and the environment.

Noun

procedure by which organisms that are better -adapted to their environments produce more offspring to transmit their genetic characteristics.

species

Noun

group of similar organisms that tin reproduce with each other.

specimen

Substantive

individual organism that is a typical case of its classification.

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    June vii, 2019

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