'Charles Darwin - A Voyage of Discovery' teacher resource book
The Charles Darwin - A Voyage of Discovery Teacher Resource Booklet was the result of a collaboration between ASTA and the Australian Biological Resources Study (DEWHA).The book was distributed to all Australian primary and secondary schools to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of his work, On the Origin of Species. The book formed part of the 2009 National Science Week schools kit.
The Booklet, along with related resources, are available from the Australian Biological Resource Study website.
Companion resources
A most extraordinary animal - student table
Due to the limited space in the Resource Booklet only a sample of the table discussed in the 'A most extraordinary animal' section (p12-13) was included. Download a PDF version of the full table by clicking the link below.
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Bonus Chapter - Change and Evolution
A whole new activity, Change and Evolution, as well as four articles for use in this activity are available to download below. The articles, available as a single PDF, include: The Hendra virus - an evolving story; Stressed out bats; The war of the viruses; and Safe practices - avoiding the Hendra virus and Lyssavirus. Note: Articles one, two and three are in written in the genre of a popular magazine article.
- File Size: 1 MB
- File Type: PDF
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- File Size: 280 KB
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