National Science week: Evolution!
- What
- Museum Staff-led
- When
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Term 3, Wednesday
10 to 11am
11:30am to 12:30pm - Year level
- Years F to 2
- Minmum student numbers
- Minimum 10 students
- Maximum student numbers
- Maximum 179 students
- Cost
- This program is only available for government schools, and is free for government schools as part of Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series.
- Booking information
- Bookings 13 11 02
A case of Gorillas, stolen dinosaur eggs, and superfluous whale bones – discover evidence for evolution!
Students will experience
- Being in the museum Theatre, to learn about how museums have contributed to the understanding of evolution;
- exploring the origin of life on Earth, and seeing amazing fossils in the amazing hands-on galleries;
- Hearing about stories of how human perspectives have influence science.
Students will learn
- That the theory of evolution by natural selection includes the processes of variation, isolation and adaptation and is supported by evidence including the fossil record,
- that the theory explains past and present biodiversity and demonstrates how all organisms have some degree of relatedness to each other
- That arguments based on a variety of evidence can be constructed to support conclusions or evaluate claims.
Victorian Curriculum links
Years 9 to 10
Biological sciences
the theory of evolution by natural selection includes the processes of variation, isolation and adaptation and is supported by evidence including the fossil record, biogeography and comparative embryology; the theory explains past and present biodiversity and demonstrates how all organisms have some degree of relatedness to each other
VC2S10U05
Questioning and predicting
investigable questions, reasoned predictions and hypotheses can be used in guiding investigations to test and develop explanatory models and relationships
VC2S10I01
Evaluating
arguments based on a variety of evidence can be constructed to support conclusions or evaluate claims, including consideration of any ethical issues and cultural protocols associated with accessing, using or citing secondary data or information
VC2S10I07
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