Darwin Bicentennial Project



Home


About the project

Darwin's Life, Letters and Work


Darwin and Lincoln



Participants


Darwin Illustrations



Goals of the Darwin Bicentennial Project
  • Promoting the recognition of Darwin's contributions and the importance of teaching evolutionary mechanisms in our schools and colleges.
  • Strengthening links between high school science teachers and academic scientists and scholars.
  • Supporting inquiry-based science education for all students

Past and Upcoming Events

On Friday, November 20, 2009 a conference for scientists and science teachers "On the Evolution of the Vertebrate Eye" will be held in Cambridge, MA.  For more information and to register, see the event posting, or contact Lisa Guisbond at guisbond@mit.edu

April 25 - May 3, 2009 - Cambridge Science Festival (a city-wide festival sponsored by the MIT Museum)
 
April 26, May 2 & 3, 2009 - Naturally Selected: A Darwin Bicentennial Revue N. Cambridge Family Opera Company

April 28, 2009 - Charles Darwin: Live & In concert  N. Cambridge Family Opera Company


March 5, 2009  - The Sandwalk (A play based on the relationship of Emma and Charles Darwin)
Framingham State College

April 18, 2009 - EVOLUTION, New Exhibition Opens at Harvard Museum of Natural History
More Information


Feb. 25, Mar. 19, 25, Apr. 15 2009 - University of Connecticut Year of Science Events, Darwin Bicentennial Lectures

Send us your events!

Are you planning a Darwin Event?
Send us your events to be posted on this site!
Would you like help with your Darwin Event?
Email: emiko@mit.edu
   
  

Resources for Teachers

Recent presentations posted:

Reading Group Suggestions

Use Janet Browne's short, lively paperback book, Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography (Atlanta Books, London, 2006) for your High School or College class or your Book Club! Amazon

Evolutionary Writings, Including the Autobiographies by Charles Darwin  (Edited by James A. Secord)
This volume published by Oxford University Press brings together the key chapters of Darwin's most important and accessible books, including the Journal of Researches on the Beagle voyage (1845), The Origin of Species (1859), and The Descent of Man (1871), along with the full text of his delightful autobiography. They are accompanied by generous selections of responses from Darwin's nineteenth-century readers from across the world.
Oxford University Press
 

Recommended Readings

Article in the Sun Chronicle highlighting evolution and science activies at King Philip High School
 
Program from the Feb. 12th Darwin/Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration