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• 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, download the program, 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 Jan 22-24 2009 - MIT Darwin Bicentennial Symposium 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: Malaria and Sickle Cell Disease - Natural Selection at Work 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 KP High forms partnership with colleges, universities  Article in the Sun Chronicle highlighting evolution and science activies at King Philip High School   Cambridge Darwin Lincoln Commemoration Program from the Feb. 12th Darwin/Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration