Charles DarwinJoin TNSC on Sunday, February 12, 2012 from 1 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. for Darwin Day—a free, family-friendly event celebrating the anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth.
Travel on your own voyage of discovery as you explore specimens from the TNSC collections similar to those that Darwin saw during his journey while aboard the HMS Beagle, investigate how Darwin's observations led him to develop fundamental theories of evolution, and learn more about Darwin's influence on modern day science.
Teachers will receive 4 hours of CPE credit and The Wild Life of our Bodies by Rob Dunn for attending Darwin Day. Space is limited in the teacher training session. The cost is free, but registration is required. To register for the teacher training, send Christina Cid the following: your name, name and city of school, and your email address.
FREE activities for the whole-family include:
Ongoing: Arts and crafts, exploration of TNSC specimens at booths hosted by University of Texas at Austin scientists, and digging in the Fossil Dig Pit
Talks by University of Texas at Austin Scientists:
1:30 p.m.—Sassy taste or sexy traits: Stories about co-evolution of female preference and male traits: presented by Silu Wang, Graduate Student, School of Integrative Biology
Session description is forthcoming.
3:00 p.m.—Longhorn evolution: presented by Emily Jane McTavish, Graduate Student, School of Integrative Biology
In 1831 Charles Darwin set off on a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on the HMS Beagle. His scientific observations of the amazing diversity of animals he saw in South America were the foundation of his theory of evolution by natural selection. I use the principles of evolution to study Texas Longhorn cattle, another organism that made that long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean—over 300 years before Darwin.
For more information contact Christina Cid at 512-232-5509.
