Charles Darwin and Evolution - November 24

Charles Darwin and Evolution - November 24

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Sunday, November 24, 2024

Today is  D.B. Cooper Day and Sardines Day

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Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Evolution and Charles Darwin

ON THIS DATE

BIRTHDAYS

SONGS OF THE DAY 

  • Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag - LISTEN
  • David Bowie - Changes - LISTEN
  • Artichoke - Charles Robert Darwin - LISTEN

THEME:  Charles Darwin and Evolution

  • Grades 6-12  - PBS LearningMedia - Isn't Evolution Just a Theory? (5:53) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Genius by Stephen Hawking - Lesson 105: Evolution  (10:25) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution Series - All in the Family Interactive - DO
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Genius by Stephen Hawking - Chapter 4: Evolution  (10:30) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution Series - Who Was Charles Darwin? (6:31) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution Series - How Do We Know Evolution Happens? (6:53) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution Series - How Does Evolution Really Work? (6:34) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution Series - Did Humans Evolve? (Available in Spanish)  (5:28) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution Series - Why Does Evolution Matter Now? (Available in Spanish) (6:16) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution Series - The Red Queen Hypothesis (4:12) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution Series - Fish with Fingers (3:48) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution Series - The Red Queen Hypothesis (4:12) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Regents Review 2.0 - Evolution (6:30) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - The Surprising Role of Sex in Evolution (8:46) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - QUEST - Chasing Beetles, Finding Darwin (22:56) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution Series - Evolution of the Eye (4:08) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution Series -  Charles Darwin: Reluctant Rebel (3:31) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution Series  - Darwin;'s Observation of Birds (2:25) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Human Footprint - How Humans Are Shaping Elephant Evolution (11:57) -VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Dinosaurs That Evolution Forgot  (9:19) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - Do Thunderbeasts Prove  Giant Animals Are Inevitable? (7:50) -VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - Darwin Missed and Example of Evolution Right Under His Nose (8:53) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - These Creatures Were Darwin's Greatest Enemy (9:58) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - It's Becoming Very CLear That Birds Are Not Normal (8:40) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Human Footprint - Why Are These Urban Lizards Evolving in Overdrive? (10:33) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Human Footprint - How Humans Are Shaping Elephant Evolution (11:57) -VIEW

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