Thursday, May 17, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Isolation
I added the fish gadget to help explain isolation. When a member of a species is separated from its mainland relatives, it has the chance to become diverse and create a new completely different version of the species that can look completely different. The fish demonstrate the different looking members of a species of fish.
Correction on Mockingbirds
Sorry, I made a mistake. Stupid Wikipedia, apparently it isn't a good source. It turns out, they weren't mockingbirds that Darwin saw, they were finches. So I have changed the post to make it correct.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
What we did this week.
For this week my group took some time doing research on leaders and heroes. Some things that we learned were that Darwin worked on his theory for 20 years. He was 148 pounds and 5 feet 11.5 inches. Someone who he was strongly influenced by William Fox. His birthday is February 12.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Musical Interest
There is no record of Charles Darwin having any interest in music at a young age. At Cambridge University he started to love classical music. He would sit in the church at King's College and listen to the choir for hours. What was interesting about his interest in music is he was tone deaf. He would have a very hard time recalling a tune that he had listened to the day before. He was also unable to hum a tune properly or keep time to music he was listening to. His favorite composers were Mozart, Handel and Beethoven.
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