Darwin & Mendel Booklist

Organizing my thoughts on resources for Darwin and Mendel... I'd love suggestions if you know of other good books!

The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin- Naturalist, Geologist & Thinker
by Peter Sis

Darwin's Great Voyage of Discovery
from PBS.org
latitude & longitude activity

World Map (PDF)

Excerpts from Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle (PDF)

Island: A Story of the Galápagos
by Jason Chin

Darwin Correspondence Project: Biogeography
seeds in salt water experiment

Galápagos George
by Jean Craighead George

Beaks!
by Sneed B. Collard III

Bird Beak Experiment ($2.00)

Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution
by Steve Jenkins
The Theory of Evolution (finch beak illustrations)

Amazing Evolution: The Journey of Life
by Anna Claybourne
How New Species Happen, p.19 (finch beak illustrations)
Darwin's Doodle, p.50 (Horse family tree, Hyracotherium to Equus)

The Mystery of Darwin's Frog
by Marty Crump

POLLEN: Darwin's 130-Year Prediction
by Darcy Pattison

Hummingbirds documentary by David Attenborough

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
by Jacqueline Kelly

Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas
by Cheryl Bardoe

kids are familiar with dog breeds and how they mix, creating different results

my dog is half Chihuahua / half Yorkshire Terrier, so we can look at the Chihuahua and Yorkshire Terrier tiles from Dog Bingo, then look at Archie

Punnett Square worksheet (PDF)

absolutely LOVE this idea for a Punnet Square with Legos!

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