Darwin the geologist

Explore Darwin’s theories about geology and write a haiku.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To find out about Darwin's work on geology and the age of the earth.
• To write a haiku about the age of the earth.

Children will:

• Conduct demonstrations to illustrate geological processes
• Understand that slow and gradual processes can lead to large effects.
• Apply some of the research they have done in a creative writing format.

• Darwin on geology presentation
• Practical experiments to demonstrate geological phenomenon
• Haiku support

• Milky Way bars for experiment

Haikus about Darwin from thehaikudiaries.wordpress.com
Haikus about geology from people.hws.edu
Article about Darwin the geologist from blogs.scientificamerican.com
Article about Darwin and geology from darwin200.christs.cam.ac.uk
Podcast about Darwin and geology from sms.cam.ac.uk
Making a model river valley from sciencebuddies.org.
The effects of freezing water on rocks from education.com
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