Darwin Activity Directions

Procedure
Part A: Putting Darwin on the Map
1. Use the world map provided by your teacher and excerpts from
Darwin's “The Voyage of the Beagle,” which is available on D2L under the
Evolution Unit for this activity. Each journal excerpt describes a location
and includes a date and a latitude and longitude listing for a few of the
places visited by Darwin.
2. Trace Darwin's voyage by reading the excerpts. You will find that the
journal excerpts are not in chronological order. The Voyage of the Beagle
is a collection of many of Darwin's journals, and he arranged the entries in
this book by geographical area rather than by time. Make a list of the
longitude and latitude listings in the correct time sequence. Number them
and then place these numbers in the place on the map that corresponds
to their longitude and latitude readings. Label each location on the map
with the date he visited (you may have to draw a line out to an area
where you will have room for the date.)
3. When you are finished, connect the excerpt locations with a line
(connect the dots). Start in England in 1831 and follow Darwin's route
until he arrived back in England in 1836.
4. When you are finished with your map, create a photo album. Find
images online for each of the numbered sites and place the photos or
illustrations in numerical order with a descriptive caption. Please indicate
the corresponding map location number with the photos. Since you are
using someone else’s photos or drawings, make certain to cite your
sources in MLA format at the end of your photo album. You may use a
word document or a powerpoint document, but aim for multiple images
per page so your album is not too big.
5. For extra credit, add other places mentioned in Darwin's journal
excerpts and letters to make a more accurate path. These should appear
in the order in which they occurred in the voyage. Please make it clear
why you included these sites. Use an asterisk and letters to indicate. Ex:
*A
6. Post on D2L in the Darwin’s Photo Album Dropbox.

Part B: Observations Lead to a Theory

Finally, in a new word document create an 8 row by 2 column table. The
column headings will be “Observation” and “Significance”. List seven
significant observations made by Darwin in the first column and the
significance of the observations in the other column. Below your table, write
a paragraph that reflects on the importance of Darwin's voyage to the
development of his theory of natural selection. Post in the “Darwin’s
Observations” dropbox on D2L.