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The Darwin Now exhibition has associated educational resources, including instructions for hands-on experiments, arts-based activities and suggestions for debates as well as an exhibition quiz.
Teacher-student activities part 1 (47 MB)
Teacher-student activities part 2 (36 MB)
Throughout the 19th century there was a transformation in thought that still reverberates today. The workings of nature and the variety of life were re-imagined in ways that underlie all modern biology. The wider implications of these ideas still provoke controversy.
One man, and one book, came to symbolise the new biology of evolution. Charles Darwin, born in 1809, was 50 when he published perhaps the most famous scientific work ever written. Therefore, 2009 marks both the bicentenary of his birth and 150 years since the first appearance of 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection'.
Darwin Now is the British Council’s contribution to the international celebration of two landmark anniversaries for science in 2009 – the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his ground-breaking work 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection'.
Charles Darwin’s works continues to influence biology and other branches of science today. His work gives us a perspective on some of the most important questions that face us in the 21st century.
Our international programme of activities will engage people from around the world and provide an opportunity to explore the relationship between evolution and religion in an unprejudiced and open way.
Visit the Darwin Now exhibition to explore Darwin’s world and his enduring legacy. This exhibition explores the origins of Darwin’s book, outlines his central ideas, and explains how they remain at the core of contemporary research in biology and medicine.
Now you may visit the exhibition in:
Warsaw
17 -31 October
Foreign Languages Reading Room
at Biblioteka Publiczna w Dzielnicy Praga Południe m.st. Warszawy
Meissnera Street 5
Mon. – Fri. 10.00 - 20.00
Sat. 9.00 - 15.00
www.bp-pragapd.waw.pl
Siedlce
15 - 31 October
Institute of Biology of Podlaska Academy
Prusa Street 12
Mon. – Sun. 8.00 - 20.00
http://www.festiwal.ap.siedlce.pl/festiwal_n_i_sz/festiwal_2009.html
Łódź
5 - 30 November
British Centre of the University of Łódź
Jana Matejki Street 32/38
Mon. – Fri. 8.00 - 20.00
www.librarynet.pl/lodz
Lublin
1 – 31 October
Central Library of the Maria Curie – Skłodowska University
Radziszewskiego Street 11
Mon 11.00-20.00
Tue- Fri 8.00-20.00
Sat 8.00-14.00
www.librarynet.pl/lublin
Chełm
1 – 18 December
Stefan Czarniecki Secondary School No 1
Czarnieckiego Street 8
Mon. – Fri. 9.00 - 15.30
http://one.1lo.chelm.pl/festiwal/
More detailed information about next venues - coming up soon. Watch this space.
For more details please contact
Katarzyna Naszarkowska
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