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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
Charles Darwin and his wife, Emma, were deeply in love and very supportive of each other, but their opinions often clashed. Emma was extremely religious, and Charles questioned God's very existence.
6) Darwin
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Description
A picture book biography which reveals the assembling of Darwin's most profound idea: the survival of the fittest.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of the English naturalist who, after collecting plants and animals from around the world, postulated the theory of evolution by natural selection. Includes related activities.
Author
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the battle to reconcile scientific fact with religious faith with regard to Darwin's theory of evolution, from the supporting theories of fellow scientists, to the opposing voices of clergymen, to twenty-first-century supporters of Intelligent Design. Through quotations from letters and other contemporary sources, readers will meet the personalities and ideas involved in the debate. They will also examine some of the legal cases that brought...
10) Evolution
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Learn about Darwin's revolutionary theory.
12) Charles Darwin
Author
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Formats
Description
""Animals that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive and have more offspring." He named this idea natural selection. This fascinating biography details the life and achievements of Charles Darwin, a scientist who made significant contributions to the field of natural history. Darwin's groundbreaking Theory of Evolution changed the world's understanding of how animal species grow and change over generations"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charles Darwin lived in the Victorian era, a time of great change. Many people were debating how life on Earth began. In his twenties, Darwin went on a five-year sea voyage around the world. It shook up his ideas about how life evolved. His radical new insight, natural selection, was so controversial that he feared revealing it for more than twenty years. His classic, "On the Origin of Species," has been called the best science book ever written;...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Junior Library Guild selection How long does it take for science to find an answer to a problem? On January 25, 1862, naturalist Charles Darwin received a box of orchids. One flower, the Madagascar star orchid, fascinated him. It had an 11.5" nectary, the place where flowers make nectar, the sweet liquid that insects and birds eat. How, he wondered, did insects pollinate the orchid? It took 130 years to find the answer. After experiments, he made...
16) Charles Darwin
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Language
English
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Description
Discusses the life and work of Charles Darwin, detailing the findings and events that led him to develop his groundbreaking and controversial ideas on biology and geology.
18) Charles Darwin
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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