We just did a brilliant evolution day at a local primary school! Kids from year 3 to year 6 participated in 3 evolution activities and at the end of the day created fabulous books about “How the Tigers got their stripes”. 270 kids participated , and 80% thought the whole day was “loads of fun!”
If you would like to organize an evolution day at your school, get in touch!
Lesson plan 4 was trialled in a local school with good success. We tested the children’s knowledge about evolutionary trees and common ancestors before and 3 weeks after the lesson with a significant increase in understanding.
And they still have 31 days to go! What do you think of the game?
Recent article on The guardian explains the importance of understanding microbial evolution to the management of diseases:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/30/antibiotics-losing-effectiveness-country-who
Teaching Evolution for Primary Children 