Charles+Darwin

__**// Charles Darwin //**__ = = Fact abou t h // i // s life
 * He was born in Shrewsbury, England on February 12, 1809
 * During his childhood he was always outside collecting objects and catching small animals
 * He was very interested in nature
 * His father was a doctor of medicine and wanted him to study the same thing
 * Charles was sent to the University of Edinburgh in Scotland then to Cambridge to study to be a clergy man someone who does religious work
 * When Charles was a teenager he loved to go hunting
 * His father thought that he spent too much time on his hobbies and not enough time studying
 * Charles most common memories of his childhood was trying to break a window to get out of the room he was locked in for a punishment
 * He had an illness that made it hard for him to walk when he was in his forties
 * He died on April 1882

What is a Naturalist?
 * A naturalist studies the science of living things on the earth, and how they interact each other
 * They collect specimens of animals and plants

Adventures on the Beagle
 * In August 1831 Charles was offered a position as the naturalist and the captain’s companion on the H.M.S Beagle
 * The ship was going on a 2 year journey to make maps for the Royal Navy
 * Darwin collected many specimens and sent them back to Britain
 * During his voyage Darwin started to wonder about the many different species of plants and animals he discovered
 * He also wonder why and how changes in nature happened

Darwin’s Theory’s - Parents have young that are just slightly different than themselves - More young are born than can thrive, the ones that features are better suited to their environment live and breed - They breed and pass on their own helpful features to their young - These tiny differences in features cause change over long periods of time
 * Darwin theory of evolution was that animals and plants like this:



Citations:

“Charles Darwin”. Encyclopidia Britannica. Encyclopidia Britannica Inc. 2013. Web.

Milner,Richard. Charles Darwin, Evolution of a Naturalist, Facts on File, 1994. Print.

Senker, Cath. Charles Darwin, Raintree steck-Vaughn, 2002.Print.

Stefoff, Rebecca. Charles Darwin and the Evolution Revolution, Oxford University Press, Inc, 1996. Print.