Mini Darwin on Galapagos: Evolution in the words of children
Friday 09th October 2009 from 10h15 to 11h45 Salle 2 / Grand
Amphithéâtre - Directed by - Paola Catapano - Written by -
Simona Cerrata & Paola Catapano - Produced by - Socia & Pistoia
SRL / Rai Educational / Ruvido Produzioni Documentary, Italy,
2007, 40 min During an expedition on the Galápagos islands,
seven children follow Charles Darwin’s tracks to repeat his
observations and experiments in a playful and didactic way and
discover the evolution of the species through natural selection.
By observing the geology of the volcanic archipelago, the
children draw conclusions on adaptation. By making drawings of
turtles and blue or red-footed birds, they learn all the secrets
of taxonomy and differences among species. An amusing "eggs’
hunting" game is their way of understanding mimetism, while the
"beauty" game reveals the mechanisms of sexual selection.
Oceanography lessons teach them why one can find penguins on the
equator. At the Darwin Station they