Life Through Time — The Impact of Evolution

March 1st, 1986 - August 31st, 1990 | PROJECT

The California Academy of Sciences, a major natural history institution located in San Francisco, will develop Life Through Time, a large permanent exhibition on evolution that will inform and challenge visitors as they "walk through" a series of exhibits which encourages them to touch and explore. The exhibition will cover the history of life on earth, how scientists recognize and evaluate change through time, the scientific method and process of discovering, and the impact of evolution. A teacher's educational resource kit with hands-on materials will be developed for use in the schools along with teacher training courses. The exhibition will reach a substantial audience, over a million and a half visitors per year. Additionally, 44% of the San Francisco elementary school children are visited each year by Academy docents, the mobile classroom reaches 7,000 Bay Area residents, over 5,000 children and adults take classes at the Academy and 10,000 school children visit the museum each year.

Project Website(s)

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Team Members

Peter Rodda, Principal Investigator, California Academy of Sciences

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 8550957
Funding Amount: 435610

Tags

Audience: Educators | Teachers | Elementary School Children (6-10) | General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Life science | Nature of science
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits