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Catalyst Volume 19 Issue 4
A special edition of Catalyst focusing on the work of Charles Darwin including articles on:
This article provides an interesting outline of the life and work of Charles Darwin.
Darwin's beetle collection, an early step in his scientific career, is the main focus of this article.
The article looks at the Socotra islands which are a natural 'laboratory' where ideas about evolution can be tested.
The article provides an insight into a day in the life of Charles Darwin at his home in Kent.
The article explores using computer models which use natural selection to evolve new products.
H2O: Hot Ice and the Mysteries of Water
The main focus of this article is on some unusual features of the way water behaves when it is frozen.
The article looks at the career structure of a professional engineer.
This article explores Darwin's travels on the Beagle which inspired his ideas about evolution.
Catalyst is a science magazine for students aged 14-19 years. Annual subscriptions to print copies of the magazine can be purchased from Mindsets.
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Celebrating Darwin
This Catalyst article looks at the celebrations surrounding the life and work of Charles Darwin. Darwin was born 200 years ago and the article looks at some of the activities surrounding the bicentenary and examines his work.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2009, Volume 19, Issue 4.
...A Box of Beetles
A Catalyst article about Darwin's beetle collection - an early step in his scientific career. Beetle-collecting was something of a craze in the early 19th century; at the same time, scientific understanding of these creatures grew rapidly. The well illustrated article looks at Darwin's work in this field.
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The Socotra Archipelago
A Catalyst article about Socotra, a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean off the horn of Africa, belonging to the Republic of Yemen. The islands are becoming famous for their range of animal and plant species and for their use as a natural 'laboratory' where ideas about evolution can be tested. The...
Charles Darwin at Down House
A Catalyst article looking at a day in the life of Charles Darwin at his home in Kent. Much of Charles Darwin’s life after his return from the Beagle voyage was spent at Down House in Kent. He moved here in September 1842 and the article describes the important work such as Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural...
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| Subject(s) | Careers, Science, Biology, Earth science, Working scientifically |
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| Age | 14-16, 16-19 |
| Published | 2000 - 2009 |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cx55b |
