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When: February 7th, 8:30 am
Where: AJ 175
What: The Ball State University Freethought Alliance Darwin Day
event!
The event will feature four speakers (including a
well-known Darwin impersonator!), food, a birthday cake, and plenty of fun!
Topics being discussed range from the basics of evolution, to the challenges of
teaching evolution to grade-school students. Something of interest for everyone!
Following is a tentative schedule:
| 8:30-9:15 am | Sign In, Refreshments | (n/a) |
| 9:15 am | Welcome, Announcements, Introduction | Carrie Arnold |
| 9:20-9:55 am | Darwin and the Fossil Record of Deep Time | Rick Fleugeman, Professor of Geology |
| 10:00-10:50 am | Sexual selection of fishes as predicted by Darwin | Dr. Mark Pyron |
| 11:00-11:45 am | The Importance of Darwinism in the New Evolutionary Synthesis | Evelyn Bower, Professor of Anthropology |
| 11:45-12:25 pm | Break for Lunch | (n/a) |
| 12:30 pm | Announcements, Introduce Darwin | Marissa Coon |
| 12:35-1:45 pm | Charles Darwin: My Voyage | Charles Darwin by Craig Gosling |
| 1:45-2:00 pm | Break | (n/a) |
| 2:00-2:40 pm | Charles Darwin & Alfred Wallace | Dr. Gary Dodson, Discussion leader |
| 2:45-3:45 pm | “Teaching Evolution in K-12 Classrooms: Pitfalls and Practices” | Dr. Melissa Mitchell, Moderator Panelists: Cresta Hancock, Cheryl Kellogg, Lisa Kern, Michael Mayfield |
| 3:45 pm | Summery and Closure | Carrie Arnold |