Museums teach evolution

Judy Diamond; E. Margaret Evans

doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00121.x

Museums teach evolution

Judy Diamond, E. Margaret Evans

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Abstract

Natural history museums play a significant role in educating the general public about evolution. This article describes Explore Evolution, one of the largest evolution education projects funded by the National Science Foundation. A group of regional museums from the Midwestern United States worked with leading evolutionary scientists to create multiple permanent exhibit galleries and a curriculum book for youth. This program invites the public to experience current evolutionary research on organisms that range in size from HIV to whales. Learning research is being conducted on museum visitors to understand how they reason about evolution and to determine what influences the process of conceptual change.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1500-1506
Number of pages	7
Journal	Evolution
Volume	61
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00121.x
State	Published - Jun 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Conceptual change
Informal science education
Museum exhibits
Natural history museums

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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