1. Evolution A look at the theory of evolution and Natural Selection

2. How Did Life Begin?  Extra terrestrial origin  Life originated from other planets outside our solar system  Extra terrestrial origin  Life originated from other planets outside our solar system

3. How Did Life Begin?  Creation  Life was put here by divine forces  Cannot be explained or tested by science or the scientific method

4. How Did Life Begin?  Creation Chant – the Kumulipo  Life started with kahuli, a huge movement in au (a Big Bang in time-space)  Simple plants were 1 st living things  Ancient Hawaiian science is based on observation and spiritual beliefs  Creation Chant – the Kumulipo  Life started with kahuli, a huge movement in au (a Big Bang in time-space)  Simple plants were 1 st living things  Ancient Hawaiian science is based on observation and spiritual beliefs

5. How Did Life Begin?  Origin from non- living matter  Presence of oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon in the atmosphere  Random events cause these atoms to combine randomly to create first stable molecules of life  Origin from non- living matter  Presence of oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon in the atmosphere  Random events cause these atoms to combine randomly to create first stable molecules of life

6. Charles Darwin  Father of evolution  Collected and cataloged specimen of various organisms on his travels  Came up with the theory of Natural Selection  Published his findings in a book titled The Origin of the Species  Father of evolution  Collected and cataloged specimen of various organisms on his travels  Came up with the theory of Natural Selection  Published his findings in a book titled The Origin of the Species

7. Charles Darwin  Suggests that the environment shapes the organisms  Those who cannot adapt to the environment will die  Those who can adapt are able to reproduce and create more of themselves

8. Charles Darwin  Theory wasn’t well received by public  Blasphemous  Theory wasn’t well received by public  Blasphemous

9. Darwin’s Findings  Darwin took detailed observations of the organisms he saw  Came up with a theory that explained how they came into being  Concluded that certain organisms had traits that made them better suited to the environment  They had an advantage  Darwin took detailed observations of the organisms he saw  Came up with a theory that explained how they came into being  Concluded that certain organisms had traits that made them better suited to the environment  They had an advantage

10. Darwin’s Finches  Finches found on the Galapagos islands  All looked somewhat similar  Came up with an explanation

11. Darwin’s Finches  An ancestral finch came to the island by accident  Some offspring were capable of certain things  They had the advantage  An ancestral finch came to the island by accident  Some offspring were capable of certain things  They had the advantage

12. Evidence of Evolution  DNA  All organisms on the planet has DNA made the exact same way  Similar structures  Similar skeletal structures shared among many organisms  DNA  All organisms on the planet has DNA made the exact same way  Similar structures  Similar skeletal structures shared among many organisms

13. Evolution in Hawai‘i  Ideal place to study Natural Selection  From one ancestral bird, a HUGE population came into being!  The Hawaiian honey creeper is a classic example of Natural Selection  Ideal place to study Natural Selection  From one ancestral bird, a HUGE population came into being!  The Hawaiian honey creeper is a classic example of Natural Selection

14. Related Science Careers  Bird Scientists in Hawai‘i Nei  Study avian disease (to prevent bird flu, etc.)  Many work in outreach and conservation  Many work for USGS, Hawai‘i Endangered Bird Conservation, Audubon Society, Humane Society and universities  Bird Scientists in Hawai‘i Nei  Study avian disease (to prevent bird flu, etc.)  Many work in outreach and conservation  Many work for USGS, Hawai‘i Endangered Bird Conservation, Audubon Society, Humane Society and universities

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