Evolution Day

On February 16, the Darwin Museum celebrates the Day of Evolution dedicated to the 210th anniversary of the Father of Evolution Theory of Charles Darwin. The holiday program has exciting games, quizzes and master classes for every taste and age! Check if the ancient man hunted for dinosaurs, figure out the device of the most perfect optical device - eyes - and independently select a DNA molecule from the banana. Only on the day of evolution, the museum is a famous scientist and popularizer of science, Alexander Panchin with a lecture “Molecular Evolution”.

On the day of evolution, compete in the memory "Twelve facts from the life of Darwin." In the footsteps of Charles Darwin, go with the whole family on a “journey around the world on the Bigl” ship along the museum’s halls in search of the largest rodent in the world, the most unusual inhabitants of the coral reef, the mysterious inhabitants of the Galapagos Islands - the cradle of the theory of evolution. For the successful passage of the quest, the participants will receive a prize from a partner of the museum, Simbat .

Acquaintance with the fauna of the planet will continue in the game "Multi -colored world". A variety of coloring of animals and birds allows someone to remain inconspicuous, otherwise, the enemy turns to the enemy with one species.

Did you know that the human eye in its structure resembles an improved version of a miniature camera? At the same time, the bird's eye in its capabilities is much superior to the human ... Could such complex optical devices arise in the process of evolution? Find out everything for yourself - in the lesson of "Eye: Evolution".

Play the game "How to become a man?" : On the pedigree of our ancestors, place in chronological order the most important cultural achievements of mankind.

The mysterious molecule of heredity: what is it? At the DNA excretion master class, the museum experts will teach you how to highlight this amazing molecule with the help of laboratory equipment and talk about its properties.

At 13:30, the grand opening of the exhibition “ The Taming of the Watching ” will be held, dedicated to the anniversary of Charles Darwin. The first visitors of the new exhibition about taming animals are waiting for fascinating games and quizzes, as well as acquaintance with a charming pony.

Partners of the Darwin Museum will present their exciting games and master classes at the holiday . Why do you need a spleen? Where is the liver located? What is a callous body? These and other questions will be able to answer the interactive lesson “ Anatomy of the human body ”, which will be held by employees of the Museum of the Human “Living Systems” . At the master class "Do not touch your hands!" Find out why wash your hands so thoroughly, find out which organisms live next to you and even yourself, become the founder of your own colony of mold mushrooms, which will be allowed to take home to observe its growth and development. Children's city of professions Master Slavl represents the games "Language of gestures" and "Cave painting." Feel yourself “in the skin” of a primitive person. Forget about pencils and brushes - the first artists did with the help of colors and their own fingers. The training plant "Carriage" will teach to create portraits of pets from pieces of fabric, leather, fur and paper, and will also tell about their wild relatives.

Permanent visitors and friends of the Darwin Museum will also present master classes of their own development-“Anima” -steks, “Trilobites Rounds”, “Competitions of dinosaurs” and “Svinskaya” quiz.

The culmination of the holiday is the lecture “Molecular Evolution” by Alexander Pankchin , a well -known popularizer of science, scientific journalist, writer and blogger, cand. Biol. sciences, Art. scientific. sore. Institute of Problems of Information of RAS Information. Comparison of DNA sequences of different types allows you to find among them the most important, selected in the process of evolution. How have the ideas about evolution have changed since the time of Darwin with the advent of molecular biology and genetics?

The beginning of the lecture at 16:00. For visitors to the museum, the entrance is free.

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