Culture: Peninsula College throws Darwin 200th birthday bash over six days
Posted on Wednesday, February 04, 2009 @ 19:11:34 PST by Shinai_Gene
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PORT ANGELES -- A group of North Olympic Peninsula residents and Peninsula College will celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birthday by celebrating science.
The events leading up to Darwin Day on Feb. 12 will kick off Saturday.
Charles Darwin, born Feb. 12, 1809, theorized that all life had evolved from a common ancestor.
He wrote his theories in his book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
The Pacific Science Center from Seattle on Saturday will bring its hands-on exhibits in the Science on Wheels display.
The exhibits explore everything from a bug's life to the connection between science and agriculture, said Susie Winters, one of the event coordinators.
Winters said she and a group of friends last year were discussing the possibility of a bicentennial event for Darwin's birthday.
The group now calls themselves People for Scientific Literacy and coordinated the event with help from Peninsula College Professor Dwight Barry and Port Angeles High School teacher Coke Smith.
"We wanted to make the community at large more aware of science," Winters said.
The Pacific Science Center's free events will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Pirate Union Building on the college campus in southeast Port Angeles.
Other events to celebrate the anniversary of Darwin's birth include lectures and film screenings every evening Monday through Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Peninsula College Little Theater.
-Article continues off site, courtesy Peninsula Daily News
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