https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1 period 1 3-13-18 en-us 2018-03-13 15:32:37 UTC 2026-02-09 12:55:36 UTC hello@padlet.com 304503 https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241444961 In 1953, scientist Stanley Miller performed an experiment that may explain what occurred on primitive Earth billions of years ago. He sent an electrical charge through a flask of a chemical solution of methane, ammonia, hydrogen and water. This created organic compounds including amino acids.

]]> 2018-03-13 15:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241444961 304503 https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241448260 From 1912, Wegener publicly advocated the existence of "continental drift", arguing that all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and had since drifted apart.]]> 2018-03-13 15:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241448260 304503 https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241449917 James Watson was a pioneer molecular biologist who is credited, along with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, with discovering the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. The trio won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962 for their work.]]> 2018-03-13 15:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241449917 304503 https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241456534 He Helped Discover Evolution, And Then Became Extinct. The research of British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) played a pivotal role in developing the theory of natural selection. But over time, Charles Darwin became almost universally thought of as the father of evolution]]> 2018-03-13 15:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241456534 304503 https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241459319 Carl Linnaeus is famous for his work in Taxonomy, the science of identifying, naming and classifying organisms (plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, etc.). He was born in 1707, the eldest of five children, in a place called Råshult, in Sweden. His father, called Nils, was a minister and keen gardener.]]> 2018-03-13 15:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241459319 304503 https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241461975 The definition of lucrative is something that can lead to a lot of profit or wealth or that has led to a great deal of profit or wealth]]> 2018-03-13 15:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241461975 304503 https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241462790 james hatton farmed in 1850 and moved on to be a geologist ]]> 2018-03-13 15:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241462790 304503 https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241463146 Charles Darwin did not invent anything but he discovered a lot as a scientist and naturalist; and, as an author, he impacted science and the way we think about our world. He developed and proposed a theory about evolution. His theory has had far-reaching affects on science and the way we understand life.]]> 2018-03-13 15:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/304503/d2vvhpccecm1/wish/241463146