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This activity allows students to explore advances in technology and exploration since the time of Darwin.

Dr. Sylvia Earle and Salome Buglass, Marine Ecologist at the Charles Darwin Foundation are traveling down in the submersible for an exploratory dive in the twilight zone a couple of miles off Wolf Island © Rolex/Franck Gazzola

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Learning objectives

To recognise how scientific ideas change and develop over time and how these influence current thinking.

Students’ outcomes

To demonstrate an understanding of modern scientific research and how improvements in technology have led to greater scientific knowledge and understanding.

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Advances in technology and exploration

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Students’ outcomes

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Advances in technology and exploration

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