"Darwin on the evolution trail" at Documentary Film Festival -360 Dok

The animation movie "Darwin on the evolution trail" is in the official selection at the Russian Documentary Film Festival - 360 Dok from 23. september to 2nd october 2011 in Moscow.

The idea of the festival is to give the audience an opportunity to watch the most interesting and topical documentary movies mentioned by biggest international festivals and to look for new ideas and forms of expression of scientific thought and research process with language of cinema

Simulation "A family resemblance" online

Nomination flowcharts, phylogenetic tree, classification systems, common ancestor, homology, analogy...Lost? If so, this is your chance to discover throuh this new interactive simulation the tree of life.


http://www.evolution-of-life.com/en/explore/simulation/fiche/a-family-resemblance.html

Article in "Media & Learning News"

Article about "Evolution of life" in the "Media & Learning"-Newsletter (February 2011).

The Media & Learning News (http://www.media-in-education.net) highlights general news and information about the use of media in education and training including interesting publications, events, initiatives, websites, projects, tools and information about various festivals and other competitions related to the use of media aimed at the education and training sector.

"Evolution of life" on facebook

"Evolution of life" has now a page on facebook. Don't hesitate to share with your friends to spread the information about the project.

"Evolution of life" nominated at BaKaFORUM 2011

"Evolution of life" is nominated at BaKaFORUM 2011 in the category "Cross-media Prize for School and Youth Education".
The BaKaFORUM competition honours excellent and innovative productions with a high educational value in the fields of education, science and society, and will take place January 27 - 29 in Basel (Switzerland).

"Evolution of life" presentation at MEDEA Awards 2010

MEDEA European Collaboration Award 2010

"Evolution of life" received the MEDEA European Collaboration Award 2010. The MEDEA Awards competition recognises excellence and creativity in media in education.


"Evolution of life" was described by the judging panel as being an excellent media application that appeals to almost all age groups or education levels with simple explanations, pleasant use of media where the content is explained and presented with layers of intensity and depth. They found the total package to be of a high pedagogic quality, with images, animation, witnesses, real video and graphs all being used in a relevant and appropriate manner, with a very good balance between seriousness and lightness or even subtle bits of humour that can be appreciated across cultures and which are nice for children.