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Hi all dd5 is desperate to learn as much about evolutionary biology as possible but all the resources I'm coming up with are too simplistic or too old/dry.

She understands the concept and why of evolution, she wants to know about the missing link and amoebas and stuff like that. I'm not stem oriented so I can only go so far ( see my next post 😉) . I liked the sound of Richard Dawkins book the reality of magic and I may get that for the other scientific concepts, but it sounds like she would already be familiar with what is in there about evolution. All format suggestions welcome.

Would she enjoy visiting a natural history museum? Could you subscribe to any scientific journals, or would that be too advanced for her?

Sadly we have no natural history. Museum in our town and we are out of the US so sadly no great museum in our country for that particular area😥
She isn't ready for journals yet - I may have to be a little creative

Are you in the EU? We have the quite famous Museum für Naturkunde here in Berlin, Germany—might be worth a weekend trip some time.

Have you seen this book? There are others in the series as well.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1584690852...colid=3KXX4Q1ZYSJAJ&coliid=IJZIOSV3RRVY6

Blackcat has made a good suggestion. The previous book in that series might also be good -- From Lava to Life. Also, there are many great documentaries on this topic.

You and DD might enjoy some DVD series like The Human Universe with Brian Cox. You can order it online. There are others like it. David Attenborough has First Life. Easier to absorb maybe than a book. Even if it doesn't all sink in quite a bit will.

There a multitude of similar series on all kinds of topics, including ,at us and science, that are meant to be engaging for the general public but lead in to further study of the areas.

Thanks all - some awesome suggestions. I haven't checked out the Smithsonian website for a while (I get jealous looking at it!)

We are in NZ, our national museum focuses on geological history so it's amazing if you are into volcanoes and earthquakes etc. That is a weekend visit for us. Our own town museum is nice but quite limited. There are a couple of Dinosaurs and a bit on Maori but nothing in between.

I shall get busy looking up the recommendations!

We got this series of books I think around that age (and go ABs!)

http://www.amazon.com/The-Birth-Earth-Cartoon-History/dp/0713653752

oh that's great - and yep soooo tired right now after a very exciting morning. Pity SBW kept his shirt on this time, sigh