Education
Students and teachers can use the Wallace Collection to support the Edexcel AS Level History, Philosophy and Ethics of Science (Perspectives on Science) course. Explore aspects of the collection by using the specific student activities provided.
The activities provided target the development of core skills and link directly to units within the programme of study. They could also be used for other History or History of Science courses where an appreciation of primary source material is required.
Teacher's guide
Find out how the Wallace Online Collection supports the Perspectives on Science course aims and how the Student Activities can help to develop skills.
The material provided gives students a rare and personal insight into the life of Alfred Russel Wallace, as a naturalist, social commentator, family man and spiritualist. A number of items directly refer to Wallace developing ideas on natural selection, providing information about his influence on the emergence of the theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
Student's guide
Find out what skills you can develop using the Collection and get ideas for your assessed work.
Specially designed activities will help you to use primary sources effectively and practice gathering evidence for conclusions. Also find out how to reference the things you use.
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