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Feb 2020
17m 22s

The Kid Scientists' Galapagos Adventure

Tumble Media
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What’s it like to be a kid doing experiments in one of the most famous science places in the world? Oscar and Mae Johnson were nine and twelve when they traveled to the Galapagos Islands with their scientist dad. The Galapagos are isolated tropical islands made famous by Charles Darwin, who came up with the theory of evolution based on his research there. Ma ... Show More
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