National Center for Science Education
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2016/02/12
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2016-02-12 17:00. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, NCSE is in the pages of Science with a description of a major national survey of teachers on climate science education. A Mississippi legislator is candid about the motivation of his antiscience legislation. New science standards are rejected in Idaho, and their treatment of evolution and climate change may be the reason. Antiscience bills appear in Mississippi but disappear in South Dakota. And a reminder about Darwin Day.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2016/02/05
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2016-02-05 17:00. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A Darwin Day resolution in Arizona. The latest on South Dakota's antiscience bill. Congratulations to Sean B. Carroll. And a reminder about Darwin Day.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2016/01/29
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2016-01-29 15:42. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, NCSE is moving! A new antiscience bill in South Dakota. A bill in Iowa to undo the state's adoption of the NGSS. A second antiscience bill in Oklahoma. And a reminder about Darwin Day.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2016/01/22
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2016-01-22 16:27. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, Antievolution legislation in Oklahoma. Public opinion on climate change and evolution addressed in Science and Engineering Indicators 2016. Plus a reminder about Darwin Day.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2016/01/15
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2016-01-15 15:26. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, The Evolution Video Competition returns. Darwin Day 2016 is on its way. NCSE is seeking a full-time summer intern. And there is a proposal to extend summer vacation in Kentucky for the sake of creationism.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2016/01/08
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2016-01-08 16:24. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A new poll on public opinion on climate change. A preview of Eugenie C. Scott's Evolution vs. Creationism. A new paper from NCSE’s Minda Berbeco and Mark McCaffrey. And a voice for evolution from the Rabbinical Assembly.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2016/01/01
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2016-01-01 17:00. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A pair of bills in Florida have evolution and climate change in their sights. Zack Kopplin interviews a former employee of the Discovery Institute. Sad news of the death of Alfred G. Gilman. And the Royal Astronomical Society adds its voice for evolution.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/12/25
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-12-25 22:53. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A milestone for NCSE on Facebook; a Darwin Day bill in the United States Senate; and a slew of stories about Matzke's Kitzmas tree.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/12/18
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-12-18 16:28. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A new study in Science of the evolution of antievolution, by a former NCSE staffer. And a preview of David E. Alexander's On the Wing.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/12/11
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-12-11 14:26. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A new Darwin Day resolution in the House of Representatives. New science standards for middle school in Utah. And a failed measure to recognize the reality of climate change in the House of Representatives.
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