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Life Science and Earth Science Teachers: A few books for your classroom
Posted by Greg Laden on September 7, 2011 I like to pass books about science on to the teachers in my daughter’s school for them to have in the classroom (or to pass on to the library, as they wish). Now that you’ve heard this idea, you will want to do it to! Here’s a few suggestions of recent titles that could be…
Teachers, you may find some of these videos useful.
Posted by Greg Laden on September 7, 2011 And if you have your own favorites, please add links to them in the comments. Below the fold to not crash your flash.
In support of biology teachers …
Posted by Greg Laden on September 7, 2011 A few essays. You are not alone. These are previously posted items, just follow the links to read them in their entirety.
Back to school: Books for teachers and administrators
Posted by Greg Laden on September 7, 2011 Here are a few books that those in the education biz should have on hand. If you are a parent with a kid in school, consider giving a copy of one or more of these books to your school’s life science teacher and a key administrator or two.
Back to school: Books for parents and kids
Posted by Greg Laden on September 6, 2011 A few suggestions for books you can use at home to enhance, prepare for or catch up with various topics. Great Physics Book: Black Bodies and Quantum Cats by Jennifer Ouellette. Why the Wind Blows: A History of Weather Home Chemistry: A New Guide for Hobbyists and Home Schoolers
Back To School: Your Letter to you Child’s Life Science Teacher
Posted by Greg Laden on September 6, 2011 You have to tell your child’s life science teacher (or, any science teacher for that matter) that your family does not support creationism, does not want to see anyone “teaching the controversy” and that you know that “Intelligent Design” is a form of creationism. I promise you, the creationist parents of your child’s peers, and…
Back to school special: Teaching Evolution
Posted by Greg Laden on September 6, 2011 Two videos from the NCSE …
National Science Education Standards
Posted by Greg Laden on September 29, 2010 We haz ‘em (9 megabyte PDF download from the National Academies of Science)
If you ask for it then I have to let you have it
Posted by Greg Laden on September 27, 2010 Other items of interest for teachers: “Back to school special“
Galapagos Diary
Posted by Greg Laden on September 25, 2010 Galapagos Diary: A Complete Guide to the Archipelgo’s Birdlife … Continuing in our look at bird books to consider, I wanted to bring in the Galapagos Diary. I cannot tell you which is the best book for birding in the Galapagos, because, sadly, I’ve never done that myself. But my daughter, Julia, has, and she…
Review: The Science of Evolution and the Myth of Creationism
Posted by Greg Laden on September 24, 2010 “Everyone needs to understand the basic facts of evolution as well as the essentials of the scientific method… When people are deprived of a scientific approach to reality as a whole, they are robbed of both a full appreciation of the beauty and richness of the natural world and the means to understand the dynamics…
Triassic Life on Land
Posted by Greg Laden on September 23, 2010 The Triassic is old. This book is new. That is a hard to beat combination.
Watch this video, take notes, redesin lesson plan, try it out in class tomorrow
Posted by Greg Laden on September 23, 2010 Storm World by Chris Mooney (Book Review)
Posted by Greg Laden on September 22, 2010 Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming I’ve been putting off posting my review of this book until just the right moment. Perhaps that moment is now, with the juxtaposition of a serious storm … hurricane Gustav … arriving in the vicinity of New Orleans and the opening day of the Republican…
Eugenie Scott Tackles Modified Origin Book
Posted by Greg Laden on September 22, 2010 NCSE’s executive director Eugenie C. Scott was invited to debate Ray Comfort, a creationist in the news recently for his plans to distribute copies of the Origin of Species with his own introduction, on the God & Country blog of U.S. News & World Report. Comfort began the debate on October 29, 2009; Scott replied…
The Vigil After Dover: Part 3
Posted by Greg Laden on September 21, 2010 The Young Birder’s Guide: A Bird Book for the Middle Schooler
Posted by Greg Laden on September 21, 2010 Bill Thompson’s Young Birder’s Guide The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of Eastern North America (Peterson Field Guides) is a book that I highly recommend for kids around seven to 14 years of age. (The publishers suggest a narrower age range but I respectfully disagree.) This is a new offering written by Bill Thompson III…
Teachers Under Fire!!!
Posted by Greg Laden on September 21, 2010 It is very common, across the U.S., for science teachers to dread the “evolution” unit that they teach during life science class. As they approach the day, and start to prepare the students for what is coming, they begin to hear the sarcastic remarks from the creationist students. When the day to engage the evolution…
The latest issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach
Posted by Greg Laden on September 20, 2010 The latest issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach — the new journal aspiring to promote accurate understanding and comprehensive teaching of evolutionary theory for a wide audience — is now published. Devoted to human evolution and edited by William E. H. Harcourt Smith, the issue (volume 3, number 3) features Tom Gundling on “Human Origins…
The Vigil After Dover: Part 2
Posted by Greg Laden on September 20, 2010 Black Bodies and Quantum Cats
Posted by Greg Laden on September 20, 2010 Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics, by Jennifer Ouellette, is an exploration of popular culture, including literature, movies, TV shows, and so on. Ouellette demonstrates a well studied knowledge of these areas of human endeavor, and she is an excellent writer. This means that when you have explored these aspects…
Drs Myers and Decker: Advice on Teaching Evolution
Posted by Greg Laden on September 20, 2010 Continuing with our discussion of the Evolution 2008 conference … many things have been going on and I have more to report than time to report it. But I will get to all of it, I assure you. Tonight, I just want to cover part of today’s Education Symposium (moderated by your’s truly) … not…
Texas Creationists Pwned By Genie Scott
Posted by Greg Laden on September 17, 2010 This is why we love Genie Scott: The NCSE now has a channel on You Tube, and at this time you can see most, probably all, of Genie’s testimony in Texas. It is very instructive. GENIE SCOTT IS A MACHINE!!!
The Wrong Way to Approach the Evolution-Creationism Debate
Posted by Greg Laden on September 17, 2010 Amy Binder and John H. Evans, associate professors of Sociology at the University of California at San Diego, have written a piece on efforts to force religion in the guise of Intelligent Design and Creationism down the throats of children in Texas.
How To Get Away With Teaching The Controversy
Posted by Greg Laden on September 16, 2010 The following is an abstract from an article by Eugenie Scott of the National Center for Science Education called ?WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE “TEACH THE CONTROVERSY” SLOGAN?? available here.
A discussion with Genie Scott about Science Standards, Creationism and Evolution in the Classroom
Posted by Greg Laden on September 16, 2010 This is from a few months back, but is very relevant to Back to School Month!
Intelligent Design’s Legal Status after Dover
Posted by Greg Laden on September 16, 2010 First, there was plain and simple creationism, a Christian idea that, in an ideal Christian world, would be taught as part of any science dealing with the past, including biology (evolution), geology, and presumably history. But the constitution stood in the way of implementing basic Christian teachings in public schools in the United States, though…
The Vigil After Dover: Part 1
Posted by Greg Laden on September 15, 2010 The Irony of Henry Adams: The most misunderstood quote evah!
Posted by Greg Laden on September 15, 2010 I just received a mass emailing from Julia’s high school, in the name of the principal. Routine business. At the end of the missive was this quote: A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. What does this quote mean to you? If you don’t know its context, you may be…
Stones & Bones: Evolution for kids
Posted by Greg Laden on September 14, 2010 Stones & Bones is a new book for children on the topic we all know and love: Evolution. The book comes with a CD and there is a very useful accompanying web site, according to the publishers. The NCSE recommends it.
, which is now available for the 
