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Category: Science Education
But with a twist. A Republican sponsored bill required the teaching of Christian Religion ni the science class, but a Democratic Senator has added wording that will require science teachers to teach the origin stories of ALL of the religions. Legislators on Monday broadened a...
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Category: Education
The vast majority of American public school students are not proficient in the level of science learning expected for their age group. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute has issued "The State of Science Standards 2012" as part of an effort to assess the causes of...
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Category: Science Education
I mention the New Hampshire anti-evolution bills at The X Blog. Here's an update from the NCSE:...
Posted by Greg Laden at 3:25 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science Education
The two antievolution bills on the horizon in New Hampshire have now been prefiled in the state House of Representatives. House Bill 1148, introduced by Jerry Bergevin (R-District 17), would charge the state board of education to "[r]equire evolution to be taught in the public...
Posted by Greg Laden at 5:16 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
Why we still have to take creationism seriously: Adventures in Defending Evolution:...
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Category: Homeschooling
The The Manga Guide to Relativity might come in especially handy these days, what with faster than light neutrinos, Republican candidates and other science-defying entities zooming around. And, it is one of those Japanese anime things, which makes it cool. This is a story set...
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:10 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science Education
Four students in one of our local junior high schools were involved in an uncontrolled fire and/or explosion a few hours ago. It was in a physical science class. One of the students was burned severely and is in the Hennepin County Hospital burn unit....
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Category: Science Education
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Category: Science Education
Teachers teach facts instead of concepts. Teachers teach from the textbooks and barely understand what is in the book anyway. There is not enough hands-on learning. All teachers really do anyway is to show videos most of the time. What should really happen is that...
Posted by Greg Laden at 4:52 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books
Suppose you are an intelligent, thoughtful person with a thirst for information, a desire to be challenged, and a tendency to not accept received knowledge at face value. You are embedded in a traditional Christian culture where most of your family, your child's teachers and...
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