Sizzle: An Inconvenient Truth meets Get Shorty?
Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy is neither documentary nor mockumentary. Maybe a bit of both and a lot of neither. But it is funny and relevant.Posted on July 15, 2008 5:01 AM • 9 Comments •
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Louisiana's Governor Signs Anti Evolution Bill
Cletus From the National Center for Science Education: Over the protests of leading scientific organizations such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Institute of Biological Sciences, Louisiana's governor Bobby Jindal signed Senate Bill 733 into law, twenty-seven years...Posted on July 4, 2008 4:22 PM • 5 Comments •
Texas Education Agency May Get its Comer-Uppance
Christina Comer is suing the Texas Education agency. Here is a copy of the law suit. From the Dallas News: AUSTIN - A former state science curriculum director filed suit against the Texas Education Agency and Education Commissioner Robert Scott on Wednesday, alleging she was...Posted on July 3, 2008 11:08 AM • 2 Comments •
Attend the Lindau Meetings
... In the privacy of your own home or office, via the Intertubes! Here is how the Lindau meetings describes itself: The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings provide a globally recognised forum for the exchange of knowledge between Nobel Laureates and young researchers. The original idea...Posted on July 2, 2008 11:46 AM • 1 Comments •
Evolution Fight in Texas School Board Expected Shortly
This summer, in fact. Don McLeroy, dentist and chair of the Texas School board (a state-wide elected body) is a creationist. Of evolution, he says "I just don't think it's true or it's ever happened." The 15 member board is stocked with seven creationists. It...Posted on June 25, 2008 10:37 AM • 7 Comments •
The Gallup Creationism Index Continues to Flatline
Click here for the full post by Gallup. Far more Democrats believe in evolution than do those pesky Republicans. Interestingly, the configuration for "independents" looks just like the configuration for Democrats, not Republicans....Posted on June 25, 2008 9:34 AM • 16 Comments •
Ken Hubert, Hero of Life Science Teaching
Continuing with our discussion of the Evolution 2008 conference ... Yet another item from the first day of the conference, the pre-conference teachers day sponsored by Evolution 2008 and the Minnesota Citizens for Science Education (MnCSE) ... The Minnesota Citizens for Science Education presented Ken...Posted on June 24, 2008 2:01 PM • 3 Comments •
Drs Myers and Decker: Advice on Teaching Evolution
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...Posted on June 22, 2008 10:17 PM • 29 Comments •
How birds fly (Book review)
Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines is a book by Caroline Arnold and illustrated by Patricia Wynne for, I'd say, Pre-Elementary School kids and first/second grade. This is a good book to read to a pre-literate kid. Then put it away for later when the first...Posted on June 21, 2008 8:56 AM • 0 Comments •
Home Chemistry: A New Guide for Hobbyists and Home Schoolers
Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture (DIY Science) is a new book by Robert Thompson. The premise is simple. The coolest thing in the world is a home chemistry set like this one from Gilbert, which combined both chemistry and microscopy:...Posted on June 3, 2008 10:14 AM • 18 Comments •
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