August 14, 2009
The following are links to selected posts on this blog that are related to science education or the evolution-creationism 'debate.'
The Wedge Strategy
Teaching Creationism in Social Studies: The Wedge Strategy, Plan B
Teachers Under Fire
Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design…
August 14, 2009
Just Write Blog Carnival August 14, 2009 Edition is HERE.
August 14, 2009
A new study making its rounds in Christian media reports that people who attend churches with large congregations have more intense, more conservative, and more fundamentalist-literalist beliefs than Christians who attend small churches
I fear this is a bit like the popularity of the grease pushing…
August 14, 2009
What the heck is that thing?????? It turns out that today's Google Doodle honors the scientist who discovered EMF (although I believe people fight about who really discovered it, where, and when). PZ noted this here.
August 14, 2009
I thought I was done with the command line for the week, but then I did something cool that I thought I'd share with you. Linux users only ... others will think this is silly ... join me below the fold.
OK, are we alone? Good. It's nice to be away from all those Windows Symps for a while. Oh…
August 14, 2009
I never watch TV or read anything that is not directly related to myre search interests in see dispersal eo-evolution.
Don't you hate it when people say shit like that? Because you KNOW they are full of shit when they do!
But seriously, I am very bad at watching TV shows that have a plot…
August 13, 2009
Look closely at this picture of Victoria Crater on Mars. Clicking on the picture will give you a really big file, but a much better look. There are a number of things you can see in this view of Victoria that you could not see on earlier version because this is a somewhat oblique view. The…
August 13, 2009
Many promoters of health-care reform believe that people have an intrinsic ethical right to health care--to equal access to doctors, medicines and hospitals. While all of us empathize with those who are sick, how can we say that all people have more of an intrinsic right to health care than they…
August 13, 2009
Get me your science post for Scientia Pro Publica, which we are doing on Quiche Moraine.
Submit the posts here
August 13, 2009
I am told that all Macs come with a three button mouse. I'm not sure I believe that, but it is what I'm told. But to me the three button mouse on a Mac represents one of interesting cultural features of Mac users. Years go, when I was arguing with my friend Mike about which was better, Windows or…
August 13, 2009
Chris Comer was the Director of Science with the Texas Educaiton Agency until she was forced to resign in November of 2007. That happened because she disseminated information about an upcoming talk that would likely be critical of creationism. She was fired because the TEA (hee hee he said .... "…
August 13, 2009
The Gory Details are below the fold.
Oh, and no, not THAT kind of Darwin Award! Not yet, anyway. No, Ed won the Friend of Darwin Award, from the NCSE.
As far as I can tell, it has not been officially announced yet, but you can read the details here.
August 12, 2009
Have a look at this. Two of my favorite bloggers re in the top ten: Devorah, who is in third, and Danielle who is in eigth. The rest of these people are obviously interlopers, especially this guy Luis who is in first place. Please go and help fix that. Thank you very much...
August 12, 2009
Four Stone Hearth is the Anthropology Blog Carnival. The main page for the carnival is here. The previous carnival was held at A Hot Cup of Joe, and the next edition will be at Natures/Cultures blog.
The current edition of the Four Stone Hearth Anthropology Blog Carnival is ..... HERE, below the…
August 12, 2009
PZ Posted a link to the BBC version, here's the YouTube version:
August 12, 2009
Well, I spent the morning with a wonderful group of Middle and High School teacher committed to doing an excellent job of teaching evolution in their classrooms. Then, I go check my email and I've got a similar number of people sending me this story about a person who could be the next mayor of…
August 12, 2009
.... Have you ever had this happen: You are minding your own business, teaching your life science course, it's early in the term. A student, on the way out after class (never at the beginning of class, rarely during class) mentions something about "carbon dating." This usually happens around the…
August 12, 2009
on Quiche Moraine.
August 12, 2009
Watching the guy from New Hampshire, 9mm Glock-Man, being interviewed on Hardball made me want to throttle Chris Matthews. There are limits and they are being crossed every day. Stephanie Zvan has something you should read at Almost Diamonds: "To My Conservative Friends and Colleagues"
August 11, 2009
Hurry up and vote for Ana if you have done so yet today! And if you have, drive to the nearest coffee shop you've not been to lately and vote for her there!!!!!!! She's gaining momentum. Let's do this thing!
This photo by Ben Zvan of Analiese Miller, who is also known as The Anthropologist,…
August 11, 2009
Hot off the presses from the NCSE:
Are state science standards worthless? Are kids learning about evolution or being spoon-fed creationist pseudoscience? What's the proper role of state science standards in American public education, anyway?
To get some answers, the National Center for Science…
August 11, 2009
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August 11, 2009
I just watched the last twenty minutes or so of the Obama Town Hall on Health Care. It is verified by the press that the vast majority of people at this town hall were randomly selected. So, if the Teabaggers are for real, some of them should have been at this town hall mouthing off and…
August 11, 2009
Well, there are different theories on this, and one is that there is a regional accent that runs from the great Lakes across central and western Canada and the norther Tier of the US. That's my theory, and I think it is correct. Furthermore, I think this accent is the product of Native American…
August 11, 2009
This is the Last Day to Vote! Ana remains in the top ten, but is near the bottom of that list owing to cheaters working for the other contestants, I can only assume. I mean, how else would she not be on top? So, go in and vote! Vote! Vote!
This photo by Ben Zvan of Analiese Miller, who is…
