If you are a teacher or a parent you may find some of these books especially useful to: a) prepare yourself; b) give to your child's teacher or a colleague; or c) give to a school administrator. Seriously.
Each link is to a review of the book to help you decide if you are interested.
- The Science of Evolution and the Myth of Creationism
- Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design
- Evolution vs. Creationism by Eugenie Scott, Second Edition
Don't forget to have a look at this post as well.
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Yet another poll, or rather this time a nascent one being run by the boyos at TelicThoughts who mailed myself and more than a few other science bloggers to see what our answer to the question "On which points are intelligent design and creat
Over at his blog, Jim Lippard has just completed his series of ten posts examining the finances of a number of creationist organizations: Answers in Genes
I wish I coulda been there ... by all accounts it sounds like the Creozerg visit to the Creation Museum went well.
Yesterday, Rick Perry commented "in Texas we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools, because I figured you're smart enough to figure out which one is right." It got a lot of play, including my ow
A cautionary tale to consider:
It can be troublesome for some parents (and even some students) to get their hands on any books with both "evolution" and "creationism" in the title, as they tend to assume there are valid reasons and arguments for supporting one over the other. It can entice students/parents to look up even more creationism "facts" for the "debate", or to tune out the evolution unit completely.