NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2016/05/20
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2016-05-20 15:22.
National Center for Science Education
(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A reminder that it's not too late to reserve a seat on NCSE's next Grand Canyon excursion, plus a reminder that speakers from NCSE are available.
NCSE AND THE GRAND CANYON 2016 Explore the Grand Canyon with NCSE! Reservations are still available for NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon -- as featured in the documentary No Dinosaurs in Heaven. From June 30 to July 8, 2016, NCSE will again explore the wonders of creation and evolution on a Grand Canyon river run conducted by NCSE's Steve Newton and Josh Rosenau. Because this is an NCSE trip, we offer more than just the typically grand float down the Canyon, the spectacular scenery, fascinating natural history, brilliant night skies, exciting rapids, delicious meals, and good company. It is, in fact, a unique "two-model" raft trip, on which we provide both the creationist view of the Grand Canyon (maybe not entirely seriously) and the evolutionist view -- and let you make up your own mind. To get a glimpse of the fun, watch the short videos filmed in 2011, posted on NCSE's YouTube channel, and explore photographs by 2015's rafters in the expedition's Flickr group. The cost of the excursion is $2790; a deposit of $500 will hold your spot. Seats are limited: call, write, or e-mail now. And NCSE is taking two lucky teachers, Brandon Haught and Crystal Davis, free of charge, giving them a unique opportunity to spend eight days exploring the geology and natural history of the Canyon. (Alyson Miller and Scott Hatfield wrote about their experiences on the 2015 trip on NCSE's blog.) Your donations to the scholarship fund help to make the scholarship program possible. For information about the excursion, visit: http://ncse.com/about/excursions/gcfaq For information about No Dinosaurs in Heaven, visit: http://www.nodinos.com/ For the videos and photographs, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll7kG8dPfgM&list=UUXlZRCBefkIvRuv5zUrXEdg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSfTH9Gl2CM&list=UUXlZRCBefkIvRuv5zUrXEdg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD4xmkEbgqk&list=UUXlZRCBefkIvRuv5zUrXEdg https://www.flickr.com/groups/2898601@N22/pool/ For information about Haught and Davis, visit: http://ncse.com/news/2016/05/congratulations-to-2016-ncse-grand-canyon-teacher-0017047 For Miller's and Hatfield's blog posts about their experiences, visit: http://ncse.com/blog/2015/08/reflections-2015-ncse-grand-canyon-rafting-trip-0016559 http://ncse.com/blog/2015/10/what-teacher-learned-grand-canyon-0016684 And for information about donating to the scholarship fund, visit: https://ncse.secure.force.com/GCscholarship NEED A SPEAKER? As the only national organization that is wholly dedicated to defending the teaching of evolution and climate change in the public schools, NCSE is the perfect place to find someone to speak to your organization or university about issues relevant to evolution and climate education and attacks on either or both. Available speakers include NCSE's executive director Ann Reid, Minda Berbeco, Glenn Branch, Stephanie Keep, Joshua Rosenau, Steven Newton, and Emily Schoerning, as well as NCSE's founding executive director Eugenie C. Scott and four (past or present) members of our board of directors, Barbara Forrest, Kevin Padian, Andrew J. Petto, and Benjamin D. Santer. So if you need a speaker, please feel free to visit the speaker information page on the NCSE website or get in touch with the NCSE office. If nobody from NCSE is available or suitable, we'll try to find you someone who is! For the speaker information page, visit: http://ncse.com/about/speakers For NCSE's contact information, visit: http://ncse.com/contact WHAT'S NEW FROM THE SCIENCE LEAGUE OF AMERICA Have you been visiting NCSE's blog, The Science League of America, recently? If not, then you've missed: * Robert Luhn discussing the contributions of Paula Spence, a Friend of Darwin: http://ncse.com/blog/2016/05/friend-darwin-paula-spence-0017073 * Glenn Branch investigating the identity of a pseudonymous contributor to The Fundamentals: http://ncse.com/blog/2016/05/who-was-occupant-part-1-0016958 http://ncse.com/blog/2016/05/who-was-occupant-part-2-0016959 http://ncse.com/blog/2016/05/who-was-occupant-part-3-0016960 * Ann Reid explaining how basic science saved lives -- again: http://ncse.com/blog/2016/05/basic-science-saves-lives-again-part-1-0017066 http://ncse.com/blog/2016/05/basic-science-saves-lives-again-part-2-0017067 And much more besides! For The Science League of America, visit: http://ncse.com/blog Thanks for reading. And don't forget to visit NCSE's website -- http://ncse.com -- where you can always find the latest news on evolution and climate education and threats to them. -- Sincerely, Glenn Branch Deputy Director National Center for Science Education, Inc. 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 600 Oakland CA 94612-2922 510-601-7203 fax 510-788-7971 branch@ncse.com http://ncse.com Check out NCSE's blog, Science League of America: http://ncse.com/blog Read Reports of the NCSE on-line: http://reports.ncse.com Subscribe to NCSE's free weekly e-newsletter: http://groups.google.com/group/ncse-news NCSE is on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/evolution.ncse http://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd http://twitter.com/ncse NCSE's work is supported by its members. Join today! http://ncse.com/join
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