NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2016/08/12
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2016-08-12 17:00.
National Center for Science Education
(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, NCSE's own Josh Rosenau takes on Ark Encounter in the pages of New Scientist.
NCSE'S ROSENAU ON ARK ENCOUNTER NCSE's Josh Rosenau contributed a column, under the headline "School field trips to creationist Ark? Sink that idea right now," to New Scientist (August 5, 2016). Describing the landlocked Ark Encounter as "a hard-core creationist extravaganza replete with pseudoscience," Rosenau observed that, "From astrophysics to zookeeping, the visitor is deluged with misinformation." Noting that perhaps because of disappointing visitor numbers the park is offering discount rates for school groups, he warned that it would be unwise for public schools to take field trips to the parks. In addition to the scientific errors and the legal barriers, he cited the "relentless message" of the park that "our world is as fallen and wicked as Noah's, and that the destruction of the flood ... was not just acceptable but praiseworthy." Rosenau concluded, "Ark Encounter presents a message as socially divisive as it is scientifically inaccurate." For Rosenau's column in New Scientist, visit: https://ncse.com/news/2016/08/ncses-rosenau-ark-encounter-0018329 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: * Minda Berbeco puzzling over Ark Encounter's claims about polar bears: https://ncse.com/blog/2016/08/polar-bears-ark-0018336 * Emily Schoerning describing inadequate local funding for science education: https://ncse.com/blog/2016/08/forty-cents-head-0018331 * Glenn Branch wondering about a former president of Harvard and evolution: https://ncse.com/blog/2016/08/coping-with-eliot-0018315 And much more besides! For The Science League of America, visit: http://ncse.com/blog -- 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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