NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2016/09/02
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2016-09-02 17:00.
National Center for Science Education
(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A new issue of Reports of the NCSE is available on-line. And news about NCSE's 2017 excursion to the Grand Canyon.
RNCSE 36:3 NOW ON-LINE NCSE is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on-line. The issue -- volume 36, number 3 -- is the third issue in the newsletter's new, streamlined, and full-color format. Featured are "Defending Darwin in Kentucky," James J. Krupa's report on his decades of teaching evolution in the Bluegrass State; Randy Moore's discussion of a creationist "museum" in Crosbyton, Texas; news about NCSE's outreach projects from Minda Berbeco and Emily Schoerning; and a review of Gordon H. Orians's Snakes, Sunrise, and Shakespeare by Nancy Easterlin. The entire issue is freely available in PDF form from http://reports.ncse.com. Members of NCSE will have already received the issue in the mail, and will be receiving the next issue of Reports in September 2016. (Not a member? Join today!) For RNCSE 36:3 (PDF), visit: http://reports.ncse.com/index.php/rncse/article/view/408/798 For information about joining NCSE, visit: http://ncse.com/join NCSE AND THE GRAND CANYON 2017 Explore the Grand Canyon with NCSE! Reservations are now available for NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon -- as featured in the documentary No Dinosaurs in Heaven. From June 29 to July 7, 2017, NCSE will again explore the wonders of creation and evolution on a Grand Canyon river run. 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, explore photographs by 2016's rafters in the expedition's Flickr group, and listen to Scientific American's Steve Mirsky's podcasts about the excursion. The cost of the excursion is $2875; a deposit of $500 will hold your spot. Seats are limited: call, write, or e-mail now. And, for the third time, NCSE will offer scholarships to one or two lucky teachers, giving them a unique opportunity to spend eight days exploring the geology and natural history of the Canyon. (Brandon Haught, Alyson Miller, and Scott Hatfield wrote about their experiences on the 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, photographs, and podcasts, 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/ncsegrandcanyon2016/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/evolution-ed-defenders-make-rapids-progress-in-grand-canyon/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/grand-canyon-rapids-ride-for-evolution-education/ For Haught's, Miller's, and Hatfield's blog posts about their experiences, visit: https://ncse.com/blog/2016/07/how-i-spent-my-summer-0018299 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 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: * Ann Reid reviewing Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles's The Madhouse Effect: https://ncse.com/blog/2016/09/madhouse-effect-should-make-everybody-mad-thats-good-thing-0018363 * Stephanie Keep describing the latest research from Neil Shubin's lab: https://ncse.com/blog/2016/08/new-developments-development-limbs-0018356 * Glenn Branch tracing a misattributed quotation from 1923 to 1880: https://ncse.com/blog/2016/08/doubting-newberry-s-doubt-0018326 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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