National Center for Science Education
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/04/10
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-04-10 15:49. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, New science standards in West Virginia. Climate Education Week. A climate bumper sticker contest from NCSE. Overwhelming public support in West Virginia for a set of science standards that mandate teaching about global warming. And the winners of NCSE's inaugural Grand Canyon teacher scholarships.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/04/03
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-04-03 17:18. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A statement supporting climate change education from the American Federation of Teachers. New survey results about evolution in Canada. And a preview of The Atlas of Climate Change.
NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/03/27
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-03-27 15:24. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A contest seeks short films about evolution, while the American Federation of Teachers adds its voice for evolution. And NCSE is pleased to announce the winners of the Friend of Darwin award and the Friend of the Planet award for 2015.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/03/20
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-03-20 14:40. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, The latest from Wyoming. Evolution and climate change in a proposed new set of science standards are provoking controversy in South Dakota. And a new issue of Reports of the NCSE.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/03/13
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-03-13 14:39. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, Kudos for Kenneth R. Miller. Iowa's anti-NGSS bill is dead. And a preview of Gernot Wagner and Martin L. Weitzman's Climate Shock.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/03/06
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-03-06 18:58. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, The NGSS have been unblocked in Wyoming, but a bill in Iowa would block the NGSS in part over evolution and climate change. It's not too late to reserve a seat on NCSE's July 2015 excursion to the Grand Canyon. And Oklahoma's antiscience bill is dead.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/02/27
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-02-27 15:34. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, The bill to unblock the NGSS in Wyoming is awaiting the governor's signature. A Darwin Day resolution was filed in Pennsylvania, while in Indiana the antiscience bill is dead. And NCSE is seeking two interns for the summer.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/02/20
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-02-20 15:22. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A preview of Anthony D. Barnosky's Dodging Extinction for your reading pleasure.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/02/13
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-02-13 15:03. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, The effort to unblock the Next Generation Science Standard in Wyoming continues. Antiscience bills in Montana and South Dakota are dead, but are Utah's new science standards in trouble? Plus Darwin Day resolutions are introduced in the Arizona House of Representatives and the United States Senate. And -- speaking of which -- a reminder about Darwin Day.
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NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/02/06
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-02-06 17:00. National Center for Science Education(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A Darwin Day resolution is introduced in Congress. A new survey compares acceptance of climate change and of evolution on the part of scientists and the general public. Montana's antiscience bill hits the headlines. Plus news and more news from Scotland, NCSE thanks its supporting organizations, and a reminder about Darwin Day.
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