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A Science Teacher in the Grand Canyon: An Interview with Marie Story, Part 2
At the end of part 1, Marie Story had just refused to answer her students’ questions about why the Colorado River turns blue when it meets the Little Colorado. Here is how she plans to use that observation, or “phenomenon,”…
A Science Teacher in the Grand Canyon: An Interview with Marie Story, Part 1
Marie Story is one of three teachers who won an NCSE scholarship to raft the Grand Canyon with our own Steve Newton. She sent us a wonderful essay about her experience. I’m going to share some excerpts from her essay in a bit…
SBC Voices: Watchers
If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know that Science Booster Club volunteers rarely encounter open conflict even when we bring evolution and climate change activities to religiously and politically conservative areas.But the truth is, doing this work is hardly problem-free. As we’ve…
What young people around the world think about climate change
Around the world, there is a high level of acceptance of anthropogenic climate change on the part of people under the age of thirty, according to the latest Global Shaper Survey, conducted by the World Economic Forum.Presented with "Science has proven that humans are responsible for climate change…
My Summer Trip on a 30-hp Time Machine
Nate Chisholm was one of three teachers who accompanied Steve Newton on the NCSE Grand Canyon rafting trip. This is a blog post about his experiences.For a week this summer I was privileged to be given a seat on a time machine measuring less than twelve meters long and powered by a small…
"Keep on Marching for Science Education"
Writing in Nature (August 29, 2017), Brandon Haught urged the scientific community to redouble its efforts to support science educators. A high school science teacher in Florida, Haught is the communications director for the grassroots Florida Citizens for Science, the author of Going…
Creationist kerfuffle in South Korea
Park Seong-jin, nominated to head the newly created ministry of small and medium venture business in South Korea, is in the news on account of his affliation with the Korea Association for Creation Research, reports the Korea Times (August 29, 2017).A professor of engineering at Pohang…
Misunderstanding the Sage of Lindcove
Although it was published a few years ago, I don’t feel embarrassed that I have only recently finished reading Matthew Avery Sutton’s excellent American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism (2014). What I feel embarrassed about is that although I bought a copy of the book when…
Spotlight on NCSE's Science Booster Club program
NCSE's Science Booster Club program was featured in a story from ThinkProgress (August 24, 2017), which described it as "a way of  bringing the science behind climate change and evolution to regular citizens.""The booster club uses volunteers — often scientists, though anyone can get involved…

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