Science Is Constantly Evolving

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California wildfire
California wildfire
Mandatory climate education bill introduced in California
Assembly Bill 1922, introduced on January 13, 2020, would, if enacted, amend California's adopted course of study for science to include "coursework including material on the causes and effects of climate change" from grades 1 to 12. Additionally, at least one of the two courses required for…
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Darwin Day approaches
It's time to dust off your Darwin costume again: less than a month remains before Darwin Day 2020! Colleges and universities, schools, libraries, museums, churches, civic groups, and just plain folks across the country — and the world — are preparing to celebrate Darwin Day, on or around February…
NCSE Teacher Ambassador Blake Touchet
NCSE Teacher Ambassador Blake Touchet
Just ask the students
In the biology courses that I teach, evolution is the anchor for all my units. I use the discovery of the theory of evolution by means of natural selection to teach about the nature of science starting the first week of school. I teach about the endosymbiotic theory to explain the evolution of…
Ann Reid
Ann Reid
Evolution: Don't leave school without it
It’s become pretty common to hear people call our current times “post-truth.” By which I think people mean we nowadays make up our minds about things based on what our friends think, or what we hear from people we trust—in short, we believe what feels right, and even, perhaps, that there really is…
Kenneth R. Miller
Kenneth R. Miller
Why teach evolution?
Biology is the science of life, and it is arguably the most challenging of all the sciences. Not only does biology build upon the principles of chemistry and physics, it also adds new layers of complexity requiring an entirely different form of scientific analysis. Adding to this is the immense…
bird in flight
bird in flight
Interpreting Phylogeny: Journey to Flight
Let me start the New Year with a confession: I hate interpreting phylogeny in informal science. You would too if you had experienced all my spectacular failures. I’ve tried morphological observation of extant taxa, only for participants to become fixated on “skull color” or the fact that a…
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Person holding a cellphone
Help wanted: Social Media Producer
NCSE is seeking to hire a Social Media Producer to assist the Director of Communications in managing NCSE's social media campaigns. Responsibilities include developing, executing, tracking, and analyzing campaigns. This is a part-time contract position; work can be done remotely. Further…
Student working on a climate model poster
Student working on a climate model poster
Mandatory climate change education bill introduced in New Hampshire
House Bill 1635, prefiled in the New Hampshire House of Representatives on December 11, 2019, and referred to the House Committee on Education, would, if enacted, require climate education in the state's public schools, including a focus on anthropogenic climate change specifically. At the high…
Young woman holding up a sign
Young woman holding up a sign
Communicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators
At its heart, education is a communicative process. As such, science and environmental educators serve as important and trusted messengers about some of society’s grandest challenges like climate change. Research has much to offer about how to best approach climate change communication, but that…

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