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"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…
SBC Voices: Encounters with Creationists
In 2017, we have expanded the NCSE Science Booster Club program with volunteer led clubs across the country. We now have clubs up and running not only in Iowa, but also in Nebraska, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, Indiana, and West Virginia. Washington DC, too! Many of the volunteer club…
Back to School Microgrants!
September is fast approaching—which means it’s time for our third annual back-to-school microgrant cycle. Every year NCSE’s Science Booster Club program uses the funds we raise to buy durable equipment for science teachers. Common requests include balances, thermometers, microscopes, and shop…
Grand Canyon Wanderlust
Robyn Witty was one of three teachers who accompanied Steve Newton on the NCSE Grand Canyon rafting trip. This is a blog of her experience. I was beyond blessed to receive one of the all expenses paid teacher seats on the most recent NCSE Grand Canyon rafting trip. I want to…
Famous Last Words, Part 2
In part 1, I was discussing The Last Word of Great Scientists on Evolution, a 1925 antievolution pamphlet by J. J. Sims about which I have long been curious. The title is ambiguous: are the last words on evolution the final, conclusive, and binding verdict on evolution from the assembled…
Hear from America's Science Teachers
I spent last week at the National Science Teachers Association’s Summer Congress. This was my first Summer Congress, as I was recently elected to NSTA’s Board as the Division Director of Research in Science Teaching. The Congress is also attended by teacher delegates from almost every state, so I…

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