Supporting Teachers

We help students overcome common misconceptions about climate change, evolution, and the nature of science.

Climate Change Lesson Sets

Scientific Consensus: A Tsunami of Evidence
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Understanding Climate Modeling
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Back to the Future: Climate Edition
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Climate Change in Your Own Backyard
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Climate Super Solutions
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Evolution Lesson Sets

The Origin of a Species
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Good is Good Enough?
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It's Time to Lose the Ladder
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No More Monkeying Around
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The Road to Extinction
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Nature of Science Lesson Sets

Science is a Way of Knowing
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Science is a Never-Ending Process
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Science is an Inquiry-Based Process
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Science is About the Evidence
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Science Can Make You Strong
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Reading materials and webinars to help you support science education in your community.

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Don't be so sensitive!
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If you want to find seashells, go to a sand bar. If you want to test a coronavirus vaccine, go to a crowded bar
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Measuring a hominid skull
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Evolution: Fact and Theory
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Kids in school in masks: what could possibly go wrong?
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Kids, COVID, and classrooms—what’s the right answer?
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In transmission, size does matter
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Frogs in a pot of boiling water.
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Navigating conversations with climate change deniers? Read this book.
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COVID-19’s second wave?
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Making sense of COVID-19 mortality disparities
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The seven traits of conspiratorial thinking.
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Conspiracy Theories
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How do I decide what’s safe, Part II: Using your tool kit
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NCSE's efforts featured in CNN
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How do I decide what’s safe, Part I: Assembling your tool kit
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Of math, and poo
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Yarn representation of a network.
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Contact tracing: disease detectives in action
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