Supporting Teachers

We give science teachers the tools and skills to help students overcome misconceptions and misinformation about climate change, evolution, and the nature of science.

April 2, 2020
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Check out our entire series explaining the science involved in the coronavirus pandemic.
April 2, 2020
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NCSE asked scientists, educators, authors, and science fans to write brief essays answering the question "Why teach evolution?" The result — NCSE's Why Teach Evolution essays — demonstrate the critical importance of teaching evolution in our nation's school
March 27, 2020
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Check out our entire series explaining the science involved in the coronavirus pandemic.
March 20, 2020
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Check out our entire series explaining the science involved in the coronavirus pandemic.
March 19, 2020
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Check out our entire series explaining the science involved in the coronavirus pandemic.
March 13, 2020
Activity Kit
Designed primarily for learners ages eight and older, To Lose A Tooth presents an evolutionary puzzle focused on human teeth. Participants will explore how natural selection, sexual selection, gene flow, and isolation result in genetic diversity.
March 10, 2020
Check out our entire series explaining the science involved in the coronavirus pandemic.
December 9, 2019
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A lone but confident teacher stands in front of the classroom. She is teaching an amazing lesson about climate change and the planet’s future. A hand shoots up into the air, pumping with excitement, and she thinks, “Yes, yes ...
September 18, 2019
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There is no shortage of material available to teachers–but it's not always easy to find resources that are free and of the highest quality. We've done the sifting and sorting for you!
November 16, 2018
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Climate is always changing, so what’s happening today is just normal, right? 
June 15, 2016
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This blog installment focuses on perhaps the most well known example of natural selection in action (and a topic we have covered in the blog before): The peppered moth (Biston betularia).
April 26, 2016
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Natural selection is part of every state’s high school science standards, but that doesn’t mean we teachers are always successful in connecting our students with the topic.
January 26, 2016
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I’m often approached by teachers looking for new ways to connect their students to climate change.
January 15, 2016
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The prospect of climate change is daunting. Learning about it can be disheartening, even depressing, for students. As a result, even students who learn the basics of climate science may still fail to appreciate that humans can take actions to reduce climate changes and its impacts.
January 15, 2016
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There is virtually unanimous scientific agreement about climate change. Yet due to both the inherent complexity of the topic and the social controversies surrounding it, confusion and doubt often persist.