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Science education in Tuscaloosa


Great meeting Ann Reid and learning about strategies for effective science education, such as developing local community support groups, and putting young scientists in the classroom to help science teachers teach about evolution and climate change. If you want to get involved in this kind of program, visit the National Center for Science Education at ncse.com.. Good to see a local teacher I know at the lecture, and to meet a student who used to have a hyphenated name. Next ALLELE lecture Feb. 23: Michael Anderson on brain evolution.

Alabama science education update

I do have permission to reprint the following message:

Dear Alabama friends of science education,

As you may have heard, House Bill 133 was approved last week by the Education Policy committee. For background and news reports, see these NCSE posts:
http://ncse.com/news/2012/03/credit-creationism-scheme-passes-committee-007232
http://ncse.com/news/2012/02/background-credit-creationism-scheme-007211
http://ncse.com/news/2012/02/credit-creationism-scheme-unconstitutional-007209
http://ncse.com/news/2012/02/antievolution-legislation-alabama-007208

HB 133 is now listed on the House calendar for Tuesday, March 6, meaning that it will very likely be voted on by the full House tomorrow. There is still time to contact your House representatives by e-mail or phone to ask them to vote against this attempt to enable public school credit for teaching of creationism.

A list of representatives, with links and phone numbers, is here:
http://www.legislature.state.al.us/house/representatives/houseroster_alpha.html

Note that you can find your legislator by zip code on the same page, if necessary.

Thank you for your help in opposing HB 133.

Best wishes,
Eric Meikle

Evolution film & lecture next week

We are so lucky to get them here!

January 26 2012
“No Dinosaurs in Heaven” documentary screening with National Center for Science Education director Dr. Eugenie Scott & filmmaker Greta Schiller.
7:30 pm, 127 Biology.

http://as.ua.edu/evolution/speakers-2011-2012/

a new publication by me -- not poetry

I have a review of a children's book about evolution in the latest issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education.

http://reports.ncse.com/index.php/rncse/issue/current/showToc