Why teach evolution?

At the recent NSTA conference, Steve Newton talked about the central role evolution must play in science education, why biology teachers are hesitant to teach evolution, and how teachers can more fully integrate evolution into their curriculum. When: 3/10/2011. Where: NSTA conference, San Francisco

Category:

Education

Tags:

• NCSE
• evolution
• creationism
• intelligent design
• why teach evolution
• Darwin
• Steve Newton

[trevorhmason]

Either bad sound or a tough crowd, i chuckled at a few of his jokes, but didnt hear anything from the audience

[NatCen4ScienceEd]

@trevorhmason I know! I was _dying_ up there! :) I almost felt like saying, "Tough crowd, tough crowd...." I think it was the fact that this talk started at 8 am, and who can function to the level of getting humor at such an early hour?

[jeepsterrr]

@NatCen4ScienceEd Basically it was like listening to a clever politician putting a case for the silencing of all dissent. Because you guys are in the majority you really think you are so superior to scientists who believe in ID. You are not and you will not be allowed to suppress evidence forever. I believe in free speech while you clearly do not.

[NatCen4ScienceEd]

@jeepsterrr there is no suppression of dissent. on the contrary, those who espouse creationism are perfectly free to participate in the scientific process and submit papers describing the experimental evidence they have researched. if they have the scientific goods, let's hear it. instead, of course, what we get is merely attacks on evolution, which, even if they were true, does not make the creationist position win by default.

[bary1234]

Who funds this National Center of Science Education? Where can I donate more money for them?

They should have a budjet of billion USD/year, to drive off ridiculous barbaric superstitions.

[NatCen4ScienceEd]

@bary1234 Thanks! We're funded by a broad base of people wanting to support evolution and the teaching of real science in public schools. you can join and donate at ncse dot com / membership. :)

[AjnaKotobide]

@Mogley52

I'm not enticed to read your article, because you made errors on your YouTube comment. Perhaps if your YouTube comments were smarter, your article might get more hits by discerning readers.?

[789123Y]

It's evolution THEORY. Even if you don't believe in it, you should teach it to kids or otherwise they don't get any kind of perspective. Teach them both, the ridiculous story about people created from nothing, and the evolution, and let them choose which to believe.

[squeezycheeseypeas]

Why teach evolution? Easy, because it happens.

[iseezapie]

@Mogley52 I would read your article, but your stunning lack of knowledge of how evolution works suggests to me that doing so would be a waste of my time and probably knock off a few IQ points

[xJoeEDangerouslyx]

@Mogley52 And just to drive the point home that idiots shouldn't pretend to be scientists because they have no concept of science, Google "Talk Origins." You'll be thoroughly embarrassed.

FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL!

YOU FAIL!

F-A-I-L!!!

You fail!

Get it? Understand yet? FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! You fail! You fail! You fail! Fail! Fail! FAIL!

[xJoeEDangerouslyx]

@Mogley52 Unfortunately, the claims you actually manage to articulate when you're not busy contradicting yourself have already been thoroughly debunked. I suggest you gain a greater understanding of the scientific method ( "I understand science!" No, You don't.) and then you'll realize there is no scientific argument for God. If you came up with one that was actually credible, you'd win the Nobel Prize and become a very, very rich man.

And Evolution and atheism are different things.

FAIL!

[Mogley52]

Evolutionists like to use the analogy of the incomplete mouse trap. Of course, an incomplete mouse trap can last a long time until its human DESIGNER completes it. However, a partially-evolved cell, if it can ever get to that point, would quickly disintegrate in the real world. It cannot wait millions of years for chance to finish or complete it and then make it living! Please read my Internet article HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM. Just google the title.