Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. Yes, these two important people were born on the same day in the same year, February 12, 1809. One would go on to explain how humans evolved as part of nature, and the other would go...
Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. Yes, these two important people were born on the same day in the same year, February 12, 1809. One would go on to explain how humans evolved as part of nature, and the other would go...
I was invited by one of our grandsons' teachers to visit her 7th grade life science class at Greenbrier Middle School, Evans, Georgia (about 15 miles west of Augusta). I had not taught a lesson for a group of 7th graders in a long time, so this was going to be a...
Science teachers have been having their students keep science notebooks and journals as a way to help students keep a record of their work, and as a place to reflect on their ideas. For many teachers, the journal is one way to help students using writing as a vehicle...
Science teachers have their students keep science notebooks and journals as a way to help them keep a record of their work, and as a place to reflect on their ideas. For many teachers, the journal is one way to help students use writing as a vehicle to learn....
In this month's Scientific American there is a very interesting article written by Glenn Branch & Eugenie C. Scott entitled The Latest Face of Creationism in the Classroom. There are three key ideas in the article, and they highlight the controversies that have...