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"Son, people who ask questions like that end up in Hell."
"This is a science class. We don't talk about those questions in here."
Teaching chemistry & physics
Ph.D. in Science Education
Why should they agree?
Getting focused about entering the battle for children's hearts & minds
Missing Link published
Explaining evidence collected from the natural world using natural processes.
Science cannot discount the supernatural, though some scientists do. Science remains neutral.
"Some matters cannot be examined usefully in a scientific way. Among them are matters that by their nature cannot be tested against observations." AAAS 1A/M4ab*
"Scientists often cannot bring definitive answers to matters of public debate. There may be little reliable data available ... or the answer may involve the comparison of values that lie outside of science." AAAS's Benchmarks for Science Literacy, 1C/H9**
"Outside their areas of expertise, scientists should enjoy no special credibility." AAAS's Benchmarks for Science Literacy, 1C/H6c*
Scientific Materialism
Scientism
Intelligent Design
Creation Science
"[Offspring of advantaged individuals] are more likely than others to survive and reproduce. The proportion of individuals that have advantageous characteristics will increase." Atlas of Science Literacy 5F/H3
"Evolution builds on what already exists...but evolution does not necessitate long-term progress in some set direction." Atlas of Science Literacy 5F/H9
"Molecular evidence substantiates the anatomical evidence for evolution and provides additional detail about the sequence in which various lines of descent branced off from one another." Atlas of Science Literacy 5F/H2
"The continuing operation of natural selection on new characteristics and in changing environments, over and over again for millions of years, has produced a succession of diverse new species." Atlas of Science Literacy 5F/H10
dignity
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http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11876
Becoming Presbyterian
Seeing Lucy
Religious Beliefs Are Good
Management vs. Resolution
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Inquiry-Based Science Teaching
"Virtually complete skeleton of Dorudon atrox excavated in Wadi Hitan, Egypt. Note the retention of hind limbs, feet, and toes like those found in Basilosaurus. This find is described in Uhen (1996, 2004). The skeleton is approximately 5 m long. Photograph ©1998 Philip Gingerich."
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