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  • A Teaching Guide to Evolution

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    Discovering evolution through molecular evidence. Evolution is considered by virtually all biologists to be the central unifying principle of biology, yet its fundamental concepts are not widely understood or widely…

  • Commentary: The Evolution Wars

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    An opinion piece about the teaching of evolution.

  • Evolution and Intelligent Design

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    Understanding the issues surrounding evolution and intelligent design and dealing with the controversy. This article discusses the process of generating new scientific knowledge and accepting it in our schools, explains…

  • State Standards and Evolution

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    Most states’ science-education standards support the teaching of evolution, but many in the general public and some policymakers want science classrooms to include creationism. As a result of this influence, are…

  • The Molecular Evidence for Evolution: Narrowing the Definition of Evolution to Represent a Single Concept

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    The best way for students to discover how DNA sequences confirm descent with modification is to let them analyze data from the public sequence databases themselves. But first they must understand the significance of the…

  • Point of View: Evolution and Friendship

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    According to the National Center for Science Education (2001), forty-four states have faced challenges to the teaching of evolution, in venues ranging from local school boards to state legislatures. The saddest result…

  • Exploring the Evolution of Plate Tectonics

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    Students often view science, especially Earth science, as being “set in stone.” They don’t realize that scientific theories are continually being developed, refined, and discarded as new information is discovered. The…

  • Evolution: Don't Debate, Educate

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    Although controversies will undoubtedly continue, scientists should balance their desire for political, legal, and educational confrontation with creationists with the long-term goal of educating all students about…

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