Fervent Evolution Discussion

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The great debate in many high school classes: how to teach evolution, the line between science and faith, etc.

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Who really gets it? 6 Replies

While I have no doubt that the Synapse community grasps the enormity of the implications of Darwin's view, that descent with modification has no goals, that populations of organisms are not…Continue

Tags: controversy, evolution, Darwin

Started by Michael Doyle. Last reply by Michael Doyle Oct 11, 2010.

Our Favorite Evolution Resources 4 Replies

I thought it would be useful to have a discussion on our favorite resources for teaching Evolution. Here is one of mine that I am always impressed by every time I visit: the NOVA Evolution series.…Continue

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Started by Marta Toran. Last reply by Colin Matheson Oct 11, 2010.

Charles Darwin's great great grandson is taking questions... 2 Replies

Hi, I thought you all might be interested to know that Randal Keynes, Darwin's great great grandson and author of "Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution" is going to be on our podcast tomorrow…Continue

Tags: Darwin

Started by Elsa Youngsteadt. Last reply by Elsa Youngsteadt Jan 30, 2010.

Evolution Activities 18 Replies

A place to post any useful evolution activities.I'll start. Mike Pilliod and I have been having a long conversation about some topics. I have created the following activity to use this conversation…Continue

Tags: activity, evolution

Started by David Knuffke. Last reply by Colin Matheson Sep 25, 2009.

One The Origin: DailyLit's BIG READ 2 Replies

Are you guys familiar with DailyLit?Check out this link.Continue

Tags: DailyLit, reading, species, Darwin, evolution

Started by Sean Nash. Last reply by David Knuffke Sep 18, 2009.

Homeschooling and Science 6 Replies

There are over 1.3 Million students being homeschooled in the States. Last year during my maternity leave I taught a Science class to homeschoolers. When I asked one of the moms how homeschooling was…Continue

Tags: homeschool, evolution

Started by Marta Toran. Last reply by Mike Pilliod Sep 18, 2009.

How do you introduce evolution to your class? 26 Replies

I usually start with a survey about preconceptions/misconceptions about evolution. This serves as a jumping off point. I also used to make a point about the line between religion and science. However…Continue

Started by Colin Matheson. Last reply by Mark Jul 2, 2009.

Current News in Evolution 1 Reply

I just found this new twitter feed for evolution news.http://twitter.com/EvolApplIf anyone else has a good rss, twitter, or website to get…Continue

Tags: rss, news, evolution, twitter

Started by Colin Matheson. Last reply by Elissa Hoffman Jun 30, 2009.

The Age of The Earth (another continued conversation) 16 Replies

Another continuation of my conversation with Mike Pilliod about the conflict between the modern theory of evolution and creationism. As our previous topic has gotten quite crowded and ungainly (due…Continue

Tags: evolution, creationism, earth, the, of

Started by David Knuffke. Last reply by Mike Pilliod Feb 4, 2009.

Areas of Refinement in The Modern Theory 7 Replies

I'm always looking for particularly active developments in the modern theory of evolution. Let me be clear as to what I'm NOT looking for: creationist malarky or pabulum. Some things that I am…Continue

Tags: theory, research, current, evolution

Started by David Knuffke. Last reply by Mike Pilliod Jan 25, 2009.

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Comment by Colin Matheson on January 13, 2009 at 4:03pm: Extra cool points if you can identify the person pictured above (not as easy as you might think).

Comment by Mike Pilliod on January 15, 2009 at 2:56pm: Your grandfather??? Lol.

Comment by Brian Granbery on January 17, 2009 at 12:38pm: Come on Colin, how about a real challenge.
Alfred Wallace, the forgotten one.

Comment by Colin Matheson on January 18, 2009 at 12:30pm: Brian is right (he must teach at a great school). The father of biogeography it is! I didn't know much about him until I read a National Geographic article. about him.

Comment by Colin Matheson on September 14, 2009 at 2:06pm: Check out this NOVA 3 minute video contest on Life
http://lab.wgbh.org/open-call/nova/evolution

Comment by Gwen Noda on November 2, 2010 at 9:35pm: Starting two days ago (and lasting for 3 weeks), COSEE-West is hosting a free online workshop about evolution using marine examples. We have lectures from an excellent lecturer, Dr. Pat Krug from CSULA. He will give one of the 3 lectures live online through Elluminate on Sat Nov 6.
For more information, sign up for the workshop here:
http://www.coexploration.org/cosee_west/fall2010/
See you online!

Anyone going to NABT this week?