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KCFS Recommended LinksEducationNational Education AssociationAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science National Center for Science Education - is a nonprofit, tax-exempt membership organization working to defend the teaching of evolution against sectarian attack. We are a nationally-recognized clearinghouse for information and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and "scientific creationism" out.
K-12 Teacher / Student Resources Nature Explorer - This is an information-dense site which gives you a quick overview of hundreds of animal species and lets you test your knowledge with daily quizzes. ScienceNet - The Hughes Science initiatives strives to increase science literacy and achievement at the precollege level and also to increase the entry of under-represented minorities into the biomedical sciences and health professions. Science NetLinks - strives to be a comprehensive "homepage" for K-12 science educators. Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. TryScience - Designed for children between the ages of 8 and 14, TryScience offers interactive learning material from more than 400 science museums around the world. Welcome to the Evolution Revolution - A site about evolution created by students, for students and teachers. Reach Every Child - is a new website listing more than 5,000 educational resources for all academic subjects, including free, inexpensive and valuable resources for teachers. Introduction to the Scientific Method Access Excellence - Extensive resource program for high school biology teachers. Provides several interactive forums to enable educators to contribute and exchange information and ideas. Voyage of the Beagle - is the Access Excellence site on Darwin's journey aboard the Beagle, with printable worksheets and teacher discussion guide. BioTech - Research tool for students and teachers in biology. Includes a dictionary of biological and scientific terms, a searchable index of related Web sites, and directories of literature, professional, and educational resource sites in biology. The Biology Project - Extensive, interactive resource in biology education for high school and introductory-level college students. Nova - Popular public television program on science, history, and technology. Contains a variety of presentations based on recent programs on medicine, archaeology, dinosaurs, astronomy, exploration, animal life, and other topics. The Why Files - Award-winning project, funded by the National Science Foundation, to explore "the science behind the news. "The Why Files" is an especially good resource for teachers. Really Cool Websites for Teachers BBC Schools Online - Voted best online learning resource site--BETT 2000 Awards Wonderfest Curriculum Guides - Every Wonderfest dialogue has the potential to excite and enlighten students as they pursue their usual curricular studies. Yahooligans - The Web Guide for Kids Cosmology enrichment curriculum for elementary schoolExploration Place - Discover the Explorer in you Fun Science Ring - Links to a variety of K-12 oriented science websites Darwin's Web Ring - Links to Darwin related websites Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science - A handbook for teachersEVOLVOVISION - This is really fun! Click on images to witness the evolution of a single cell into that lovable ape we call the human being. The Exploratorium - San Francisco's world famous museum of science, art, and human perception. Dinosaurs: Facts and Fiction - From the U.S. Geological Survey Why the book "Of Pandas and People" is not a good biology textbook Of Pandas and People - A Brief Critique by Kenneth R. Miller, Professor of Biology, Brown University Analysis of "Biology Text Review" by POSH - This document is a response to a review of the textbook BIOLOGY by Miller & Levine (Prentice Hall, New York). The review was placed on the Internet (URL: http://posh.roundearth.net/biology.htm) by POSH (Parents for Objectivity in Science and History) and presented to the Board of Education in Lawrence, Kansas. ACT and SAT exams and the subject of evolution - By Helen Alexander
Other Voices on the KBOE Decision to De-Emphasize Evolution "What
Happened to Science Education: Kansas and Beyond" - By Adrian
Melott
Kansas Academy of Science Statement on the recent KBOE decision Evolution in Kansas: Disservice to Education, Science and Religion - By Francisco J. Ayala The Kansas Science Standards and The Nature of Science - an essay by Paul Decelles The New Science In Kansas Schools - Position Paper By Jack Krebs Analysis of the Kansas Science Standards Adopted in August - By Jack Krebs Should Evolution be taught in Kansas: A Christian Perspective - By David Ussery Ignorance runs rampant in Kansas - By M. Steven Doggett Dorothy, It's Really OZ - By Stephen Jay Gould Evolutionary Science The Origin of Species - Darwin's famous book can now be read online Evolution - Selected papers and commentary Enter Evolution: Theory and History The Bear Necessities and Other Tales from Evolution - From The New Scientist Evolution and the Origins of Disease - The principles of evolution by natural selection are finally beginning to inform medicine. Biology links at the Harvard University Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology The world of Richard Dawkins - Evolution, Science, and Reason The Tree of Life Project A "distributed" site linking many individual pages, each containing detailed discussions of the phylogeny of different organisms. National Academy of Science Evolution Page Wichita State's Evolution Website Dave's Evolution Page - By biochemist David Ussery
Astronomy/CosmologyPhysLink - Physics & Astronomy - A site to provide comprehensive research and education tools to physicists, engineers, educators, students and all other curious minds.Recent cosmology research in KansasWindows to the Universe - NASA-funded virtual museum for space and Earth science. Contains rich multimedia exhibits on the Earth, our Solar System, stars, space missions, and mythology. Take a Virtual tour of the Solar System National Research Council booklet on cosmology Bad Astronomy - a site dedicated to correcting misconceptions about astronomy. Stephen Hawking's Universe - a comprehensive site that includes a teacher's guide. Structure & Evolution of the Universe Astronomy Unbound - Educational presentation on college-level astronomy. Contains a table of contents with chapters on basic physics, the solar system, the Sun, measuring the universe, the nature of stars, the nature of galaxies, and Big Bang cosmology. COBE Satellite Home Page (studied Cosmic Microwave Background) Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Mapping the Universe)
GeologyCreationist Geologic Time Scale: an attack strategy for the sciences - This manuscript proposes a new approach for science's battle against the rising influence in America of pseudo-science and the Creationist movement. University of California at Berkeley's Geological Time Machine Fossils, Rocks and Time - is a highly informative article presented by the US Geological Survey Geologic Time - presented by the US Geological Survey
PaleontologyBecoming Human - Becoming Human is an interactive documentary experience that tells the story of our origins. Journey through four million years of human evolution with your guide, Donald Johanson. Burgess Shale Fossils - The Burgess Shale is an exceptional Middle Cambrian age (about 540 million years ago) fossil locality located in Yoho National Park in the Rocky Mountains, near Field, British Columbia, Canada. The locality is special because of the soft-bodied preservation of a wide diversity of fossil invertebrate animals. The locality has been intensely studied since its discovery in 1909 by Charles Walcott, and has been declared a World Heritage Site. The Dawn of Animal Life - Miller Museum Online Exhibit Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ The Institute of Human Origins The University of California Museum of Paleontology - fascinating info and pictures of fossils from the Cambrian and other periods of earth's history. Evolution & Creation ScienceDebate Darwin - This site is to give a hearing to the actors in this play about origins. That covers quite a bit of ground---evolutionists, creationists, intelligent designers. And that is just a start. The 10 Main Arguments against Creationism Creationism,
Science, and Evolution - focuses on the underlying philosophical
differences between Personal Stories of the Creation/Evolution Struggle Science and Creationism - A view from the National Academy. Explains the importance of the scientific theory, evidence for evolution, and flaws in "creation science". A Critical-Historical Perspective on the Argument about Evolution and Creation Evolution devolution - the Why Files looks at evolution and the history of its dispute. Academic freedom, creationism, and the meaning of democracy - an essay by Massimo Pigliucci Frequently Encountered Criticisms in Evolution vs. Creationism: Revised and Expanded The Creation/Evolution Controversy Creationism and Pseudo Science The Wild, Wild World of Kent Hovind What Would We Expect to Find if the World had Flooded - why Noah's Flood never occurred Can Noah's Flood Account For The Geologic and Fossil Record? Frequently Encountered Criticisms in Evolution vs. Creationism: Revised and Expanded - This list is intended to serve as an elementary introduction to some of the claims various creationists make against what they call "evolution." Science & ReligionTruth cannot contradict truth - "the origins of life and evolution, [is] an essential subject which deeply interests the church, since revelation, for its part, contains teaching concerning the nature and origins of man." Statement by Pope John Paul II, on October 22, 1996, to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Links to the voices of mainstream religious groupsThe Transformation of a Young-Earth Creationist Affiliation of Christian Geologists Can Religion and Science Ever Mix The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences - The mission of the CTNS is to promote the creative mutual interaction between contemporary theology and the natural sciences. Cosmology lessons for Sunday school The Science and Theology Web Ring Is Science a Religion - By Richard Dawkins Dialogue on Science & Religion Intelligent criticism of creationism from a religious perspective
Evolution & Religion Finding Darwin's God - An excerpt from the final chapter of a new book by Kenneth R. Miller, Ph.D. Oppressed by Evolution - The Christian right and the multicultural left rarely find themselves united in combat--except when it comes to the holy war against Charles Darwin. Voices for Evolution - is a collection of resolutions, statements, and position papers from organizations - scientific, educational, and religious/philosophical - which presented the views of groups of people on the creation/evolution controversy. "An Evolving Creation: No Oxymoron" - an essay by Dr. Keith Miller of Kansas State University Intelligent Design? Intelligent Design? - Three proponents of Intelligent Design - Michael J. Behe, William A. Dembski, Jonathan Wells - present their views of design in the natural world. Each view is followed by a response from a proponent of evolution - Kenneth E. Miller, Robert T. Pennock, Eugenie Scott. The report concludes with an overview of the ID movement by Barbara Forrest. Life's Grand Design - Kenneth R. Miller, Ph.D. Design on the Defensive - Kenneth R. Miller rebuts Michael Behe's idea of Irreducible Complexity A review of Michael Behe's book; Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution Complexity --Yes! Irreducible--Maybe! Unexplainable--No!: A Creationist Criticism of Irreducible Complexity - A critique of Behe's claim that biochemical systems are irreducibly complex. The Elusive Theory of Intelligent Design Intelligent Design: Humans, Cockroaches, and the Laws of Physics Irreducible Complexity and Michael Behe - from TheTalk.Origins Archive Redundant Complexity: A Critical Analysis of Intelligent Design in Biochemistry Recent criticism of Michael Behe's irreducible complexity argument Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution - Reviewed by Kenneth R. Miller, Professor of Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island A Biochemist's Response to "The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution"- A review of Darwin's Black Box The Real Scoop on Michael Behe...and why creationism is still a bad idea. More Crank Science - Just as evolutionary biologists were getting used to the attacks of Biblical creationists, we are now being goaded by a new species of gadfly: the academic anti-evolutionist. Is Intelligent Design Science? - an essay by Paul Decelles, Ph.D.
Professional Education Associations Kansas Association of Biology Teachers The objective of KABT is to improve the teaching of biological sciences through the interchange of ideas, dissemination of information, and fellowship among its members. The National Association of Biology Teachers The National Association of Biology Teachers is a professional association of over 8,000 biology and life science educators who have joined NABT to share experiences and expertise with other biology educators from around the globe. Find publications, educational resources, Evolution Position Statement. The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
is committed to the improvement of science education at all levels
preschool through college. NSTA's current membership of more than 53,000
includes science teachers and others involved in science education.
NSTA's World Wide Web site has links to state, national and international
science education organizations, and two "discussion rooms" for
conversations about science education.
Other Voices in the Evolution / Creation Debate Michigan Citizens for Science - MCFS is a group of Michigan citizens that formed to oppose House Bills 4382 and 4705, and to promote quality science education in Michigan. Ohio Citizens for Science - OCFS represents Ohio's great diversity of religious, political views, philosophies, and scientific traditions. What we share in common is the goal of improving science education in our schools for good of our communities, our state, our country, and our world. Coalition for Excellence in Science
Education (CESE) The Interfaith Alliance - Join over 130,000 people of faith and good will who support The Interfaith Alliance in its mission to promote the positive and healing role of religion in public life through encouraging civic participation, facilitating community activism, and challenging religious political extremism. Discovery Institute - Discovery Institute's mission is to make a positive vision of the future practical. The Institute discovers and promotes ideas in the common sense tradition of representative government, the free market and individual liberty. Intelligent Design Network - Intelligent Design Network is a member-based nonprofit organization. IDnet was organized in 1999 in connection with the debate over the Kansas Science Education Standards. Talk.Origins Archives Threats to Science A Right Wing And a Prayer: The Religious Right in Your Public Schools The Wedge: A Christian Plan to Overthrow Modern Science The Wedge Document - The Seattle-based Discovery Institute's plan to overthrow modern science. Discovery Institutes ambitious plan to replace the current naturalistic methodology of science with a theistic alternative called "intelligent design." The Bible Belt's Assault on Education The Democratization of Science Politicizing Science Education Organizations Dedicated to Upholding the Constitution People For the American Way - People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation work to protect the heart of democracy and the soul of the nation. In Congress and state capitals, in classrooms and in libraries, in courthouses and houses of worship, on the airwaves and on the printed page, on sidewalks and in cyberspace, we work to promote full citizen participation in our democracy and safeguard the principles of our Constitution from those who threaten the American dream. Americans United for Separation of Church and State South-Central Kansas Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State American Civil Liberties Union Religion and Government America's Real Religion and Essays - By Gene Garman Controversial Sites? Answers in Genesis - "Upholding the Authority of the Bible from the very first verse!" No Answers in Genesis! "Creationism is not the alternative to Evolution, ignorance is" Humor Kansas Board of Education Cartoon Neanderthal?...Get fast relief with.... FLAT - Families for Learning Accurate Theories
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