Science Is Constantly Evolving

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Ear bones
Ear bones
The Evolution of Hearing
Mammals exhibit remarkable variety in their sense of hearing; from elephants communicating with infrasonic sounds to bats navigating their environment through echolocation calls at ultrasonic frequencies, many non-human mammals hear outside the typical human hearing range. Interestingly enough,…
Cover sheet of PA science standards document
Cover sheet of PA science standards document
Trouble on the horizon in Pennsylvania?
As Pennsylvania begins the process of revising its 17-year-old state science standards, there is concern that the process will "ignite political battles" over the treatment of evolution and climate change, the Pennsylvania Capital-Star (October 16, 2019) reports. "Educators expect…
Volunteer helping guests
Volunteer helping guests
Equipping Smithsonian volunteers to tackle challenging conversations
Let’s try an exercise. Close your eyes and imagine your worst-case scenario describing evolution or climate change. It could involve an interaction with a student while teaching, a community member while doing public engagement, or even a family member while sitting at the dinner table. As you’re…
Climate change survey chart
Climate change survey chart
Climate change accepted by a majority around the world
"That climate change is happening and that humanity is at least partly responsible is a view held by the majority across the world," according to YouGov's report of a new international poll of people in twenty-eight countries and regions. "The climate is changing and human activity is mainly…
Volunteer setting up at Exploratorium
Volunteer setting up at Exploratorium
Reaching Adult Learners Through Immersive Experiences
Two college students approach a nurse in a hospital in Taiwan, unsure of what to do. She deftly reads their hesitation, then puts them to work rolling bandages and dispensing medication. Hard at work, they start asking questions about the flu epidemic currently tearing through the hospital. After…
Teachers at a Nebraska professional development workshop
Teachers at a Nebraska professional development workshop
Each One, Teach One
Mary Morrow describes herself as a “PD junkie.” “I attend about every professional development workshop I can,” Morrow, an NCSE Teacher Ambassador, recounted recently as she discussed her role organizing and facilitating a two-day professional learning opportunity focused on NCSE’s five climate…
Teacher with students engaging in an experiment
Teacher with students engaging in an experiment
The Beauty and Majesty of Science
Late last year, when we began to get serious about updating our website, the design team we were working with asked us to tell them what we liked in a website. So we started looking at the websites of other non-profit organizations with missions similar to NCSE—environmental and educational groups…
RNCSE Volume 39 Issue 4 cover
RNCSE Volume 39 Issue 4 cover
RNCSE 39:4 now online
NCSE is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education — volume 39, number 4 — is now available online.  Featured are Kate Carter’s report on NCSE's work equipping Smithsonian volunteers to tackle difficult conversations, Paul Oh's…
Teacher with students in the field
Teacher with students in the field
NCSE's Ann Reid on How to Teach Climate Change Effectively
NCSE's executive director Ann Reid contributed "Dry Facts, Debate, Despair: How Not to Teach Climate Change" to Education Week (September 23, 2019). "Dry facts, debate, doom and gloom—teachers striving to teach climate change effectively despite the obstacles to doing so can be forgiven…

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