Statements added since the 3rd Edition are denoted with a *
- Association for Science Teacher Education *
- American Association of Physics Teachers
- American Association of University Professors
- American Association of University Women
- American Federation of Teachers (2014) *
- American Federation of Teachers — Oregon *
- Arkansas Science Teachers Association (2006)
- Arkansas Science Teachers Association (2008) *
- Association for Science Education *
- Association of College and University Biology Educators (1999)
- Association of College and University Biology Educators (2000)
- Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Biologists
- Association of Science-Technology Centers *
- Australian Museum *
- Authors of Biology Textbooks
- Baylor University Department of Biology *
- Baylor University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry *
- Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (1971)
- Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (1995)
- Biotechnology Institute *
- California Science Teachers Association
- California State Board of Education
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History *
- Central Connecticut State University Department of Biology *
- Da Vinci Science Center *
- Ecsite, the European Network of Science Centres and Museums *
- Empire State Association of Two Year Community Biologists
- Idaho Science Teachers Association
- Illinois Community College Faculty Association
- Illinois Federation of Teachers *
- Indiana Department of Education *
- Inter-University Council of Ohio
- International Council of Museums Natural History Committee *
- International Planetarium Society *
- Iowa Council of Science Supervisors
- Iowa Department of Public Instruction
- Leeds Museums and Galleries *
- Lehigh University Department of Biological Sciences *
- Maryland Association of Science Teachers
- Michigan Science Teachers Association (1981)
- Michigan Science Teachers Association (2003)
- Michigan Science Teachers Association (2005)
- Michigan Science Teachers Association (2007)
- Museum of the Earth *
- National Association of Biology Teachers (1980)
- National Association of Biology Teachers (1995)
- National Association of Biology Teachers (2000)
- National Association of Biology Teachers (2008) *
- National Association of Biology Teachers (2011) *
- National Association of Biology Teachers (2019)*
- National Association of Geoscience Teachers *
- National Conference on Teaching Evolution
- National Council for the Social Studies (1981)
- National Council for the Social Studies (2007)
- National Education Association
- National Science Supervisors Association
- National Science Teachers Association (1973, 1982)
- National Science Teachers Association (1985)
- National Science Teachers Association (1997)
- National Science Teachers Association (2003)
- New Mexico Coalition for Excellence in Science and Math Education
- New York State Museum *
- New York State Science Supervisors Association
- North Carolina Math and Science Education Network
- North Carolina Science Teachers Association
- Oklahoma Science Teachers Association
- Oklahoma State University Department of Zoology
- Oregon Department of Education (2007)*
- Saint Louis Science Center *
- Saint Louis University Department of Biology *
- Science Museum of Minnesota (2005) *
- Science Museum of Minnesota
- Science Teachers Association of New York State
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History *
- Society for College Science Teachers
- Southeastern Oklahoma State University Department of Biological Sciences *
- Syracuse Parent-Teacher Association
- The Biology Faculty of Oklahoma City Community College *
- The College of New Jersey Department of Biology *
- The Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science *
- The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester *
- The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County *
- The University of Queensland Board of the Faculty of Science
- University System of Georgia Biology Academic Advisory Committee
- University of Alabama at Huntsville Faculty Senate
- University of California Academic Council of the Academic Senate
- University of Central Oklahoma Department of Biology *
- University of New Mexico History Department
- University of Oklahoma Department of Zoology
- Utah Museum of Natural History *
- Utah Science Teachers Association
- Utah State Board of Education
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (1982)
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction *