Suezoled
19th April 2006, 06:35 PM
I came across some material aimed at teachers that promotes evolution.
The first one is a DVD called "Evolution- why bother?" It gives a list of reasons why evolution is important, such as how it helps understand ecology, how it impacts one's health. Having watched the movie (it runs about 30 minutes), it seems aimed more towards grade school or early junior high (if you don't mind that it says stuff like "semen" in the crimefighting section and "breast cancer" with a diagram of a breast in the fighting diseases part). The narrator introduces simplistic concepts ("evolution helps convict the guilty and free the innocent"), though sometimes the many people who were interviewed seem to go a bit above the understanding of the levels being presented. The movie itself is composed of several interviews with PhD and sciencey folks who give their views on why they like evolution, what it does for them, what it's being used for.
The second is a booklet (you'll have to get your own 3 ring binder) called "Genes, Environment, and Human Behavior." It's aimed more towards high school level; the students have to have some grasp of stuff like Mendel, the DNA structure itself, and the concept of "central dogma."
The last one is "Evolutionary Science and Society: Educating a New Generation." This is a sweet little find; it explains things like, oh, evolutionary thinking (including a segment on the ID viewpoint... and it's not a pro-ID portion) and natural selection. It also includes how evolution is used in our daily lives. The book is based off a symposium presentation that was given in 2004 and that I missed out utterly on because I didn't know it existed. *sigh* If you can't hate a book that says "ID/ Creationism isn't bad science, it's NOT science" then you're in good company.
So, as in the first time I offered stuff like this: preference will be extended to teachers, students, people who have been students, people who will be students, people who are children or at one point in their lives were children, and/or people who eat food and breathe air. However, anyone who has an interest will be given due consideration.
Once again, I'm asking the outrageous price of $0. Zip. Zilch. I don't care where you live, if you want any or all of these, and think you can benefit from it, I will take care of the cost of shipping.
Just, you know, let me know if you're interested, and tell me what you're interested in.
The first one is a DVD called "Evolution- why bother?" It gives a list of reasons why evolution is important, such as how it helps understand ecology, how it impacts one's health. Having watched the movie (it runs about 30 minutes), it seems aimed more towards grade school or early junior high (if you don't mind that it says stuff like "semen" in the crimefighting section and "breast cancer" with a diagram of a breast in the fighting diseases part). The narrator introduces simplistic concepts ("evolution helps convict the guilty and free the innocent"), though sometimes the many people who were interviewed seem to go a bit above the understanding of the levels being presented. The movie itself is composed of several interviews with PhD and sciencey folks who give their views on why they like evolution, what it does for them, what it's being used for.
The second is a booklet (you'll have to get your own 3 ring binder) called "Genes, Environment, and Human Behavior." It's aimed more towards high school level; the students have to have some grasp of stuff like Mendel, the DNA structure itself, and the concept of "central dogma."
The last one is "Evolutionary Science and Society: Educating a New Generation." This is a sweet little find; it explains things like, oh, evolutionary thinking (including a segment on the ID viewpoint... and it's not a pro-ID portion) and natural selection. It also includes how evolution is used in our daily lives. The book is based off a symposium presentation that was given in 2004 and that I missed out utterly on because I didn't know it existed. *sigh* If you can't hate a book that says "ID/ Creationism isn't bad science, it's NOT science" then you're in good company.
So, as in the first time I offered stuff like this: preference will be extended to teachers, students, people who have been students, people who will be students, people who are children or at one point in their lives were children, and/or people who eat food and breathe air. However, anyone who has an interest will be given due consideration.
Once again, I'm asking the outrageous price of $0. Zip. Zilch. I don't care where you live, if you want any or all of these, and think you can benefit from it, I will take care of the cost of shipping.
Just, you know, let me know if you're interested, and tell me what you're interested in.