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NCSE: The National Center for Science Education ~Free Help for Teachers ~Free Membership for Grad Students

TEACHERS! 

Join the NCSE Teacher Network. “Are you teaching climate change or evolution in your K-12 classroom? Are you interested in finding quality materials on these topics to use? Are you wondering how to deal with challenges? Join the NCSE Teacher Network! Members of the network will receive a free monthly e-newsletter containing recommendations of quality materials on climate change and evolution, strategy and advice — written by teachers for teachers — on dealing with challenges, and opportunities to hear about the latest in NCSE's educational initiatives.In addition to the e-newsletter, the NCSE Teacher Network will be participating in social media on Facebook  and on Twitter . K-12 teachers (and others) are welcome to enroll in the NCSE Teacher Network through NCSE's website.” 

************NCSE is also currently hiring a Director of Teacher Support!************

GRADUATE STUDENTS!

Grad Students Free 1-Year Membership

“NCSE invites graduate students to become members and see the value in supporting NCSE's mission to promote and defend the integrity of science education. Graduate student members are eligible to participate in NCSE's Scientist in the Classroom program. Sign up here and when we have a teacher request in your area, we will match you up!”

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Luke Pasqualino, Rupert Grint, Alex de Rakoff and at the NYC Stock Exchange closing ceremony thanks to @crackle IG story

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The List of Steves

Project Steve — NCSE's lighthearted response to the creationist tradition of amassing lists of "scientists who doubt evolution" — debuted 20 years ago, on February 16, 2003. The signatories endorse a statement describing evolution as "a vital, well-supported, unifying principle of the biological sciences," affirming that "there is no serious scientific doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism in its occurrence," and characterizing the inclusion of creationism in the public schools as "scientifically inappropriate and pedagogically irresponsible."

Project Steve is named in honor of the late paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, a valiant supporter of both evolution education and NCSE, and only scientists with PhDs (or the equivalent) who share his first name —

Steve, Steven, or Stephen, or cognates such as Stephanie, Stefan, Esteban, and so on — are allowed to endorse the Project Steve statement

After 20 years, the official Steveometer reads 1488, and because only about 1% of the population possesses a qualifying first name, that implies that at least 148,800 scientists would agree with the statement, dwarfing any creationist list.

Described by Steven Pinker as "the most formidable weapon in the fight against neo-creationism today," Project Steve is indeed a superlative accomplishment, demonstrating the emptiness of the creationist attempt to appeal to authority. So to celebrate its 20th year in existence, here are 25 suitably light-hearted superlatives from Project Steve, one for each letter of the alphabet for which there's a Steve.

NCSE would be overjoyed to hear from any qualified applicant whose surname starts with the letter X. Steve Xi, Stephanie Xenopoulos, Esteban Ximenes, where are you?

Know any good Steves?

List of Steves | National Center for Science Education

Meet the Steves As of September 6, 2024, 1498 Steves have signed the statement. Will you be the next Steve?

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Headed in to #NCSE “Building Resilient Communities Panel” - talking #ResilientFinance and innovative solutions and financing mechanisms @100rescities - please join us 4 PM Omni Shoreham, DC. We will be missing our NOAA and Treasury co-panelists, but carrying on with these important conversations and actions. #resilience #resilientcities #100RC #100RClife #precovery #precoverymindset (at Omni Shoreham Hotel) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYz14SAUWT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ycb7jcpi4xp5

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NCSE Takes Credit For Steam Censoring And Removing Ecchi Games, Visual Novels

NCSE Takes Credit For Steam Censoring And Removing Ecchi Games, Visual Novels

The anti-porn Christian organization, National Center on Sexual Exploitation, is taking some credit for Valve’s recent move in having developers either censor their game or face the consequence of having their game expunged from the Steam storefront. The organization recently published an article on May 18th, 2018steeped in self-gratifying text about their role in having Steam attempt to take…

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Hanging with Scientists at the Bottom of the Grand Canyon

https://newszoid.com/hanging-with-scientists-at-the-bottom-of-the-grand-canyon/

Since 1981 the Oakland, Calif.–based NCSE has defended evolution education in public schools against constant threats from those who seek to remove it from biology curricula or to “balance” it with the addition of oxymoronic “scientific creationism” or its mutated progeny such …

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Hanging with Scientists at the Bottom of the Grand Canyon

https://www.articleblotter.com/hanging-with-scientists-at-the-bottom-of-the-grand-canyon/

Since 1981 the Oakland, Calif.–based NCSE has defended evolution education in public schools against constant threats from those who seek to remove it from biology curricula or to “balance” it with the addition of oxymoronic “scientific creationism” or its mutated progeny such …

#Grand, #GrandCanyon, #Ncse, #River