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Hand of God, hand of Darwin


08 September 12 07:34 AM
Too often high school biology teachers take the soft way out when confronting challenges in the classroom. "Science and religion answer different questions." This is more convenient than true. How humans came to be is a religious question. It's also a Read More...
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Quahogs, Darwin, and grace


12 February 12 09:26 AM
Today is Darwin Day , honoring a complex man with a stunningly simpleidea that replaced the need for magical thinking. Folks may hold on to their magic, I know I do, but they can no longer use rational thinking to hold on to the idea that the Hand of Read More...
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Oh, dear, New Hampshire, too?


09 January 12 09:32 PM
"I want the full portrait of evolution and the people who came up with the ideas to be presented. It's a worldview and it's godless....Columbine, remember that? They were believers in evolution. That's evidence right there." Rep. Jerry Bergevin, New Hampshire Read More...
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Intelligent curriculum?


29 August 11 10:08 PM
When anyone suggests that we not teach evolution in school, he is suggesting that we not teach biology, and in a broader sense, science. So let's be more frank about the discussion--do we teach science, or something else pretending to be science (which Read More...
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It's all there for those who care to look


29 June 11 06:07 PM
This was posted two years ago. I liked it then, and I still do. It's late June. Light life and more light and more life. Little makes sense, but in June the abundance pushes aside the questions. I have tooth marks in my thumb from a fluke. A snake no Read More...
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Science fiction


31 January 11 08:52 PM
13 percent of teachers explicitly endorse creationism or intelligent design, and spend at least on hour of class time presenting it in a positive light. An additional 5 percent reported that they support creationism in passing or when answering students’ Read More...
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What ales us


29 November 10 06:50 PM
"Because when you’re set in your ways, you stay true to yourself." Coors commercial I'll give the wealthy Coors family this much. They've managed to sum up the crisis in education, in our culture, and in our experiment in democracy in a succinct piece Read More...
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A dandelion's life


13 August 10 09:08 PM
Here's a question I would love to pose to my sophomores: Is the spark of human life more valuable than a dandelion's? I am not asking which organism is more valuable, more productive, more useful, or more sacred.... though you might be surprised at how Read More...
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Biology essential question: Were humans inevitable?


07 August 10 08:34 AM
The essential question of the year is already up on the board: Were humans inevitable? But now I'm thinking (and thinking) that it's not personal enough, so I may change it to this: Were you inevitable? (Sophomores love chatting about themselves, and Read More...
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