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Teaching Evolution

It's that time again! It's time switch the calendar over to a new month. Spring is in full swing and summer is just around the corner. While you were out enjoying the weather (and dodging those April showers), here's what you missed at About Evolution:

• Radiometric Dating Modeling Lab
• What is Half Life?
• James Hutton
• Drug Resistance in Bacteria
• Evolutionary Clocks
• Mass Extinction
• Using Caminalcules To Model Phylogenetics
• The Oxygen Revolution

Almost 87 years ago, Tennessee was in the spotlight concerning evolution education during the Scopes Monkey Trial. Now the state is back in the news with the passing of a law that would encourage science teachers to teach Creationism in their classrooms. The bill does specify teachers shouldn't talk about their personal religion, but seeks to promote "critical thinking" by offering alternatives to the science behind evolution. Governor Bill Haslam will let the law go into effect on April 20 with no opposition.

Science teachers should not be encouraged to teach supernatural subjects like Creationism or any sort of religious beliefs. They should teach science and only science. As a science teacher, I wouldn't feel comfortable teaching about Creationism because it is not a science topic. Nothing about Creationism is scientific. There is no scientific evidence that backs up Creationism. There is plenty of scientific evidence that supports evolution. This bill is a political agenda wrapped up in educational buzz words. Let's hope this doesn't put the state back as it was in 1925.

March was quite a busy month! We had the start of spring and the changing of the clocks for daylight savings time. Here in Iowa it came in like a lamb and went out like a lamb (but I'm not complaining). In case you were out enjoying the weather or getting a jump start on your spring cleaning, I've gathered up all the new articles that were posted here in March for you to catch up on some reading during those inevitable April showers.