2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 6
Sunday, 16 October 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

P4. Speaking Out for Evolution: Rationale and Resources for Supporting the Teaching of Evolution

Paleontological Society; Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

 

Judy Scotchmoor and Carol M. Tang, Conveners
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:15 AM
NOT JUST FOR BIOLOGISTS ANYMORE: THE EVOLUTION CONTROVERSY IMPACTS GEOSCIENCE AND SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION
TANG, Carol M., Education Division, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, ctang@calacademy.org, ctang@calacademy.org
2
8:30 AM
UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF SCIENCE: A CRITICAL PART OF THE PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF EVOLUTION
MILLER, Keith B., Department of Geology, Kansas State Univ, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-3201, kbmill@ksu.edu, kbmill@ksu.edu
3
8:45 AM
EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY AND EDUCATION: ESTABLISHING THE RELEVANCY OF FOSSIL THREADS IN THE WEB OF LIFE
SAMPSON, Scott D., Utah Museum of Natural History and Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 1390 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, 84112, ssampson@umnh.utah.edu, ssampson@umnh.utah.edu
4
9:00 AM
TEACHING ABOUT EVOLUTION AND ITS APPLICATIONS: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
BERGSTROM, Carl T., Biology, University of Washington, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, cbergst@u.washington.edu, cbergst@u.washington.edu
 
9:30 AM
Discussion
 
9:45 AM
Break
5
10:00 AM
PROMOTING GOOD SCIENCE
SCOTCHMOOR, Judith G., Museum of Paleontology, University of California, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building #4780, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, jscotch@berkeley.edu, jscotch@berkeley.edu
6
10:15 AM
PUTTING PALEY IN HIS PLACE: HISTORY AS AN ALLY IN THE TEACHING OF EVOLUTION
TERRY, Mark, Science Department, Northwest School, 1415 Summit Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122, epatas@blarg.net, epatas@blarg.net
7
10:30 AM
MODERN BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP AS A RESOURCE FOR TEACHERS OF EVOLUTION
KELLEY, Patricia H., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, kelleyp@uncw.edu, kelleyp@uncw.edu
8
10:45 AM
SCOPES I, II, AND III: CREATIONISM CONTINUES
SCOTT, Eugenie C., National Ctr for Sci Education, 420 40th Street, Ste. 2, Oakland, CA 94609-2509, scott@ncseweb.org, scott@ncseweb.org
 
11:15 AM
Discussion