Monthly Archives: October 2008

Importance of science lab design

A Florida high school science teacher and FCS member recently asked for some help concerning a possible new science lab at her school. With her permission, I’m posting her concerns here for y’all to mull over. It’s been said that … Continue reading

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Students getting thin science education

A University of Florida professor will give a speech today (3 p.m. at Pugh Hall, Room 120 and is free and open to the public) about public school students not getting quite enough perspective of the history of science. Missing … Continue reading

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FCS members speaking at the 2008 FAST conference

Members of the Florida Citizens for Science will be speaking this coming Friday 24 October at the  Florida Association of Science Teachers annual conference, taking place at the Double Tree Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando. Along with several others … Continue reading

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Milking snakes

There are 800 snakes — many of them venomous — hanging around the outskirts of DeLand in Volusia County. It’s a soon-to-open-to-the-public Reptile Discovery Center, but it’s actually been around for a few years. Owner Carl Barden has been making … Continue reading

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Science scores up 14 points at Polo Park Middle

Here is an interesting story about a partnership between Discovery Communications (responsible for the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet) and Polo Park Middle School in Palm Beach County. Discovery went above and beyond in helping the school implement a new … Continue reading

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Fish Fossil Yields Anatomical Clues on How Animals of the Sea Made It to Land

In a new study of a fossil fish that lived 375 million years ago,Tiktaalik roseae, scientists are finding striking evidence of the intermediate steps by which some marine vertebrates evolved into animals that walked on land.  The New York Times’s … Continue reading

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A mess in Texas

In case you haven’t heard, Texas science education is taking a beating. The Texas Freedom Network (a Citizens for Science type of organization … sorry, got that wrong … see the comments for clarification) announced that the Texas board of … Continue reading

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Darwin at UCF

The University of Central Florida’s Biology Department is hosting a series of lectures about evolution leading up to the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. Leading off the series was Jerry Coyne, Ph.D., a professor from … Continue reading

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