Call for submissions

Florida Citizens for Science is working on the inaugural issue of a newsletter that will debut soon. Here is the call for submissions:

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Florida Science Matters is a quarterly newsletter edited and distributed by Florida Citizens for Science, a 501(c)(3) organization.  The newsletter features information and news pertaining to education and public policy relative to the teaching of science in Florida classrooms.

We actively seek submissions to supplement our content.  The audience is a broad group of scientific advocates, teachers and citizens concerned with exposing Florida’s children to the rigorous scientific topics and critical thinking methods they will need to succeed in tomorrow’s technical workplace.

While teaching of all areas of hypothesis-based science is important, the primary focus of Florida Science Matters will address the topic of evolution. Evolution is a scientific cornerstone that serves as a microcosm of the societal interface with science.  Evolution is the scientific topic that provokes attempted changes in public policy and tendencies for non-scientific discourse in and out of classrooms.

Keep in mind that your audience likely shares your opinions on teaching of scientific topics.  The object of submissions should be to broaden our understanding of existing topics or the way that existing science may be better disseminated. Submissions may include, but are certainly not limited to:

• Accounts of recent peer-reviewed evidence supporting evolution
• Examples of how to teach evolutionary principles
• Methods to communicate the science of evolution more clearly
• Means to refute arguments against established evolutionary tenets
• Examples of teachers or courses that portray the study of evolution as a rigorous and supported scientific discipline.
• News briefs of examples where teaching of non-scientific principles are being promoted or utilized as a basis for policy change or curriculum alteration.

Articles should be brief and will be reviewed by the editorial staff and anonymous review that may include relevant scholars in the area.  Submissions should be brief, as this is a newsletter and not a journal.  Guidelines will not be provided toward limits or appropriateness, but priority will be placed on concise works.

Please submit your articles to Kevin Folta (kfolta@ufl.edu ), Debra Walker (walkerd@terranova.net ) or Joe Wolf (joe.wolf@tampabay.rr.com).