{"id":1870,"date":"2013-05-24T13:15:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T17:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1870"},"modified":"2013-05-24T13:15:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T17:15:39","slug":"05-24-13-this-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1870","title":{"rendered":"05.24.13 This & That"},"content":{"rendered":"

—> Kentucky state senator doesn’t like evolution and climate change in new national Next Generation Science Standards. Science Standards Draw Fire From Ed. Leader in Kentucky Senate<\/a><\/p>\n

It remains to be seen what influence Sen. Wilson will have with the state board of education in Kentucky. The board is expected to vote on provisional adoption of the standards in June.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And here’s his piece: Sen. Mike Wilson | Science standards include troubling assumptions<\/a><\/p>\n

Another area of contention is evolution. The standards make it clear that evolution is fundamental to understanding the life sciences. Generally, the standards focus on changes in gene pools, genetic mutations and effects of the environment on changes within species. The controversy arises with the statement that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Students can evaluate evidence of the conditions that may result in new species and understand the role of genetic variation in natural selection.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This is supposition and implies that one species may evolve into a different species. There is no factual evidence that this has ever occurred and to suppose that it happens is counter to the beliefs of many Kentuckians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

—>Fur flies over cat dissections at Palm Beach schools<\/a>:<\/p>\n

[Parent Terri Cavanaugh] started an online petition against the practice [of dissecting cats] last school year when her son, then a freshman at Lake Worth High, refused to dissect a cat as part of the school’s medical program. So far, more than 5,000 have joined her crusade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Con quote: “It teaches kids to be insensitive rather than teaching them to learn science and biology.”<\/p>\n

Pro quote: “It’s hands on, you can look at an organ in a book, but until you see it in the flesh, that’s when it comes alive.”<\/p>\n

—> Here’s the full story of what happened at Bartow High School when student Kiera Wilmot conducted an impromtu science experiment. It’s nice to have the details filled in, finally. But some of the comments readers left are just brutal! Kiera Wilmot on arrest: ‘I didn’t want anybody to get hurt’<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

—> Kentucky state senator doesn’t like evolution and climate change in new national Next Generation Science Standards. Science Standards Draw Fire From Ed. Leader in Kentucky Senate It remains to be seen what influence Sen. 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All wrapped up in one brief story. Gotta love it. In Florida, where state officials have previously signaled strong interest in adopting the standards (though it's not a lead state), the verdict is out. For\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1930,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1930","url_meta":{"origin":1870,"position":2},"title":"Evolution,Climate-Change makes the grade.","author":"Jonathan Smith","date":"July 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A recent issue of Science Magazine, highlights the\u00c2\u00a0National Science Standards (NGSS). 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