{"id":2349,"date":"2015-09-16T18:48:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T22:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2349"},"modified":"2015-09-16T18:48:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T22:48:56","slug":"problem-with-florida-textbook-over-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2349","title":{"rendered":"Problem with Florida textbook over climate change?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sciencebookcover\"<\/a>Steven Newton from the National Center for Science Education reports that there is a problem with a science textbook here in the Sunshine State. The issue? Climate change. Here’s the opening paragraphs from his story: Epic Climate Change Textbook Fail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Are our children learning science?<\/p>\n

If those children are being taught about climate from Florida’s fifth grade science textbook from publisher Scott Foresman (Pearson), then those children are learning from a text so riddled with glaring and obvious errors that it’s hard to know how such a book could see the light of day, much less be adopted by Florida public schools.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Head over to the link to read the specifics on the inaccuracies in this textbook.<\/p>\n

Anyone know of any schools using this textbook?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steven Newton from the National Center for Science Education reports that there is a problem with a science textbook here in the Sunshine State. The issue? Climate change. 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