{"id":2360,"date":"2015-09-24T11:23:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T15:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2015-09-24T11:23:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T15:23:41","slug":"not-just-a-theory-lesson-makes-the-local-tv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2360","title":{"rendered":"“Not Just a Theory” lesson makes the local TV news"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Heritage Middle School lesson about the scientific meaning of the word theory that stirred up a parent made the local TV news last night. WKMG Channel 6 has the story:\u00c2\u00a0Parents: Science lesson inappropriate<\/a><\/p>\n

A controversial class assignment has forced a Volusia County school to issue an apology.<\/p>\n

The lesson has since been pulled from Heritage Middle School. It was called “Not Just a Theory.” The assignment was on scientific standards, differentiating between a scientific theory and scientific lawd. The lesson, however, turned personal for parents because of two lines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The readers’ comments are pretty much what you would expect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Heritage Middle School lesson about the scientific meaning of the word theory that stirred up a parent made the local TV news last night. WKMG Channel 6 has the story:\u00c2\u00a0Parents: Science lesson inappropriate A controversial class assignment has forced … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-C4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2352,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2352","url_meta":{"origin":2360,"position":0},"title":"A spark","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"September 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting situation is percolating in Volusia County. 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