{"id":3463,"date":"2019-03-22T07:41:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T11:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3463"},"modified":"2019-03-22T07:41:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T11:41:29","slug":"florida-science-education-needs-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3463","title":{"rendered":"Florida Science Education needs you!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Who would have ever thought that in the 21st Century, in the State that is the Gateway to Space, we would have to put forward a fight to save Science?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3063\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?attachment_id=3063\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/logomain.jpg?fit=250%2C154&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,154\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"logomain\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/logomain.jpg?fit=250%2C154&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/logomain.jpg?fit=250%2C154&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/logomain.jpg?resize=250%2C154\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3063\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Florida Citizens for Science had been fighting the good fight since 2006; now more than ever, we need more citizens to step up and support Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please consider coming to our annual meeting this Saturday at 10 a.m. at Stetson University in DeLand. We have a room in the Hollis Center. Contact me if you need more information.  If you can&#8217;t join us on Saturday, please consider taking on a task for the Organization, either as a Board Member, Committee Chair or other activities. You just need to contact me (bhaught@flascience.org).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3372\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?attachment_id=3372\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sciencetextbookswarming.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1541262393&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sciencetextbookswarming\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sciencetextbookswarming.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sciencetextbookswarming.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sciencetextbookswarming.jpg?resize=206%2C155\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3372\" width=\"206\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sciencetextbookswarming.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sciencetextbookswarming.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We will be electing our board of directors and then our officers Saturday. And we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll discuss the many, many, many issues impacting science education here in our state. There are bills in the state legislature about instructional materials, curriculum, alternate paths to graduation, and voucher-accepting private schools. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also the governor-directed revision of state academic standards (including science). And what about teacher shortages, especially in science and math?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news is: our social media presence is skyrocketing. The views on our various social media platforms are in the thousands lately. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a wonderful testament to our tenacity and longevity. I can remember not too long ago when we were lucky to break double digits on our social media interactions. So, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clear interest in what we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Teachers of every level in every School District<\/li><li>Parents, including connections with STEM Teams and Science Fair committees<\/li><li>Scientists, active or retired<\/li><li>College professors and students <\/li><li>Citizen scientists <\/li><li>Science writers \/ media <\/li><li>Anyone who cares about SCIENCE!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our website to see what&#8217;s happening! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who would have ever thought that in the 21st Century, in the State that is the Gateway to Space, we would have to put forward a fight to save Science? Florida Citizens for Science had been fighting the good fight &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3463\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":true,"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-TR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2368,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2368","url_meta":{"origin":3463,"position":0},"title":"Florida Citizens for Science AGM","author":"Jonathan Smith","date":"December 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"FCS will hold their 8th AGM early next year (date and location yet to be determined) The purpose is to consider the organizations plans for the coming year 2016.\u00c2\u00a0 With the introduction of the \"new\" Florida Science Standards(which contain evolution and global warming ) I am sure the opposition\u00c2\u00a0to these\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2551,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2551","url_meta":{"origin":3463,"position":1},"title":"&#8220;A solution in search of a problem&#8221;","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"February 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida Citizens for Science needs your help! 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