Why was the Scopes Trial called the Monkey Trial? Why do conifers have needle like leaves? Why are western lowland gorillas important? Why do flying squirrels have flaps of skin? Why do dogs like rocks? Why are conifers often called evergreens?
aScopes was accused of violating the law which prohibited the teaching of any theory that denied the story of creation as taught in the Bible. And it was fundamentalists who made the state legislature pass the law. That’s why the writer said religion played a key role in the trial 范围...
Dan Emrich, has introduced a bill that would ban the teaching of “scientific theories” in secondary schools and allow only the teaching of “scientific fact”. According to the article, the object of this bill is the “theory” of evolution, and since he doesn’...
Millennial Dreams and Apocalyptic Nightmares: The Cold War Origins of Political Evangelicalism s out of the political wilderness they'd inhabited since the Scopes trial and into a much more active engagement with the important issues of the day... AM Lahr - Oxford University Press 被引量: 22发...
Whether its climate change, diversity on corporate boards, shareholders valuing more than financial returns or the integration of ESG factors in the investment process, ESG is shifting the paradigm in today’s business world. This course will examine what ESG really means, the forces driving the ...
Why Is It Important to Continue Studying the Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Management of Howler Monkeys? The goals of this first chapter to our volume " Howler Monkeys : Behavior , Ecology, and Conservation " are to highlight the importance of long-term studies for understanding howler behav...
Parents in the social media group said that several schools in the area have been operating students by gender while at lunch and recess, yet they still want answers as to why this is a policy on some campuses. Some of the parents in the discussion seem to be fine with boys and girls ...
We live in an age when all manner of scientific knowledge—from climate change to vaccinations—faces furious opposition. Some even have doubts about the moon landing.
and allow students to retake tests for higher grades. There’s also the increased entitlement of students, who now see themselves as consumers of a product and adopt a “customer is right” mentality, the general malaise of students during the pandemic, and, sadly, the fact that (or so I...
most of the attention given this topic in the literature has focused on classroom settings, and not on venues outside the classroom (which are more numerous and, arguably, more important for life-long learning). My own experience in evolution education over the past three decades—in high scho...