NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2018/01/05
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2018-01-05 22:25.
National Center for Science Education
(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A glimpse of Monarchs and Milkweed, and a farewell to Steven Newton.
A GLIMPSE OF MONARCHS AND MILKWEED NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview of Anurag Agrawal's Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution (Princeton University Press, 2017). The preview consists of chapter 2, "The Arms Race," in which Agrawal describes both the coevolution of monarch butterflies and milkweed and the history of scientific research on their coevolution. According to the reviewer for NSTA Recommends, "What sets this book apart is two things: the superior quality of the writing and the range of scientific depth to which each topic is explored. Agrawal could give the recent grandmaster of science writing, Stephen Jay Gould, a proverbial run, and as a consequence, the book is highly accessible to everyone in a wide age range and from a variety of educational backgrounds." For the preview, visit: https://ncse.com/library-resource/monarchs-milkweed-migrating-butterfly-poisonous-plant-their And for information about the book from its publisher, visit: https://press.princeton.edu/titles/10944.html FAREWELL TO STEVEN NEWTON NCSE bids farewell to Steven Newton, who joined NCSE as a Programs and Policy Director in 2008. During his time at NCSE, he helped grassroots activists across the country resist assaults on the integrity of science education, with a special emphasis at the community college level. As a geologist specializing in paleoclimatology, he was particularly valuable to NCSE both in conducting outreach to teachers in the earth sciences and to geologists and in preparing for NCSE's undertaking the defense of the teaching of climate change against ideological interference. With Josh Rosenau, he also conducted NCSE's Grand Canyon excursions. A gifted writer, he contributed articles to such venues as Earth, The Earth Scientist, New Scientist, the Christian Science Monitor, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. In the past few years, his time was divided between NCSE and the College of Marin, where he teaches courses in geology and oceanography. All of us at NCSE wish him the best in his future endeavors. For information about NCSE staff and available speakers, visit: https://ncse.com/about/staff https://ncse.com/about/speakers WHAT'S NEW AT NCSE'S BLOG? Have you been visiting NCSE's blog recently? If not, then you've missed: * Ann Reid discussing the importance of empathy in science education: https://ncse.com/blog/2018/01/modest-new-years-resolution-0018678 For NCSE's blog, visit: https://ncse.com/blog Thanks for reading. And don't forget to visit NCSE's website -- http://ncse.com -- where you can always find the latest news on evolution and climate education and threats to them. -- Sincerely, Glenn Branch Deputy Director National Center for Science Education, Inc. 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 600 Oakland CA 94612-2922 510-601-7203 fax 510-788-7971 branch@ncse.com http://ncse.com Check out NCSE's blog: http://ncse.com/blog Read Reports of the NCSE on-line: http://reports.ncse.com Subscribe to NCSE's free weekly e-newsletter: http://groups.google.com/group/ncse-news NCSE is on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/evolution.ncse http://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd http://twitter.com/ncse NCSE's work is supported by its members. Join today! http://ncse.com/join
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