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Hello Folks -
The University of California Museum of Paleontology and the National Center for Science Education put out the plea below.  They do a great deal for furthering credible science education – if you have a moment and can take their brief survey on science education, it would help much!
Thanks for your time -

Carlyn Buckler
Paleontological Research Institution
The Museum of the Earth and Cayuga Nature Center
From: Understanding Science Mailing List <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 15:32:43 -0800
To: Understanding Science Mailing List <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Subject: Understanding Science needs help from science educators

As you probably know, the Earth's natural system is changing. Many of the aspects of how, where and when is well known within the scientific community, yet the public is slow to accept the science behind these global changes.

In response to the need for a better informed and scientifically literate populace, the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) and the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) received funding from the Moore Foundation to develop a web-based resource for educators and the general public that will provide rigorously-vetted, non-partisan, scientific information on global change, specifically how the earth's natural systems are changing.

If you are a science educator we need your help! We would like to have a better sense of how teachers (at all grade levels, in both formal and informal settings) view global change, the importance of teaching it, and the resources available for doing so. Don't teach about global change issues? We want to know that too!

The following anonymous survey is being conducted by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) and should take you less than 15 minutes, but will help hundreds of thousands of educators and students for years to come!

To participate in the survey, follow this link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UGC2013

And please feel free to share this information with others!  If you have any questions about the survey, please email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and time with us. We (UCMP, NCSE, and BSCS) will thoughtfully review all responses and use the information to develop the best web-based resource on global change issues possible.

Sincerely,
The Understanding Science team
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