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> From: Sara DeAngelis <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Informal Science Education Network <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 20:10:26 -0400
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Creationism- museums and business and smoke screens
> 
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> Wayne and Joe,
> 
> It heartens me to read in the NSTA e-posting the following.  Never should we
> confuse or subvert our mission as places that teach science.  But to link
> Jonah¹s threat to this one we need to ask ³how good is our house keeping² on
> the funding/sponsorships side.
> 
> Sara
> 
> 
> 
> President Bush Ignites Firestorm With Comments About Intelligent Design
> 
> President Bush ignited a media firestorm last week when he voiced his
> support for ³Intelligent Design.² When asked by reporters whether he
> believed both evolution and intelligent design should be taught in schools,
> Bush replied that he did ³so that people can understand what the debate is
> about.² The response from the scientific and education communities was
> immediate and fierce. Statements by NSTA, the American Physical Society
> (APS), American Geophysical Union (AGU), American Federation of Teachers
> (AFT), Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AU),
> American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), and others helped to shape
> the controversy for millions nationwide. A statement was also issued by the
> National Congress on Science Education (NCSE), which is comprised of
> representatives from NSTA Chapters and Associated Groups.
> 
> In a statement released on August 3, NSTA indicated that it was ³stunned and
> disappointed² that President Bush is endorsing intelligent
> design‹effectively opening the door for nonscientific ideas to be taught in
> the nation¹s K-12 science classrooms.
> 
> "It is simply not fair to present pseudoscience to students in the science
> classroom," said NSTA President Mike Padilla. "Nonscientific viewpoints have
> little value in increasing students' knowledge of the natural world."
> 
> 
> Sara DeAngelis
> Project Manager/Lead Exhibit Developer
> Brooklyn Children¹s Museum
> 145 Brooklyn Ave.
> Brooklyn, NY 11213
> 
> p. 718 735-4400 x149
> c. 718 578-8269
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> One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
> ‹ Wm. Shakespeare
> 
> Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art and
> more.
> ‹ Vincent Van Gogh
> 
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