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I think this could be a great opportunity - if this idea were to be 
expanded -  for museum educators to pair up with scientists to go into 
the schools together, ensuring that scientists get some support to 
really get kids excited about science and feel it is accessible to them. 
   I think of that film, A Flock of Dodos. It makes the point that often 
the Creationists are so personable and accessible with their information 
-something scientists are not always as skilled at.  I think we (the 
broader science community) could learn from that.

Lynn Baum
Senior Exhibit Developer/Educational Programs
Jan Crocker Museum Associates
www.jancrockerllc.com

On 2/15/11 10:04 AM, William Katzman wrote:
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> Thanks - that was a nice refreshing article!
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> On Feb 15, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Ellen Giusti wrote:
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>> "There was trepidation on both sides when a squadron of biologists set out
>> to celebrate Darwin Day in rural America during the weekend," begins an
>> article in today's NY Times
>> (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/us/15darwin.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=charles%20
>> darwin&st=cse) an incredible story supporting last week's thread about the
>> teaching of evolution in US schools.
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>> Ellen Giusti
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