You are hereThe Latest “Intelligent Design” JournalTitle: The Latest “Intelligent Design” Journal Issue: 6 ENTER BIO-COMPLEXITYA new on-line, open-access, peer-reviewed journal with the ungainly name BIO-Complexity (ISSN 2151- 7444) was announced on April 30, 2010, by its publisher, the Biologic Institute. According to its statement of purpose and scope, BIO-Complexity “aims to be the leading forum for testing the scientific merit of the claim that intelligent design (ID) is a credible explanation for life.” The journal hopes to publish “studies in all areas of science with clear relevance to its aim, including work focusing on the relative Year: 2010 Date: November–December Page(s): 10–13 topics: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Media Type: Review: Darwin's Lost WorldYear: 2010 Issue: 4 Title: Darwin’s Lost World: The
Hidden History of Animal Life Date: July-August Oxford paleobiologist Page(s): 31-32 Media Type: topics: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Briscoe Geology ParkTitle: Briscoe Geology Park Issue: 1 A typical fourth grader can rattle off the names of the planets, but does not know the names of the geological chapters of earth history, how old the earth is, when dinosaurs lived, or much else about the history of earth and the life on it. One common excuse for this gap in science education is that these topics are too complicated; but the real reason is the conflict with traditional beliefs — either those of the teacher or of the parents the teacher does not wish to offend. In Ashland, Oregon, the Briscoe Geology Park was built to help students, residents and visitors Year: 2009 Date: January-February Page(s): 24-25 This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Media Type: One Day WondersSome of the local challenges with which NCSE assists last for months or even years; for example, the attempt to place the creationist textbook Of Pandas and People in the schools of Louisville, Ohio, began in mid-1993 and has been continuously opposed by local NCSE activists. Others are resolved more quickly. In February, 1996, NCSE received two similar requests for help within two days-one from Morgan Hill, California (not far from Silicon Valley), and one from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Media Type: topics: Close Ohio House Vote Scuttles "Evidence Against Evolution" BillOn May 28, 1996, state representative Ron Hood's HB 692 was voted down in the Ohio House of Representatives Education Committee by a vote of 8-12. When introduced on April 12, 1996, the bill stated that
Media Type: topics: Washington School District Wrestles with Creationism, "Intelligent Design Theory"From February through April, 1996, the small town of Sultan, WA, was the site of now-familiar rancorous school board meetings over the question of whether creationism should be taught with evolution. Teacher Meg Town had attended a workshop on creation and evolution at a National Science Teachers Association regional meeting (taught by NCSE board member Dr. Duane Jeffery), so she knew where to go for help when the school board was approached with the request that it introduce creation "science" and Intelligent Design Theory into the curriculum.
Media Type: topics: Oregon: Creationism Continues to Simmer in the Pacific NorthwestIn Oregon, whenever a school board considering creationism requests advice from the state's Attorney General, they are told it's illegal. Then the same question pops up in another district. Media Type: topics: More Patter of Little PandasReports readers will by now by familiar with the "intelligent design" book, Of Pandas and People. We have reported ongoing efforts to introduce the book into public schools as an alternative to naturalistic evolution. Sometimes the significance of this book probably gets lost (it is, after all, just one book, so why should we care about it?). Media Type: topics: Texas: No Pandas for PlanoThe creationist textbook Of Pandas and People has been rejected again, this time in Plano, Texas, not far from Richardson, home of the book's publisher, the Foundation for Thought and Ethics. Media Type: topics: Televangelist Promotes Of Pandas and PeopleTelevangelist James Dobson's group, "Focus on the Family," is a leading proponent of the religious right agenda. In the summer 1992 edition of his Citizen newsletter, Dobson directs his supporters to march down to the school board and demand of Of Pandas and People be used when evolution is taught. Pandas, of course, is a creationist "intelligent design" book intended as a supplement to high school biology courses. Media Type: topics: Pages
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