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Our Science Education and Outreach team has been collaborating with the National Academies and science education organizations across the country to support best practices in K–12 classrooms. ncse.ngo/supporting-t... #k12 #edusky #edusci
Supporting teachers, countering misinformation: NCSE's work with the National Academies | National Center for Science Education
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November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Our Science Education and Outreach team has been collaborating with the National Academies and science education organizations across the country to support best practices in K–12 classrooms. ncse.ngo/supporting-t... #k12 #edusky #edusci
Photos from the Evolution Symposium at NABT! Special shout-out to Bone Clones for loaning us multiple sets of the *most beautiful* skulls for teachers to use at our Evolution Symposium! #EduSci #TeacherLife #iteachbio #nabt2025
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Photos from the Evolution Symposium at NABT! Special shout-out to Bone Clones for loaning us multiple sets of the *most beautiful* skulls for teachers to use at our Evolution Symposium! #EduSci #TeacherLife #iteachbio #nabt2025
Ep. 6 of Safeguarding Sound Science is out! This week, Mat Kaplan sits down with Todd Disotell (@todddisotell.bsky.social) for an enlightening, and sometimes sobering discussion about how we may fare in the event of another pandemic. #podsky #sciencesky #virus #evobio
Safeguarding Sound Science | National Center for Science Education
Safeguarding Sound Science, Evolution EditionThe second season of Safeguarding Sound Science examines the everyday impacts of evolution, the grand theory that informs our understanding of all life on ...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Ep. 6 of Safeguarding Sound Science is out! This week, Mat Kaplan sits down with Todd Disotell (@todddisotell.bsky.social) for an enlightening, and sometimes sobering discussion about how we may fare in the event of another pandemic. #podsky #sciencesky #virus #evobio
NCSE reports on the Iowa Department of Education's attempts to censor evolution and climate change from its state science standards. Students and teachers deserve better than this. ncse.ngo/disappointin... #edusky #edusci #stopcensorship
Disappointing, and Mysterious, Revisions to Iowa’s State Science Standards | National Center for Science Education
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November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
NCSE reports on the Iowa Department of Education's attempts to censor evolution and climate change from its state science standards. Students and teachers deserve better than this. ncse.ngo/disappointin... #edusky #edusci #stopcensorship
"Twenty years ago, a landmark court case held that intelligent design cannot be taught in science classrooms. What lessons does it offer for conflicts in education?"
Click the article to join us in reflecting on Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.
Click the article to join us in reflecting on Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.
Of Pandas and Science Curricula
Twenty years ago, a landmark court case held that intelligent design cannot be taught in science classrooms. What lessons does it offer for conflicts in education?
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November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"Twenty years ago, a landmark court case held that intelligent design cannot be taught in science classrooms. What lessons does it offer for conflicts in education?"
Click the article to join us in reflecting on Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.
Click the article to join us in reflecting on Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.
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A podcast that I did an interview for got turned into an article. www.dw.com/en/what-us-s.... @melissaarctic.bsky.social and @ncse.bsky.social were also a big part of this great discussion on the importance of climate change education.
What US school kids are learning about climate – DW – 10/31/2025
As the long arm of the fossil fuel lobby enters the classroom, some US science teachers are finding their job requires more than simply imparting knowledge and wisdom.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A podcast that I did an interview for got turned into an article. www.dw.com/en/what-us-s.... @melissaarctic.bsky.social and @ncse.bsky.social were also a big part of this great discussion on the importance of climate change education.
What's today? An opportune time to talk about SLIME! Here is a brief introduction to the weird but wonderful and always fascinating class of slime molds known as myxogastria. Happy Halloween! 🎃
#Halloween #slimemold #sciencefacts #lifesciences #naturesky
#Halloween #slimemold #sciencefacts #lifesciences #naturesky
November 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
What's today? An opportune time to talk about SLIME! Here is a brief introduction to the weird but wonderful and always fascinating class of slime molds known as myxogastria. Happy Halloween! 🎃
#Halloween #slimemold #sciencefacts #lifesciences #naturesky
#Halloween #slimemold #sciencefacts #lifesciences #naturesky
Just in time for #MediaLiteracyWeek, we’ve released a brand new DataWISE activity! In this activity, students will learn what the scientific consensus means and how it works. You can find the new activity along with our other DataWISE activities on our website - Check them out!
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October 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Just in time for #MediaLiteracyWeek, we’ve released a brand new DataWISE activity! In this activity, students will learn what the scientific consensus means and how it works. You can find the new activity along with our other DataWISE activities on our website - Check them out!
ncse.ngo/datawise
ncse.ngo/datawise
Safeguarding Sound Science? Let’s DO IT…like they do on the Discovery Channel. Things get wild this week with Nathan Lents and Carin Bondar as we explore the fascinating (and frisky) side of animal behavior.
https://ncse.ngo/safeguarding-sound-science
https://ncse.ngo/safeguarding-sound-science
Safeguarding Sound Science | National Center for Science Education
Episode 1 "What Climate Change? Tackling Climate Denial"
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October 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Safeguarding Sound Science? Let’s DO IT…like they do on the Discovery Channel. Things get wild this week with Nathan Lents and Carin Bondar as we explore the fascinating (and frisky) side of animal behavior.
https://ncse.ngo/safeguarding-sound-science
https://ncse.ngo/safeguarding-sound-science
To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the landmark Scopes “Monkey" Trial, we’ve created a special quiz to test your knowledge! This historic trial sparked a national conversation about science, education, and the role of evolution in the classroom. ncse.ngo/scopes-monke... #Scopes100 #trivia
Scopes "Monkey" Trial Quiz | National Center for Science Education
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, NCSE has developed a quiz to help you test your knowledge of this pivotal event. When you're done with the quiz, you can check out mo...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the landmark Scopes “Monkey" Trial, we’ve created a special quiz to test your knowledge! This historic trial sparked a national conversation about science, education, and the role of evolution in the classroom. ncse.ngo/scopes-monke... #Scopes100 #trivia
Louisiana teachers: Join us at the LATM/LSTA joint conference taking place in Baton Rouge on November 6-7! NCSE Partnership Specialist Blake Touchet will be there presenting DataWISE and Sustainable Climate Solutions. Conference info and registration - lsta.info/annual-confe... #EduSky #EduSci
October 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Louisiana teachers: Join us at the LATM/LSTA joint conference taking place in Baton Rouge on November 6-7! NCSE Partnership Specialist Blake Touchet will be there presenting DataWISE and Sustainable Climate Solutions. Conference info and registration - lsta.info/annual-confe... #EduSky #EduSci
American Biology Teacher gave our Story Shorts (https://ncse.ngo/supporting-teachers/classroom-resources) a rave review! https://ncse.ngo/rave-review-ncses-story-shorts
A rave review for NCSE's Story Shorts | National Center for Science Education
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October 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
American Biology Teacher gave our Story Shorts (https://ncse.ngo/supporting-teachers/classroom-resources) a rave review! https://ncse.ngo/rave-review-ncses-story-shorts
The #MySciJourney playlist is live at Galactic Polymath! Your likes, comments & views will help determine the winners! Watch videos from real scientists, discuss them in class, and vote by 11/15. Feeling inspired? Submissions are being accepted until 11/3! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #scicomm
2025 #MySciJourney SciComm Challenge: Real Science in 3 Minutes - YouTube
🗣️ Cast your votes for this science communication competition! 👍 Does this video change the way you think about a particular topic, the nature of science, or...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The #MySciJourney playlist is live at Galactic Polymath! Your likes, comments & views will help determine the winners! Watch videos from real scientists, discuss them in class, and vote by 11/15. Feeling inspired? Submissions are being accepted until 11/3! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #scicomm
We're celebrating a birthday today! Happy 80th to NCSE's first executive director, Eugenie Scott! 🧁
https://ncse.ngo/happy-80th-birthday-genie
https://ncse.ngo/happy-80th-birthday-genie
Happy 80th birthday, Genie! | National Center for Science Education
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October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We're celebrating a birthday today! Happy 80th to NCSE's first executive director, Eugenie Scott! 🧁
https://ncse.ngo/happy-80th-birthday-genie
https://ncse.ngo/happy-80th-birthday-genie
Join us at the Evolution Symposium at NABT! Rick & Lindsay Hunter will discuss the story of Homo naledi. Following their talk, NCSE's Wendy Johnson and Britt Miller facilitate a teacher workshop on The Human Story. nabt.org/Events-2025-...
#iteachbio #teacherlife #edusky #edusci #anthro
#iteachbio #teacherlife #edusky #edusci #anthro
October 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Join us at the Evolution Symposium at NABT! Rick & Lindsay Hunter will discuss the story of Homo naledi. Following their talk, NCSE's Wendy Johnson and Britt Miller facilitate a teacher workshop on The Human Story. nabt.org/Events-2025-...
#iteachbio #teacherlife #edusky #edusci #anthro
#iteachbio #teacherlife #edusky #edusci #anthro
If you’re counting on sprouting gills to survive climate change, don’t hold your breath! This week on Safeguarding Sound Science, Dr. Libby Cowgill and NCSE’s Amanda Townley bust myths about “evolving” our way out of global warming and share the real science of human adaptation. #podsky #scisky
Safeguarding Sound Science | National Center for Science Education
Safeguarding Sound Science, Evolution EditionThe second season of Safeguarding Sound Science examines the everyday impacts of evolution, the grand theory that informs our understanding of all life on ...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"At the edge of Salem's harbor, caretakers face a race against rising seas and intensifying storms to protect a landmark bound up in America's literary and colonial past." https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12102025/climate-change-comes-for-the-house-of-the-seven-gables/
Climate Change Comes for the House of the Seven Gables - Inside Climate News
SALEM, Mass.—Paul Wright leans over a 17th-century granite barrier and points at a faint watermark depicting Salem Harbor’s daily rise and fall. “On a normal day, high tides reach just four feet from the top of the seawall,” he says. “When there’s a big storm or king tide, that’s when it gets close to spilling […]
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October 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"At the edge of Salem's harbor, caretakers face a race against rising seas and intensifying storms to protect a landmark bound up in America's literary and colonial past." https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12102025/climate-change-comes-for-the-house-of-the-seven-gables/
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Given how well these videos do on Instagram, I thought I'd share one here, too! A #FossilFriday clip with @stevebrusatte.bsky.social. T. rex had feathers, but not for flying. #Evolution #Scopes100 #Dinosaurs @ncse.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Given how well these videos do on Instagram, I thought I'd share one here, too! A #FossilFriday clip with @stevebrusatte.bsky.social. T. rex had feathers, but not for flying. #Evolution #Scopes100 #Dinosaurs @ncse.bsky.social
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Time to stop doom scrolling & check out some AMAZING 3 min science videos. Your thumbs up could decide who wins the #MySciJourney challenge! 🧪🐸🪶🔊
Thanks to lead funder @ncse.bsky.social & organizers @mattwilkins.galacticpolymath.com @scitalker.bsky.social 🙌
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...
Thanks to lead funder @ncse.bsky.social & organizers @mattwilkins.galacticpolymath.com @scitalker.bsky.social 🙌
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...
Bring Authentic Science Into Your Classroom and Decide Who Wins the #MySciJourney Challenge! — Galactic Polymath
Peek behind the curtain of cutting-edge research AND help decide the winners of the 2025 #MySciJourney Challenge! (Scientists, we’re accepting late entries until Nov. 3!)
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October 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Time to stop doom scrolling & check out some AMAZING 3 min science videos. Your thumbs up could decide who wins the #MySciJourney challenge! 🧪🐸🪶🔊
Thanks to lead funder @ncse.bsky.social & organizers @mattwilkins.galacticpolymath.com @scitalker.bsky.social 🙌
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...
Thanks to lead funder @ncse.bsky.social & organizers @mattwilkins.galacticpolymath.com @scitalker.bsky.social 🙌
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...
NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch and two NCSE Teacher Ambassadors, Jeff Grant and Melissa Lau, were prominently featured in "What are students really learning about climate change?" from Deutsche Welle's Living Planet.
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#ClimateEd #edusky #edusci #k12
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#ClimateEd #edusky #edusci #k12
Deutsche Welle covers climate change education with NCSE's aid | National Center for Science Education
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October 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch and two NCSE Teacher Ambassadors, Jeff Grant and Melissa Lau, were prominently featured in "What are students really learning about climate change?" from Deutsche Welle's Living Planet.
ncse.ngo/deutsche-wel...
#ClimateEd #edusky #edusci #k12
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#ClimateEd #edusky #edusci #k12
Episode 3 of Safeguarding Sound Science: Evolution Edition is out! In this episode, host Mat Kaplan and guests Joseph L. Graves Jr., Holly Dunsworth & Augustin Fuentes explore Darwin’s ideas, how far we’ve come, and where evolutionary biology is headed.
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#evosky #podsky
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#evosky #podsky
Safeguarding Sound Science | National Center for Science Education
Safeguarding Sound Science, Evolution EditionThe second season of Safeguarding Sound Science examines the everyday impacts of evolution, the grand theory that informs our understanding of all life on ...
ncse.ngo
October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Episode 3 of Safeguarding Sound Science: Evolution Edition is out! In this episode, host Mat Kaplan and guests Joseph L. Graves Jr., Holly Dunsworth & Augustin Fuentes explore Darwin’s ideas, how far we’ve come, and where evolutionary biology is headed.
ncse.ngo/safeguarding...
#evosky #podsky
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#evosky #podsky
It’s the last day to order an NCSE t-shirt or hoodie! Every order makes an impact by helping us provide resources for teachers and classrooms under pressure. https://www.bonfire.com/science-makes-you-strong-1/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=Bonfire&utm_content=link #EduSky
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October 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It’s the last day to order an NCSE t-shirt or hoodie! Every order makes an impact by helping us provide resources for teachers and classrooms under pressure. https://www.bonfire.com/science-makes-you-strong-1/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=Bonfire&utm_content=link #EduSky
Reducing carbon emissions seems like an easier and far more logical solution than installing grow lights around the rainforest or relocating the Earth away from the sun. "The Long Heat" is a new book that explores the how capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity. #booksky
So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
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October 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Reducing carbon emissions seems like an easier and far more logical solution than installing grow lights around the rainforest or relocating the Earth away from the sun. "The Long Heat" is a new book that explores the how capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity. #booksky
The Cretaceous period left behind an abundance of amber. These types of fossils then largely disappeared for 20 million years. Where did it all go? A video from PBS Eons on this intriguing topic - youtu.be/TBYGsvr0Acc?... #FossilFriday #paleosky
That Time the Earth Was Sticky
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October 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The Cretaceous period left behind an abundance of amber. These types of fossils then largely disappeared for 20 million years. Where did it all go? A video from PBS Eons on this intriguing topic - youtu.be/TBYGsvr0Acc?... #FossilFriday #paleosky
When the government dismantled climate.gov, educators were left scrambling. NCSE Teacher Ambassador Jeff Grant was recently interviewed on the topic for an article published in @science.org. ncse.ngo/science-teac...
#edusci #edusky #climate #teachersky #USeducation
#edusci #edusky #climate #teachersky #USeducation
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October 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
When the government dismantled climate.gov, educators were left scrambling. NCSE Teacher Ambassador Jeff Grant was recently interviewed on the topic for an article published in @science.org. ncse.ngo/science-teac...
#edusci #edusky #climate #teachersky #USeducation
#edusci #edusky #climate #teachersky #USeducation