Dr. Peter Gegenheimer, Lawrence KS USA
Most recent revision: April 23, 2001
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Each topic is a separate publication in Portable
Document format (Adobe Acrobat PDF). Most are 1 or 2 pages. Unless otherwise stated,
these are 15 K to 100 Kbyte downloads. Two-page fliers are meant to be photocopied double-sided. Some are designed to be folded into 3 sections (if letter paper) or 4 sections (if legal paper). The size of the page will be shown at the bottom of the Acrobat Reader frame. | ||
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Knowledge Under Siege.How the Kansas Board
of Education's decision on the science standards threatens our children's education.
(2 pages) What the State Board really did and what it means to you. A summary of the actions taken by the Kansas State Board, and the impact on education. By Helen Alexander, Ph.D. (population biologist, research mentor, and science educator), for Kansas Citizens for Science (KCFS). |
Summary of the Issues. (1 page) A brief summary of the history of the Kansas Science Standards: how they were drafted, how they were altered, and what was changed. By Jack Krebs (high school educator). |
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The Science Standards Issue in Kansas. (2 pp) This flier explains why the state's Science Standards received an "F" from the Fordham Foundation, how the State Board of Education copied from the works of "creation science" writers, and how the Board has continually attempted to minimize the effects of their actions. By Jack Krebs, for KCFS. |
The Fordham Report - Summary.
(1 p.) An independent, conservative organization which reviews and rates education standards around the country flunked the approved Kansas Science standards. Without the creationist alterations, the standards would have received an "A". By Jack Krebs, for KCFS. | |
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"Local Control:" Was It
Really the Issue? This flier examines whether the Board majority's actions were motivated by a desire to give local school boards more control over education standards. By Brian Poindexter, for KCFS. |
The Politicization of Science Education.
An In-Depth Report by the Fordham Foundation. (38 pp) Dr. Paul Gross, author of "Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels With Science," examines how the encroachment of postmodernism, constructivism, and relativism trivializes knowledge and undermines K-12 science education. | |
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Phillip Johnson: Summary A succinct and snappy summary of who he is and what his agenda is. What he'll talk about in his presentations -- and what he'll leave out. By Adrian Melott and Jack Krebs, for Kansas Citizens For Science. |
Phillip Johnson: Who Is He, What Is He Doing, and
Why? (2 pp.) A more detailed explanation of Johnson's creationist background and the hidden agenda of the Discovery Institute of which he is a member. The difference between mainstream science and religion, and Johnson's portrayal of them. By Jack Krebs, for KCFS. |
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Intelligent Design: What Do Biologists Really Say?(2 legal pp.) An unbiased overview of the Intelligent Design argument. How working biologists respond, and why they say its current form is pseudoscience.By Peter Gegenheimer, Ph.D. (molecular biologist and research mentor). Also in a Text-only version. |
Intelligent design: what is it, and why
doesn't it belong in science class?(2 pp) A summary of what the ID Movement stands for and the nature of its arguments against biology. By Jack Krebs and Adrian Melott, for KCFS. | |
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The Wedge Strategy. (2
legal pp.) Prepared by the headquarters of the Intelligent Design movement, the Discovery Institute's Center for the Renewal of Culture and Society, this ca. 1998 document details their 20-year strategy to replace science with theocracy. |
A Word About Intelligent Design.
Why it can be dangerous to science. (2 pp.) "Intelligent Design" is proposed by some to bring the demise of evolution. But I.D. is neither science nor mainstream religion. What is its real effect on the pursuit of knowledge? By Burt Humburg (medical student). | |
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Asking for Trouble. (1 p.) An excerpt fromAsking for Trouble, Chapter 9 of Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution. By Dr. Kenneth R. Miller (professor of biology at Brown University, practicing Roman Catholic, and co-author of several widely used biology textbooks). | |
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Think There's No Proof for Evolution?
Have a Cigarette! The proof for evolution is as robust as the proof that smoking causes cancer. Care for a light? By Burt Humburg, for KCFS. | |
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The Big Bang: A Beginner's Guide to the Beginning. What it is the "Big Bang"? Why is it important in physics and astronomy? And how can we "see" back in time, 15 billion years ago? By Keith Ashman, Ph.D. (astrophysicist and science educator) and Adrian Melott, Ph.D. (physical cosmologist and research mentor), and Roger Martin (KUCR science writer) for Kansas Citizens for Science. | |
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