AAAS - Evolution on the Front Line

[Henk Elegeert]

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AAAS - Evolution on the Front Line

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Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology

AAAS Evolution on the Front Line:
An Event for St. Louis-Area Teachers

Sunday, 19 February 2006
1:45 – 5:00 p.m.
America’s Center, Ferrara Theater
701 Convention Plaza
St. Louis, Missouri


PROGRAM PRESENTATIONS
OPENING VIDEO PRESENTATION
Teacher 	Teachers and Evolution on the Front Line
[video: RealMedia, Windows Media Player]

WELCOMING REMARKS
Alan I. Leshner 	Dr. Alan I. Leshner, Chief Executive Officer of AAAS
and Executive Publisher, Science
[Video of Welcome]
[PowerPoint]
Gilbert S. Omenn 	Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn, AAAS President and Professor of
Medicine, Genetics and Public Health, University of Michigan
[Video of Introduction and Teacher Survey]
[PowerPoint]
[Ten Challenges (pdf) | Survey Results (ppt)]
[Welcome Letter]

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Russ Carnahan 	

The Honorable Russ Carnahan (D–Missouri)
[Video of Keynote Address]
[Video of Russ Carnahan Q&A Session]

SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM TODAY
Gerald Wheeler 	Introduction of Linda K. Foschauer by:
Dr. Gerald Wheeler, Executive Director, National Science Teachers
Association (NSTA)

Linda K. Froschauer 	Ms. Linda K. Froschauer, President-Elect, NSTA;
Middle-School Teacher and K-8 Science Department Chair, Weston Public
Schools, CT
[Video of Presentation: Evolution on the Front Line]
[PowerPoint]

BIODIVERSITY AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
Peter Raven 	Dr. Peter Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden and
George Engelmann Professor of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis
[Video of Presentation: What Evolution May Teach Us About Biodiversity]

EVOLUTION AND CATHOLIC TEACHINGS
George V. Coyne 	
Rev. George V. Coyne, Director, The Vatican Observatory
[Video of Presentation: Is God a Scientist? A Catholic Scientist Looks
at Evolution]
[PowerPoint]

CAPSTONE ADDRESS
Jeff Corwin 	Mr. Jeff Corwin, Host, Animal Planet's "Corwin's Quest"
[Presentation not available]

SCIENTIFIC PANEL ON EVOLUTION AND THE NATURE OF SCIENCE
Cornielia Dean 	Ms. Cornelia Dean, Senior Writer, New York Times, moderating
[Video of Introduction]

Panelists:
Robert M. Hazen 	Prof. Robert M. Hazen, George Mason University and
Carnegie Institution of Washington
[Video of Presentation: Genesis — The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin]
[PowerPoint]

Kenneth R. Miller 	
Prof. Kenneth R. Miller, Brown University
[Video of Presentation: Time To Abandon Darwin?]
[PowerPoint]
Scott Sampson 	Prof. Scott Sampson, University of Utah and Utah Museum
of Natural History
[Video of Presentation: An Apology and a Challenge]
[PowerPoint]

Eugenie Scott 	
Dr. Eugenie C. Scott, Executive Director, National Center for Science
Education
[Video of Presentation]
   	[Video of Scientific Panel Q&A Session]

CLOSING REMARKS
Gilbert Omenn 	Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn, AAAS President and Professor of
Medicine, Genetics and Public Health, University of Michigan
[Video of Closing Remarks]

NEWS FROM AAAS
Coyne 	Science, Teachers and Clergy Strengthen Bonds at AAAS Evolution
Event [20 February 2006]
The Rev. George Coyne, the Vatican’s astronomer, was among a stellar
AAAS panel that met with teachers in St. Louis to discuss evolution,
religion and scientific integrity.
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Henk Elegeert

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