| Table of Contents Compiled by Wendy Cunningham |
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| Introduction | |
| I. | Sites describing and/or supporting evolution |
| II. | Sites describing and/or promoting creationism |
| III. | Position statements by scientific and educational groups |
| IV. | Interactive forums |
| V. | Keep Kansas out of your back yard: What you can do |
| VI. | The Kansas Decision and other recent creationism vs. evolution school debates |
| VII. | Court cases |
| VIII. | Articles, essays, books, reports, and press releases |
| IX. | GSA members speak out at GSA's 1999 Annual Meeting |
| X. | Participate in the debate by teaching a class — Past GSA Treasurer David Dunn provides a syllabus and annotated bibliography for his University of Texas at Dallas course Geology Refutes Creationism |
Evolution and Creationism —
Position statements by scientific and educational groups
The following position statements on the importance of teaching evolution and on recent creationist victories that threaten evolution education come from a host of well-respected sources, including scientific, educational, religious, and civil liberties organization.
| GSA Position Statement on Evolution |
General Statements regarding the teaching of evolution and the nature of science vs. creationism:
- The Teaching of Evolution (National Science Teachers Association)
- Biological Evolution and the History of the Earth Are Foundations of Science (American Geophysical Union)
- Science Curricula and the Teaching of Evolution in K–12 Classrooms (Association for Women Geoscientists Policy Paper)
Statements in response to the Kansas School Board Decision "to approve public school science standards that greatly de-emphasize or delete concepts of evolution, the geological time scale, continental drift, and current theories of the origin of the universe...." (Knowledge under Siege, from the Kansas Citizens for Science Web Site) :
- Statement of the National Science Teachers in Response to the Kansas State Board of Education's Actions to Remove Evolution from State Standards
- AAAS Statement on the Kansas State Board of Education Decision on the Education of Students in the Science of Evolution and Cosmology (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
- Joint Statement from the National Research Council, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and National Science Teachers Association Regarding the Kansas Science Education Standards
- Press Release: From the Kansas Association of Teachers of Science (KATS)
- Kansas Rejects Evolution: A Response from the Geoscience Community (Statements from individual members of the geoscience community — Geotimes feature, October 1999)
Statements in response to the Oklahoma State Textbook Committee's vote to place an evolution disclaimer on biology texts offered for use in the state: