Evolution Resources

Challenges to the teaching of evolution continue in our state's schools (see "The Roseville Story" below). Recent attempts to have "intelligent design" and creationism taught alongside the theory of evolution, while not, perhaps, widespread, are nonetheless sources of much consternation for parents and science teachers who want their students to have the benefit of a solid, academically sound science education. CSTA has developed this resource packet for teachers and districts who find themselves confronted by attempts to introduce into science classrooms non-scientific ideas about the origins of life.

FLASH! New Free Resource! The National Academy of Sciences' latest publication on evolution, Science, Evolution, and Creationism, can be downloaded for free. http://www.nap.edu/sec. A printed copy can also be ordered from that site.

Resources for classroom and community:

CSTA's policy statement on the teaching of evolution

Questions for school board candidates

Read the "Clergy Letter" signed by over 10,000 members of the Christian clergy supporting the teaching of evolution

The Roseville Story

Typical "counter-evolutionary" strategies (from NCSE)

PBS's outstanding 7-part series on evolution, including resources

Constitutional and historical arguments

Information and resources from Talk Origins website

CSTA Journals focusing on evolution
available for purchase from the CSTA website

CSTA Evolution Partners

Visit the new UC Museum of Paleontology website Understanding Evolution

Find more "challenges to evolution" resources at the National Center for Science Education website.

Read about challenges to evolution in Kansas.