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Sunday, 19 February 2006
1:45PM–5:00PM
AAAS Annual Meeting
America's Center, Ferrara Theater
701 Convention Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63101
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is collaborating with leading scientific organizations to give teachers a voice on the evolution issue and a way to tell the scientific community how to best support them.
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Hear Jeff Corwin, host of Animal Planet's Corwin's Quest, and other exciting speakers!
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Sponsors and Collaborating Organizations
Evolution on the Front Line is being made possible through the William T. Golden Endowment Fund for Program Innovation at AAAS, with additional generous support from the Geological Society of America.
Other collaborators include the following organizations:
-- As of 6 January 2006
Moderator and Speakers
MODERATED BY:
- Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn, AAAS President
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
- Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Missouri)
- Mr. Jeff Corwin, Host of Animal Planet's Corwin's Quest
- Father George V. Coyne, Director, The Vatican Observatory
- Reporter Cornelia Dean of The New York Times
- Ms. Linda Froschauer, President-elect, National Science Teachers Association
- Prof. Robert Hazen, George Mason University and The Carnegie Institution of Washington
- Prof. Kenneth R. Miller, Brown University
- Dr. Peter Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Prof. Scott Sampson, University of Utah; Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Utah Museum of Natural History
- Dr. Eugenie Scott, Executive Director, National Center for Science Education
- And more ...
Related Events
Those attending the evolution event may want to visit the free AAAS Family Science Days, too. Children and families can find inspiration in kid-friendly demonstrations and other events, 11:00AM–5:00PM, in the Exhibit Hall of the America's Center.
The following evolution-related events are planned as part of the 2006 AAAS Annual Meeting:
Friday, 17 February • 10:30AM–NOON
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Teaching and Learning About Science: Challenges and Opportunities Concerning Evolution
Organized by:
Toby Horn, Carnegie Institution of Washington; Ida Chow, Society for Developmental Biology; Jay Labov, National Academy of Sciences |
Friday, 17 February• 1:45PM-4:45PM
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| Clinic |
Teaching
and Learning Science: Addressing the Challenges Collaboratively
Organized by:
Ida Chow, Society for Developmental Biology; Jay Labov, National
Academy of Sciences; Toby Horn, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
Saturday, 18 February • 9:45AM-11:15AM
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Constitutional Principles and Legal Strategies in the Creation and Evolution Debates
Organized by:
Gilbert Whittemore, Rath, Young, and Pignatelli and American Bar Association Section of Science & Technology Law; Connie Bertka, AAAS Science and Policy Programs
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Saturday, 18 February • 2:00PM-5:00PM
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Science Under Attack
Organized by:
Jon Miller, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Eugenie Scott, National Center for Science Education
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Saturday, 18 February • 6:30PM
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| Plenary Lecture |
Ursula Goodenough,
Professor of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis |
Sunday, 19 February • 8:30AM-11:30AM
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| Symposium |
Anti-Evolutionism in America: What's Ahead?
Organized by:
Irving Wainer, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health; Gregory Tinkler, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University; Peter Bullock, Purdue Pharma LP |
Sunday, 19 February• 12:30PM-1:15PM
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| Topical Lecture |
Donald Kennedy,
Editor-in-Chief, Science |
Sunday, 19 February • 1:45PM-5:00PM
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| Special Event for Teachers |
Evolution on the Front Line |
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