Evolution Education Opportunities 2. NCSE's Ed Director Louise
Mead is joining with Jim Costa and Kefyn Cately to offer a
course at Highlands Biological Station "Evolution in the Blue
Ridge: A Field and Lab Course for Science Educators" - June
20-July 2, at Western Carolina University and Highlands
Biological Station. Here is more information and links to the
course: http://www.wcu.edu/hbs/currentyrcourses.htm J3. udy
Scotchmoor and Louise Mead will be offering the Think Evolution
Summer Institute again, inviting middle school, high school, and
community college biology and science educators. The summer
institute will run August 1-5 at the University of California
Berkeley and feature conversations with scientists and hands-on
activities. Details can be seen at
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/about/institute11.php New
Assessment Tool for Probably most valuable is the "My Item Bank"
where you can select ready-to-use test items to use for your own
pre/post-tests. You can select items missed by the highest
percenta