Evolution to be compulsory subject in UK primary schools

[rjh01]

Something like this?

Bit out of date. The table does not include element 114 (and 112). See this video

 

[Ocelot]

Something like this?

Yes yes yes.

Thank you.

 

[Roboramma]

To my knowledge, I have not brushed any direct evidence aside. I do, however, remove from my subscription lists and stop posting in threads that turn from legitimate discussions into conclusory bash-fests.

If you haven't brushed any evidence aside, why then did you say:

As of today? Because the evidence I have for accepting common ancestry is that many scientists believe it, and the evidence I have for rejecting common ancestry is that sources I trust more than those scientists reject it.
Hence, my desire to seek out more direct evidence.

After you were given evidence other than the fact that many scientists believe it? Note, by the way, that you were given that evidence before you stopped participating in that thread, and you specifically said you would examine that evidence.

I don't have a problem with you not accepting evolution, but you are certainly suggesting that you don't have access to evidence that you were specifically given.

 

[popscythe]

Avalon:

When I read that you were a creationist, I thought you were joking.

You are, aren't you?

 

[AvalonXQ]

Avalon:

When I read that you were a creationist, I thought you were joking.

You are, aren't you?

As of today, yes I am.
We'll see what I learn tomorrow.

 

[popscythe]

now I can't read your signature without hearing party all the time...

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Evolution to be taught to primary school kids? Why? Sure some basic science - I remember mucking about with water and objects to experiment with why and what things float, mixing colours together, using levers to lift stuff, but evolution seems a tad heavy going for a little kid.

I taught a genetics module to an eight-grade class one time, all of whom were my classmates. You can be sure I kept at a level they could understand. (This was in 1964, and I suggested it to my science teacher who approved. He didn't ask to go over my material first..)

 

[popscythe]

Anyone here ever used The Blind Watchmaker?

I remember it being boring when I was young, and now I want to try it again.

 

[Rrose Selavy]

Anyone here ever used The Blind Watchmaker?

I remember it being boring when I was young, and now I want to try it again.

Used?
What as a doorstop or a paperweight?

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[Gawdzilla Sama]

Used?
What as a doorstop or a paperweight?

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It's useful for calming god-botherers down. Apply to the back of the head with maximum available force.

 

[AvalonXQ]

Anyone here ever used The Blind Watchmaker?

Twice now. He takes longer than the sighted watchmaker down the street but he doesn't charge as much.

 

[Nonpareil]

It's useful for calming god-botherers down. Apply to the back of the head with maximum available force.

Okay, made me laugh. Mainly from the mental pictures that came up when I pictured a guy being hit over the head with a blind watchmaker.

 

[ZirconBlue]

How does one make blind watches, anyway?

 

[AvalonXQ]

How does one make blind watches, anyway?

Braille numbers, no faceplate.

 

[KingMerv00]

Braille numbers, no faceplate.

Don't forget tinted glass.

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Braille numbers, no faceplate.

Actually, you use an analog watch with a flip-open face so the user can feel the location of the hands. My grandfather had one.

These days, of course, you can get one that talks.

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Should this read "basic science to be taught in UK schools"?

 

[Roboramma]

Should this read "basic science to be taught in UK schools"?

Yeah, but then it wouldn't have made three pages.

 

[Sideroxylon]

I'm a creationist. I don't believe in common ancestry. I don't want the school teaching it until the kids are older.
ETA: Further explanation. The more controversial a topic, the more I think teachers should leave it to parents when the kids are still in the "memorize-and-regurgitate" stage of schooling. The school should wait and address controversial topics when the kids are old enough to tackle those topics critically.

There is no controversy about the truth of evolution among experts. Its a fact and thats what we should be teaching kids in school. Its probably even a good way of driving a stake through a controversy fuled by ignorance.

My ten-year-old has heard nothing of evolution from his school but he seems more than ready to start dealing with it.

 

[Alferd_Packer]

Evolution to be taught to primary school kids? Why? Sure some basic science - I remember mucking about with water and objects to experiment with why and what things float, mixing colours together, using levers to lift stuff, but evolution seems a tad heavy going for a little kid.

My son, who was a dinosaur fan at age 5 knew more about evolution when he was in 3rd grade than most people do now. In 5th grade he could cite the entire Earth's major geologic periods in order and what the major fauna of that peirod was.

I think kids are well up to the subject matter.