Teaching Science

Starting this week, I'm teaching a science class at a small private school here in Orlando. My students are middle and high school students of various ages (it's a very small school). This week my students are reading and commenting on a recent Michael Shermer column from Scientific American. In addition to lessons on skepticism, I'll soon be diving into one of the most contentious issues in modern American education: evolution. Depending on how you ask the question, about half of all Americans don't accept evolution. Also, I'm reading Doubting Darwin? just now. So this should be good times. Wish me luck!