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Science Teachers鈥 Group Comes Out Strong on Teaching Climate Change

By Stephen Sawchuk 鈥 September 18, 2018 1 min read
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The major group representing science 糖心动漫vlog is making this point crystal clear: The scientific consensus for climate change caused by human activity is overwhelming, and the topic must be taught in K-12 classrooms.

The National Science Teachers Association says in its position statement, released last week, that the science of climate change is as established as other fields, like plate tectonics and planetary astronomy.

鈥淕iven the solid scientific foundation on which climate-change science rests, any controversies regarding climate change and human-caused contributions to climate change that are based on social, economic, or political arguments鈥攔ather than scientific arguments鈥攕hould not be part of a science curriculum,鈥 it says.

Idaho, New Mexico, and West Virginia, have all faced controversies over the past two years over how they鈥檝e revised their science standards on the topic of climate change. And just in the past weeks, Arizona released a new draft that eliminates some pieces related to climate change.

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A version of this article appeared in the September 19, 2018 edition of Education Week as Science Teachers鈥 Group Comes Out Strong on Teaching Climate Change

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