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Greetings! Educators near and far, please share how you explain the theory of evolution when faced with a religious challenge.

sciteachmd 6 Feb 9
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Good question. I have never had to do it with my students.

GreatNani Level 8 July 30, 2018
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I'm in elementary and from Kinder on we teach about the difference between fantasy and reality. At the same time, I personally teach to respect others beliefs especially as we read about other cultures. The key is teaching to question and test answers in all subject areas. We also need to listen to our students so that they learn they can speak up and ask questions.

Coqui Level 4 May 12, 2018
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I don't feel compelled to explain it other than a very high level. How else do you explain a huge diverse world? From memory there are 20,000 species of beetles. How? Why?

Apart from that, evolution of fruit flies is observable in laboratories daily.

EWENBUR Level 3 Feb 10, 2018
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One of my biology profs just came out and said religion is out of this, This is the science and that’s it.

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There are SOOOOOOO many great Youtube videos on the topic.

Bookmark a few of the ones you like, and email the links to anyone who wants to know the details.

BanjoTango Level 5 Feb 10, 2018
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tell them to piss off and stop fucking knocking on my door.

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The amount of material available on this very topic would fill a fair sized library.

[blogs.scientificamerican.com]

[pbs.org]

This a great link! Thanks for sharing.

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Which religious challenge? Theory of natural selection?

Rugglesby Level 8 Feb 9, 2018
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I teach math. All I have to explain with any difficulty is imaginary numbers.

I teach all core subjects. Religion isn't one of them.

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"The THEORY of evolution" sounds like something Pence would say.......

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