I can't say how successful it was but certainly the Field Museum's Life Over
Time exhibit (1st edition) was a lot of fun.  People seemed engaged by the
quirkiness of it.  Perhaps someone at the Field -- or one of you evaluator
types -- can speak to its success in teaching evolution.

janice

Janice Klein
Director, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
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-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Dirk Van Tuerenhout
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 3:06 PM
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Subject: Re: Godwin's Law and the thread on evolution & ID


I agree.  When I see Hitler invoked, I cannot help but think that
rational thought has just gone out of the window. 

It is interesting that I received only one reaction to a question I
posed a few weeks ago: how does one make science (and especially
evolution) attractive again for the general public?  This is a question
I ask without wanting to be condescending; we all have read science
texts that really pulled us in and others that we had to put down
because they were just too awful. 

I keep wondering then: How does one proceed teaching about evolution in
a way that engages people and allows them to come to a better
understanding of this fascinating topic, and all this without resorting
to soundbites(like the one I reacted to)?

Thanks

Dirk Van Tuerenhout

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