Subject: FW: Darwin Day Celebration 2007

From: "Gwen Hennessey" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:56:14 -0600

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From: Dr.R.Stephens [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Tue 12/19/2006 9:42 AM
To: Gwen Hennessey
Subject: Darwin Day Celebration 2007

Darwin Day Celebration

AN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITY

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Subject: Darwin Day Celebration 2007

Dear K-12 Science Teacher,

First, I'd like to invite you to visit our updated Homepage at www.darwinday.org <http://www.darwinday.org/>  and browse the new section on "Examples on How to Celebrate Science and Humanity" toward the bottom of the page.  Note that this year's Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Roger Kornberg, recommended the celebration of science on the PBS News Hour <http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec06/nobel_10-04.html> , on October 3, 2006.  Take a little time to click on the various examples of Websites that have been developed for Darwin Day (DD) events in the past.  For instance there are samples for universities, colleges, high schools, K-12 <http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/evolk12/teaching/resources.htm> , museums, libraries, churches, and more.  There are also examples of some very exceptional projects that are being planned for Darwin's birthday bicentennial in 2009. 

Believe it or not, it's time for us to start promoting Darwin Day celebrations for 2007 that will be held on or near February 12, Darwin's birthday!  Many thanks, to all of you who have participated in "The International Celebration of Science and Humanity" in previous years.  Even though this yearly celebration has taken on a life of its own, with many independent national and international institutions taking part in the festivities, we still enjoy every response that recognizes our most reliable knowledge system - that of, verifiable scientific knowledge, produced by human curiosity and ingenuity!  We also invite everyone to register their celebratory Events on our website as a way of showing support for each other and for the vast amount of reliable scientific knowledge that humanity throughout the world has produced!

As was reported earlier this year, the DD celebration on February 12, 2006, was a tremendous success, with over 650 events being held around the world in at least 13 countries.  In addition, we made the news in a big way, appearing in over 150 newspapers, E-news articles and even on prime time TV news.  All in all, we believe that together, DD EVENTS and reports in the media reached at least a few million members of the public with a positive educational opportunity to learn more about Charles Darwin, evolutionary science and the role of all humanity.

The purpose of this letter is to encourage you, as science teachers, to take a little time with your class on, or near, February 12, 2007, to promote the understanding of our most reliable knowledge system, that of verifiable scientific knowledge.  We trust you will find material to assist you on our website http://www.darwinday.org <http://www.darwinday.org/>   and we encourage you to register your special effort in the EVENTS section of our website!

Sincerely yours,

Robert J. ("Bob") Stephens, Ph. D.
Emeritus Director, Cell Biology Program
SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute)
President, Darwin Day Celebration, a nonprofit, tax-deductible 501(c)(3) corp.
http://darwinday.org <http://darwinday.org/> 

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