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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus5/16/2016 8:54:52 pm PDT

I see that over on the Daily Beast that Zack Kopplin is highlighting yet another case of creeping creationismā€¦ this time the tool used to mess with the minds of children is our old friend Adnan Oktar:

thedailybeast.com

Now, the curriculum is a year old:

So I donā€™t know if the school district still uses it, but it is still on their website.

Hereā€™s the video the school endorses:

Cambrian Explosion Clarified

Here is the district text (on page 3) that goes with the video:

Teacher explains Darwinā€™s dilemma: The geologically-sudden appearance of dozens of major complex animal types in the fossil record without any trace of the gradual transitional steps Charles Darwin had predicted. Students watch a video which gives a description of the Cambrian explosion and traits of Cambrian life forms that existed hundreds millions years ago, which still amaze scientists today. Students discuss the issues presented in the video and consider the big question that the Cambrian Explosion poses - where does the massive increase in genetic
information come from for the development of these new animal types? Students consider another possible view of the dilemma in video 2 by considering changes in protein structure

I seem to recall this being discussed last year, but I canā€™t remember exactly where. There were flare ups about creationism in Indiana, IIRC.