Title: Chapter 1: Why Teach Evolution? | Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science | The National Academies Press
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Why Teach Evolution?

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Why Teach Evolution?
Solving the Puzzle
Evolution and the Nature of Science
Evolution and Everyday Life
Dialogue
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Why Teach Evolution? Why is it so important to teach evolution? After all, many questions in biology can be answered without mentioning evolution: How do birds fly? How can certain plants grow in the desert? Why do children resemble their parents? Each of these questions has an immediate answer involving aerodynamics, the storage and use of water by plants, or the mechanisms of heredity.