I just received this message this weekend. -ML Could you please post this message on your listserve or newsletters? Thanks very much in advance and please don't hesitate to contact me for more information. Regards, Joe Franke Joe Franke, MS Curriculum Consultant for the Humane Society of the United States 64953 Glacier View Dr. Bend, Oregon USA 97701 Phone/FAX: (541) 318-0707 Dear Educator, You are cordially invited to join the Animal-Friendly Labs (AFLabs) biology curriculum listserve, sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The AFLabs listserve is intended for teachers and others with an interest in the issues surrounding the use of animals in the classroom, particularly in the context of high school and college biology labs. Topics to be covered on the listserve include (but are not restricted to): classroom-based dissection and live animal experimentation and alternatives to these procedures; potential difficulties encountered in implementing alternatives (e.g., conforming to state and local curriculum standards); multidisciplinary, inquiry-based alternatives to traditional biology curricula; and the maintenance of animals in the classroom for educational purposes. Subscribing and posting to the list is easy (as is unsubscribing). Interested individuals can join the list by sending a blank email message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The AFLabs listserve is part of a broader effort by The HSUS to encourage a dialogue about the harmful use of animals in education and to facilitate the implementation of alternatives to such use of animals. "Alternatives" is used in a broad sense to encompass methods that could be used effectively to reduce or refine, as well as replace, harmful animal use. As a complement to the listserve, The HSUS is developing a website geared primarily towards life science teachers at the high school and college levels teachers. The site will provide easily accessible information about available alternatives to dissection and live-animal experimentation, lesson plans that incorporate alternatives methods, and product reviews of available software and Web-based alternatives to dissection and invasive live animal experiments. The AFLab website will also include background discussions of the controversy and divergent ethical views surrounding the use of animals in the classroom, as well as examples of how non-invasive, inquiry-based scientific explorations of living organisms are being used in classrooms and field settings in various parts of the world. -- This is the CPS Science Teacher List. To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://home.sprintmail.com/~mikelach/subscribe.html>. To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/science%40lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/>
