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  2. Regulation of science - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. government and state legislatures have also enacted regulations promoting science education. The National Defense Education Act of 1958 was passed soon after the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 1 and linked education with issues of national security. This law provided funding for scholarships and science programs. [15]

  3. Unconformity - Wikipedia

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    A nonconformity exists between sedimentary rocks and metamorphic or igneous rocks when the sedimentary rock lies above and was deposited on the pre-existing and eroded metamorphic or igneous rock. Namely, if the rock below the break is igneous or has lost its bedding due to metamorphism, then the plane of juncture is a nonconformity.

  4. McLean v. Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education, 529 F. Supp. 1255 (E.D. Ark. 1982), was a 1981 legal case in the US state of Arkansas. [1]A lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas by various parents, religious groups and organizations, biologists, and others who argued that the Arkansas state law known as the Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and ...

  5. Nonconformity - Wikipedia

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    Insubordination, the act of willfully disobeying an order of one's superior; Dissent, a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or entity

  6. Edwards v. Aguillard - Wikipedia

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    Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of teaching creationism.The Court considered a Louisiana law requiring that where evolutionary science was taught in public schools, creation science must also be taught.

  7. National Science Education Standards - Wikipedia

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    The National Science Education Standards (NSES) [1] represent guidelines for the science education in primary and secondary schools in the United States, as established by the National Research Council in 1996. These provide a set of goals for teachers to set for their students and for administrators to provide professional development.

  8. Great Unconformity - Wikipedia

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    The unconformity between the Tonto Group and the Vishnu Basement Rocks is a nonconformity. The break between the Tonto Group and the Grand Canyon Supergroup is an angular unconformity. [2] [3] [4] Powell's Great Unconformity is part of a continent-wide unconformity that extends across Laurentia, the ancient core of North America.

  9. Nonconformity (quality) - Wikipedia

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    In quality management, a nonconformity (sometimes referred to as a non conformance or nonconformance or defect) is a deviation from a specification, a standard, or an expectation. Nonconformities or nonconformance can be classified in seriousness multiple ways, though a typical classification scheme may have three to four levels, including ...