Summary: Evolution Should Be Taught In Schools

In 1987, the U.S. Supreme Court created a law that required public school students to learn the stories of both evolution and creation science was a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s establishment of religion (Masci, 2014). This law was amended because it was creating an environment in which religious students could question their view, and possibly insult their ideological upbringings. Biology-Online Dictionary states that the definition of evolution is, “The change in genetic composition of a population over successive generations.” This idea of evolution was well studied by a scientist known as Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin suggested that all organisms struggle for existence, and this struggle causes the organisms to adapt to their environment in order to survive and produce offspring for generations to come. Charles Darwin explains these different concepts in his book known as, Origin of …show more content…
In this book, Charles Darwin defines the theory of evolution as, “The process by which organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable, physical or behavioral traits (Darwin, 1901). The author also explains the concept of natural selection as, “The process by which organisms with genomic characteristics that make them better suited for their environment, and produce more offspring.” This goes to show that evolution is an important topic to understand, and to be taught in schools around the nation. Evolution should be taught in school because it is the basis for all living organism. It allows humans to understand the origins of different species. Evolution is an important piece of scientific learning because it helps scientist explain many of the different phenomena that in the world. There is a substantial amount of supporting evidence that explains what evolution is, and how it has effected different organisms. In the video known as, Popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of