The same is true of Bowhead Whales and Fin Whales.
Updated from: “All Genders Are Perfectly Natural” (K-5) poster by Reflection Press, from the Gender Now Coloring Book © 2011.
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The same is true of Bowhead Whales and Fin Whales.
Updated from: “All Genders Are Perfectly Natural” (K-5) poster by Reflection Press, from the Gender Now Coloring Book © 2011.
Updated from: “All Genders Are Perfectly Natural” (K-5) poster by Reflection Press, from the Gender Now Coloring Book © 2011.
Updated from: “All Genders Are Perfectly Natural” (K-5) poster by Reflection Press, from the Gender Now Coloring Book © 2011.
Updated from: “All Genders Are Perfectly Natural” (K-5) poster by Reflection Press, from the Gender Now Coloring Book © 2011.
Updated from: “All Genders Are Perfectly Natural” (K-5) poster by Reflection Press, from the Gender Now Coloring Book © 2011.
Caption: Zonotrichia albicollis #ML63894671. Image credit (C) 2015 Keenan Yakola, taken on Seal Island, ME (Asset available at https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/63894671)
When I switched to science teaching, I worried we weren’t preparing students for the diverse professional work environments I had left. Peers from different backgrounds often struggle to work together, and some curriculum can limit, not expand, the student conversation.
“You need a mom and dad to make a baby.”
“Same-sex pairings or transgender behavior is unnatural because they don’t produce babies.”
“My textbook says a characteristic ‘goal’ of life is to mate and have biological children.”
“But I was taught that everyone is XX or XY. Is that wrong?”
Even in San Francisco, more experienced teachers asked me, a nonbinary immigrant biology teacher, whether science had any unbiased resources for talking to students in a gender-inclusive way. I’m passionate about creating a classroom where students can stay curious about new experiences and identities, but I still want to keep science at the center.
To get you started, I’m sharing four ways teachers at any level or subject can respond to common gender-related questions using the evidence-based model of actual scientific research. Click through to read the article on WeAreTeachers, which includes the infographic below. Feel free to print and/or share!
–RXS