National Center for Science Education
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The National Center for Science Education is a nonprofit organization that advocates for accurate, evidence-based teaching of evolution and climate science in public schools and supports educators facing challenges from creationism and other forms of science denial.
All labels observed (1)
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| National Center for Science Education canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8330438 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Center for Science Education Context triple: [Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, involves, National Center for Science Education]
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A.
Center for Inquiry
The Center for Inquiry is a nonprofit organization that promotes secularism, scientific skepticism, and critical thinking through education, advocacy, and research.
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B.
James Randi Educational Foundation
The James Randi Educational Foundation was a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting critical thinking and scientific skepticism, best known for its public challenges to paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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C.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is a leading international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing science, engineering, and innovation for the benefit of all people, best known for publishing the journal Science.
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D.
AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology
The AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology is a program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that promotes effective communication and collaboration between scientists and the public.
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E.
New York Academy of Sciences
The New York Academy of Sciences is a prestigious scientific society and nonprofit organization that promotes scientific research, education, and policy through conferences, publications, and global programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Center for Science Education Target entity description: The National Center for Science Education is a nonprofit organization that advocates for accurate, evidence-based teaching of evolution and climate science in public schools and supports educators facing challenges from creationism and other forms of science denial.
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A.
Center for Inquiry
The Center for Inquiry is a nonprofit organization that promotes secularism, scientific skepticism, and critical thinking through education, advocacy, and research.
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B.
James Randi Educational Foundation
The James Randi Educational Foundation was a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting critical thinking and scientific skepticism, best known for its public challenges to paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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C.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is a leading international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing science, engineering, and innovation for the benefit of all people, best known for publishing the journal Science.
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D.
AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology
The AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology is a program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that promotes effective communication and collaboration between scientists and the public.
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E.
New York Academy of Sciences
The New York Academy of Sciences is a prestigious scientific society and nonprofit organization that promotes scientific research, education, and policy through conferences, publications, and global programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
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science education organization ⓘ |
| approach |
consensus-based science communication
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evidence-based ⓘ research-informed ⓘ |
| communicationChannel |
publications
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website ⓘ workshops and trainings ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| educationalLevel | K–12 ⓘ |
| field |
climate science education
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evolution education ⓘ science education ⓘ |
| focus |
climate change
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creationism in public education ⓘ evolution ⓘ intelligent design in public education ⓘ science denial ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure that climate change is taught in accordance with scientific consensus
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ensure that evolution is taught as a central organizing principle of biology ⓘ maintain integrity of science education standards ⓘ |
| method |
monitoring legislation and education policy
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offering expert advice in legal and policy disputes ⓘ providing classroom resources ⓘ providing professional development for educators ⓘ public outreach and communication about science education ⓘ |
| opposes |
climate change denial in education
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creationism in public school science classes ⓘ intelligent design as science in public schools ⓘ |
| purpose |
advocacy for accurate, evidence-based science education
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defense of the teaching of climate science in public schools ⓘ defense of the teaching of evolution in public schools ⓘ support for educators facing challenges from science denial ⓘ |
| sector | public schools ⓘ |
| stance |
opposes presenting religious views as science in public school science classes
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supports teaching that reflects the scientific consensus on climate change ⓘ supports teaching that reflects the scientific consensus on evolution ⓘ |
| supports |
parents advocating for sound science education
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public school teachers ⓘ school administrators ⓘ science curriculum developers ⓘ |
| topic |
legal controversies over teaching climate change
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legal controversies over teaching evolution ⓘ state science education standards ⓘ textbook and curriculum adoption ⓘ |
| worksWith |
civil liberties organizations
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educators ⓘ policy makers ⓘ scientists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: National Center for Science Education Description of subject: The National Center for Science Education is a nonprofit organization that advocates for accurate, evidence-based teaching of evolution and climate science in public schools and supports educators facing challenges from creationism and other forms of science denial.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.