Abstract
Since its initial scientific conceptualization, evolution has been under constant pressure to evolve in a non-scientific direction. Current non-scientific usage covers a broad range: generic ("the evolution of a great beer"); New Age religion ("the evolution of consciousness to higher states of reality"); Darwinist philosophy (the meaning of evolution is that "Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind"1). The treatment of evolution in a non-scientific manner has now made its official appearance in K - 12 education with the publication of the Science Framework for California Schools.