For many people, the age and origin of the universe is not a big issue. But for many of us, it is a critical question. After decades of studying and considering the origins issue, I have come to the definite conclusion that origins DO matter. And that our worldview determines our beliefs in this area: do we believe that humans came into existence out of random chance mutations, or that we were created for a purpose? Clearly, I weigh in on the side of the latter argument. And after a number of years of teaching Creation, I now offer a few more resources to those who want to teach/study this important area.
My contributions to this topic came in the fall of 2009, when much of the world was celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and the 150th anniversary of the publishing of his book, the Origin of Species. As my family enjoyed Vision Forum’s resources on the Galapagos Islands, I wanted to learn more; to delve a little further into the history of the islands, as well as into the incredible natural resources there. From that digging came a 28 page booklet on the Galapagos Islands and masters for a lapbook on the islands.
My third Creation resource is a simple one-page form I developed for my Creation Science students. We spent the first semester getting acquainted with numerous animals in God’s creation. The students filled out this sheet, while watching the related portions of Answers in Genesis’ Incredible Creatures videos, and while listening to Vision Forum’s Jonathan Park Goes to the Aquarium CD’s and Jonathan Park Goes to the Zoo. We also looked at many of the pages in AIG’s Zoo and Aquarium books.
I found that by filling out the information on the form for the various animals we were studying, it kept the students engaged with what we were listening to or watching. The form is available in a comb-bound book that comes with 36 pre-printed copies of the form. (You many copy more for your own students, if you would like to.) The form also comes as a one-page pdf file that you can download, and then print as many copies as you need. (The recommended method, if you have access to a printer and copier.)
