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Have you had discussions about creation and evolution in your classroom? If so, how did those go? Is there anything you would do differently? If you have not had these discussions in your classroom, how do you think you would handle them?
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I have had many discussions about creation and evolution in my classroom. They went well for the most part. Last year, I had a guest lecturer from our local Creation Institute present to the students. Although the information was presented well, time constraints and comfort levels did not allow students to openly ask questions. In the future, I may invite a guest lecturer to introduce the topic with a brief overview, but I will ensure that I take plenty of time to openly discuss the topic with my students, as I have done in the past.
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Yes, I’ve had discussions about creation and evolution in my classroom. Most of the students hadn’t heard of the difference between macro- and microevolution. What really blew their mind was that perhaps creation didn’t happen in six 24-hour days…they had never thought about that before. I try hard to convey that our God is a God of order, of math and science, and that he is bigger than anything we can fathom. He’s not limited by space and time as we are…He created them! We always have fun conversations, and I try to teach my students not to be afraid of asking deep or difficult questions.
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I have had many discussions about creation in my classroom and they went well. The one things that the students always question the most is, was did God really create the world in six days? Then we have the discussion about six days probably looked different back then.
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I have had many discussions about the evidence for creation and evolution and other theories of origins. The students were interested in learning the strengths and weaknesses of each side of the debate. The fact that they were created by a loving eternal Father gives them assurance that their lives are not aimless accidents, that they have a purpose and make decisions in line with what God wants for them. We worked on some projects preparing debates involving the fossil record, design in nature, DNA is a language given by an Intelligent Mind and other topics.
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I teach second grade so I cannot go into much depth with the students, but once I teach them about the 6 days of Creation, I then refer back to them all throughout the year and help them understand those are the basic foundations on which we build all of our lives. When we are reading secular books, I teach them how to look for information that would be an evolutionary view and how they can use Scripture to see where that is not what God’s Word states. Once the students grow in their understanding, they can then find it for themselves in books and they will come to me and show me. I then take that time to ask them the “WHY?” questions to help them begin defending why they believe what they believe. I do not want them to say it is because it is what I taught them, but that it is from God’s Word.
