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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 a discussion about creation in my classroom. In AP psychology we discuss all of the psychological schools of thought. One of those schools is evolution. As we discuss this theory, it brings out a rich discussion on creation and the book of Genesis. Each year the discussion is different in specifics but the overall theme is the same. It helps the students to really take a look at their faith and see it as compared to what some science states.
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I had a great discussion about creation and evolution in my AP Calculus AB course. We were working through a problem about exponential decay, specifically, carbon dating. After working the problem, a discussion started about the accuracy of carbon dating and how to resolve the issues between the ages carbon dating gives us and the relatively young age of the earth found in the Bible. I explained that carbon dating is based on the evolutionary assumption that the earth has always had the same amount of carbon in the atmosphere. I then asked them what they think could have been drastic enough to perhaps change the amount of carbon? We concluded that the Flood probably had an effect on the amount of carbon. After doing a bit of research myself, I can confirm this conclusion ( https://answersingenesis.org/geology/carbon-14/doesnt-carbon-14-dating-disprove-the-bible/ ).
Next time, I would/will plan for these type of discussions to stem from working those types of problems and do some more research ahead of time so I can better guide my students to a biblical conclusion.
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When I was teaching in the public school, I had a few minimal discussions with students, but that was as far as it would go, because administrators did not permit the discussions. Last year, my first year teaching in a private school, we only talked about creation view and gave God credit for everything that is made.
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I would praise God for how wonderfully He has made everything, making note of His “intelligent design” in all things… I like how Dr. Black states “Christianity is not at war with science.” I would state the same, and give God credit for His thoughtfulness in how the Earth was designed, including how He has given us dominion over the animals and the land. I want my students to know that we may always have questions, but we may not always have a scientific explanation for things. Sometimes we just have to trust in God when it comes to our questions involving science. I would bring it back to faith & trusting in Him, making note that as much as modern-day scientists think they’ve got it all figured out, they do not. They are constantly changing their theories about things. They have no hard evidence that can trace anything back to the beginning of time, and they are not the authority in all things. But God did leave us a very reliable and historical book that we can trust in. I want my students to be careful to not place faith in men, and especially secular science. Scientists are not “gods” and are not the authority in all matters. I want my students to continue to think for themselves, and to know they can always trust in our Creator, God, when something doesn’t make sense. His mind is greater than our mind, and sometimes things simply won’t make sense, and they need to know that that’s okay…. this is when we lean on faith. God’s got us covered, and the earth has continued to turn.
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Having taught freshman Biology, I have had discussions about creation and evolution. It went rather well and I don’t think I would change much. I showed different videos from varying perspectives and created a discussion based environment to talk through these subjects.