October 2017
Editorial
FAST (Faith and Science Teaching)
Last night, our school held its annual open house for parents. Throughout the evening parents moved from classroom to classroom to hear [...]
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Science and the Christian Faith in the 21st Century
Fifty years have passed since I took my first college biology course. In 1967, the genetic code had just been deciphered. For [...]
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Teach FASTly: Faith and Science as a Pedagogical Challenge
We live in an age in which what we think we know from science is modified daily, theological stances on current issues [...]
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The Nature of the Nature of Science
After nearly twenty years of teaching science at the secondary level, I have come to a concerning realization: being a Christian, teaching [...]
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How old is the earth and what do the days of creation measure? Was the flood local or global? How much of [...]
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Controversy as Opportunity: A Symposium on Origins within a Christian Secondary School
Observers of Christian schools and the wider American culture know the depths of controversy elicited in recent debates by the topic of [...]
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Relational Virtues in the Science Classroom
In my first few years of teaching, nothing made me more nervous than when students asked science questions I couldn’t answer. I’d [...]
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Across the Curriculum, Across the Hall
I am a product of Christian education from kindergarten through college. I loved my education and am grateful for how it shaped [...]
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Reflecting our Maker: Teaching Science through Maker Experiences
D-cell batteries power a flickering of miniature light bulbs across a kindergarten classroom. Intermittent, high-pitched alarms sound as little fingers discover the [...]
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Parent Teacher Conference BINGO card
Acknowledging that many of our readers will be participating in hours of fall parent/teacher conferences around the time that this issue hits [...]