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 [...] Article 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 [...] Article 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 [...] Article 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 [...] Article How old is the earth and what do the days of creation measure? Was the flood local or global? How much of [...] Article 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 [...] Article 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 [...] Article 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 [...] Article 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 [...] Back Page 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 [...]