Middle school science-old earth/young earth?

[Sixmeadows]

Can any one help me identify any Christian young earth and old earth science texts? I know Apologia is young earth. What else is there? We want our kids science to acknowlegde God as the creator and reflect our Christian beliefs. We want them to be aware of young earth and old earth positions, as well as expose them to the theory of evolution.

I am seeing the importance of this, especially since I have been taking a Naturalist class. Every week evolution is hammered into the presentation.:eek:

thanks for your help

Cheri:)

[Tami]

I can point you to the Answers in Creation (http://www.answersincreation.org/) website. Also, author Hugh Ross is one Christian who has written extensively on the Old Earth Creationist perspective.

[Michelle in AL]

BJU for middle school has earth science that is definitely young earth.
Blessings, Michelle

[Sixmeadows]

Am I going to find a mostly young Earth programs? I would like to find an old earth viewpoint if possible.

thanks

Cheri

[Tami]

Am I going to find a mostly young Earth programs? I would like to find an old earth viewpoint if possible.

thanks

Cheri


Yes - all the Christian publishers that I am aware of are 'Young Earthers.' One option would be to use a secular publisher that isn't "preachy" on the Evolution. Prentice Hall, Oak Meadow, and Plato all come to mind. Plato Science is an online, multi-media curriuclum available at the Homeschool Buyers Co-op. In face, I just signed my dd up for the Physical Science software. The discounted price is only available for a few more days, you may want to check it out!

Then bring in your view of how our Creator is in the center of all things, and discuss. Discuss the odds of all of this coming into existence by pure chance. I always wonder where the matter and energy supposedly CAME FROM originally. Anyway, that's my plan at this point!

[hsm]

this site:

http://www.answersincreation.org/index.htm

maybe someone else can speak about it and offer some insight/perspective/opinion.

[jg_puppy]

Thank you for all of the postings. I am not to middle school yet, but I am having the same issue with history at the elementary level. I hadn't thought about what I will do for science.

Jan

[Sixmeadows]

this has been helpful. :) I will look at the answers in creation website.. it looks interesting.

Cheri

[WendyK]

I don't know of any that present both. So I would go with one or the other and when you get to that part just add an extra discussion in. There is an awful lot of hype centered around this particular topic, but I haven't come across too many books that spend much time at all on it. People from both extremes won't touch books that talk about either or with a ten foot pole, but if you look at most of the books they don't spend much time talking about evolution or creationism. There are so many other topics to talk about (plants, animals, layers of the earth, planets, etc).

And if you want to linger on the issue or topic of evolution I recommend the book "Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities" by Kristan Lawson.

[LadyAberlin]

Answers in Genesis is young earth, but they do talk about the other viewpoints.

[angela in ohio]

Many YE curriculum will also present evolution. My girls, while our family is firmly YE, definitely know more about evolution than their peers (including the arguments for evolution and the points taught in evolution science.) We mostly use a combination of materials from Apologia, BJU, and A Beka for science.

I have not noticed a lot that present OE to that extent. OE seems to be a cross between YE and evolution, so you will have learned most of it already, just add some of the arguments for their case presented by OE scientists (easily available on the internet, I'm sure.) I don't specifically teach OE, I just teach the overview of the position (how it differs from evolution.)

[Beth in SW WA]

http://oldearthcreationism.blogspot.com/

[Julie in GA]

Apologia General Science, gives some very good descriptions of the major theories, along with the evidences for, and problems of each. It was actually from Apologia that I learned of the existence of limestone being a "problem" for the young earth view. I highly recommend Apologia for Christians who want to be well-equipped for life.