GSI: CURRENT YEAR
NCS BIOLOGY 2010-2011
Grades 9-10
Honors & Onlevel
Click here for LAST YEAR's 10th Grade Biology Course 09-10
© Sid Galloway BS, M.Div.
Just an old sheepdog of the Good Shepherd
Genesis 1:1
Communicating conclusions from 100's of PhD scholars
Supporting the authority of His Word & the consistency of His character
Human Rights? Slavery? - Animal Rights? Cruelty?
What about God's right to command compassion for all of His creatures?
- Questions? Set a time & I'll buy the coffee, or just send GSI an email.
* Students & other "young" people, I'm going home soon, so it's your turn now!
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Each new UNIT will be uploaded by DATE below as the year unfolds . . .
DOWN at the bottom, after the LISTED UNITS, you'll find FUN personal background stuff & interesting supplementary materials.
** REQUIRED: BIOLOGY SYLLABUS/Grading Policy/Discipline
- The last page must be signed by Parent/student & returned to me
(This syllabus explains everything about the course & teaching agenda)
Click here for INSTRUCTIONS to the NCS I-NOW Grade Reports, etc
- Click here for the LOGIN LINK FOR YOUR I-NOW ACCOUNT
Just an OLD sheepdog of the Good Shepherd
NCS Biology 9-10th Grade
2010-2011
Studying God's World in Light of His Word
A Foundational Biological Science Course
Note the course outline is similar to Life Science,
yet with much greater depth and breadth of content, including:
Veterinary Medical Application
Ethological Ethics / Outdoor Education
(The study of life from the worldview of a Good Creator)
* * PARENTS, please create a "BIOLOGY" folder on your home computer, then have your student download and save a digital copy of every document that I'll be linking on this webpage as the year unfolds - unit by unit.
- if he/she "miss places" handouts, a back up will be accessible on your PC.
- Unit notes will be uploaded in order by date below, as the year unfolds.
(Unit assignments are found down below, after you scroll past discussion items.)
* If needed , get the FREE PowerPoint files & PDF file viewers below.
PowerPoint Viewer 
Adobe PDF Viewer
Mr G's Personal Philosophy of Education
(NOT required - only read it if you're curious)
Mr. Galloway's BIOLOGY STANDARDS
(NOT required - only read it if you're curious)
What is KNOWLEDGE? What is the source for accurate knowledge? |
GSI Focus for 2010-2011 and the future . . .
* Please note - I'll be teaching a heavy load this year at NCS (7 classes). So my "extra" volunteer ministry efforts will be limited to a focus on God's priority to protect, rescue, and restore truly weak & vulnerable people. More & more are being oppressed and abused by predatory power players here in America & across the world. This escalating problem of "survival of the most powerful" at the expense of the weak in society, now overshadows every other burden in my heart - and His (Psalm 82:3-4). Please, find a way that you can help the Good Shepherd's abused & desparate lambs.
- Therefore, I'll not have time or money for wildlife rehabilitation.
- I'll have only limited time for basic counseling of families.
(NOTE: Most counseling issues would fade away if families turned their focus off of self and worked to rescue & restore the truly abused.)
- I'll not have as much time to travel & present seminars on:
... creation vs. survival of the fittest, family counseling & counselor-training, theology/biblical studies, ... etc.
** Even though my schedule now limits my time to address each of these needs, they are all still important problems today. So some of you & your churches could step up and do your part as commanded in the His Word. Remember, His true churches are not "christian" social clubs or entertainment centers. His true ekklesias should be hospitals for the hurting and educational centers for those eager to learn and grow in His character of self-sacrificial love and holiness.
* See the "Recommended Organizations" for other speakers, counselors, who can provide training / materials that I cannot.Thanks, Sid
"TENTATIVE" BIOLOGY OUTLINE
SEMESTER ONE
QUARTER ONE
1. Science and the Scientific Method (Modern Biology textbook - Intro & Ch 1)
Bio-Logic: The logikos complementary fit of scientific & scriptural (critical) thinking.
** Both teach that we are to think logically and believe based on evidence.
** Origins Science vs. Observational / Operational Science
** Indirect Science vs. Direct Science
2. Origins Science: The Significance & Evidence for Creation vs. Macro-Evolution
Life Defined and Described (Nephesh vs. Non-Nephesh) (Biology vs. Thanatology)
3. Classification: Cladistics vs. Baraminology (Ch 14-18)
QUARTER TWO
1. Basic Chemistry / Biochemistry (Ch 2-3)
2. Cell Form and Function / Homeostasis and Transport (Ch 4-5)
3. Photosynthesis / Cellular Respiration (Ch 6-7)
4. Comprehensive Review of Semester One (Mid-Year Exam)
SEMESTER TWO
QUARTER THREE
1. Review of Bio-Logic and the Scientific Method
2. Cell Reproduction (Ch 8)
3. Genetics and Inheritance (Ch 9-13)
4. ON-LEVEL CLASSES -
(Additional study of inconsistencies in the evolutionary hypothesis that mutations create new genetic information)
HONORS CLASSES - (Advanced Evaluation of Macroevolution's Mythical Mutation Mechanism for Genome Generation)
- Using a newly developed computer model, Mendel's Accountant, created by:
* Dr. John Sanford (Cornell University)
* Dr. John Baumgardner (retired from Los Alamos Nat'l Labs, now with ICR)
* as well as Drs. Brewer, Gibson, ReMine
* (See the links and further explanation below at the "genetics" unit)
QUARTER FOUR
1. Microbiology / Fungi / Plants (Ch 25-33)
2. Zoology (Invertebrates and Vertebrates Ch 34-45)
3. Ecology (Eden - Earth - Heaven) (Ch 19-23)
4. Comprehensive Review of the Year (Final Exam
BIO-MATH Synergy:
Please beware of its limitations . . .
In both psychology and biology, the non-physical “nephesh/psyche” (soul and its relationships) cannot be quantified like tangible, physical variables. Therefore, understanding the nephesh of a person or an animal requires intimate, relational knowledge of that particular species and even more, that individual creature.
The failure to take this crucial fact into account has historically led to reductionistic conclusions resulting in horrors like vivisection, abusive experimentation, macroevolutionary racism, and many other inhumane beliefs and policies.
In this course, we will work toward the mastery of methods that are vital to research, involving the integration of biology and mathematics, such as:
* SI Units / Conversions
* Scientific Notation / Calculations
* Genetic Probabilities, especially population genetics.
* Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
* Chi-Square Hypothesis Testing
* "Mendel's Accountant" Computer Simulation
* Genetic Probabilities, especially population genetics using the computer program, "MENDEL'S ACCOUNTANT" developed by John Sanford PhD of Cornell, John Baumgardner PhD of Los Alamos, et al, showing the improbability of the belief that mutations as a mechanism could produce sufficient new DNA information to produce new "kinds" of organisms.
"Mendel's Accountant" Internet Links:
Articles:
- Darwinian Failure in Light of Mendel's Accountant", by Dr. Sanford
- J. Sanford, J. Baumgardner, W. Brewer, P. Gibson, and W. Remine. Mendel's Accountant: A biologically realistic forward-time population genetics program. SCPE. 8(2), July 2007, pp. 147-165.
- J. Sanford, J. Baumgardner, W. Brewer, P. Gibson, and W. Remine. Using computer simulation to understand mutation accumulation dynamics and genetic load, in Y. Shi et al. (eds.), ICCS 2007, Part II, LNCS 4488, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 386-392.
The Computer Program and Manuals
- Mendel's Accountant Website
- Mendel's Accountant Manual (PDF Format)
- Mendel's Accountant Article (PDF Format)
Mr. Galloway's Digital Microscopy QX5
- Where to get a QX5 and why you'll love it
- What you can do with it and how to use it
- Photos / video clips of class digital labs
Click to download glossaries and take practice tests online
at the above textbook site.
Textbook - "MODERN BIOLOGY" - Content Disclaimer:
This textbook, like all human works, is not perfect. It contains some material that is out of date and some that has been proven wrong. Also, since it is not a “Christian” text it also contains worldview statements, especially regarding philosophy of life and historical science that are inconsistent with a biblical worldview. Most people do not realize that “science” is not as objective as some scientists proclaim it to be. Some, even some non-Christian scientists, admit the fact that “scientific” claims are often just traditional beliefs held to by the current majority.
As warned by John Mattick, PhD, professor of molecular biology at the University of Queensland and director of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience. “The Hidden Genetic Program of Complex Organisms”, Scientific American, October 2004, p. 61:
“Assumptions can be dangerous, especially in science. They usually start as the most plausible or comfortable interpretation of the available facts. But when their truth cannot be immediately tested and their flaws are not obvious, assumptions often graduate to articles of faith, and new observations are forced to fit them. Eventually, if the volume of troublesome information becomes unsustainable, the orthodoxy must collapse.”
Since the text is a secular, non-Christian work that is saturated with non-theistic, and insufficiently substantiated macroevolutionary hypotheses, it provides us with the opportunity to apply analytical, critical, bio-logical thinking skills as we compare how scientific evidences best fit a model of theistic/biblical creation.
Also, textbook publishers compete with one another to sell books to state schools, so the books are getting bigger, heavier, and overloaded with unnecessarily distracting boxes, sidebars, charts, etc. Therefore, I have outlined and summarized the textbooks into Word (.doc) and PowerPoint (.ppt) documents and put them online for more efficient study, along with updated, supplementary materials
Northlake Christian High School
WATCH what happens when the infamous atheistic evolutionist, Dr. Dawkins of Oxford University is asked to simply provide one single example of a genetic mutation or evolutionary process that creates new genetic information in the genome.
To view this you must have on your PC:
- Macromedia Flash Player.
Basic Study Motive:
Gratitude to God. Sacrificing the desires of self for the needs of others, instead of sacrificing the needs of others for the desires of self.
Critical (Logikos) Thinking Principles:
Don't believe anything, even what I say,
unless the evidence makes it worthy of your trust.
"Faith is the . . . evidence of things not seen." (Heb 11:1)
Bio-Logic (Discernment): Practicing analytical, logical, critical thinking skills
HOMEWORK Expectations:
As soon as you are given notes, study guides, handouts of any kind, you are responsible to set a personal study schedule and begin studying them ASAP. I recommend you use my instructions/article on:
"How and Why to Create a Condensed Memory OUTLINE".
Please remember, you'll soon be heading off to college and/or the adult working world, so we won't be spoon-feeding you, or giving constant teacher-generated busy work to do at home. Some courses, like Math and Chemistry, require a lot of "practice" problems homework. In contrast, a large part of Biology/Life Science requires the memorization of many terms/concepts along with learning to think Bio - logically (Greek = logikos).
I'll carefully teach through ALL of the material using PowerPoint Presentations, Areopagus Class Dialogue (see Acts 17), "Living LABS", etc. Your job is to highlight terms, concepts, and processes that I tell you are important, especially those that will be re-tested throughout the year. Much of this course requires comprehensive knowledge and cumulative testing. So, beware. Do NOT just cram before assessments. Crammed material does not go into long-term memory and therefore cumulative material will catch up with you as the year unfolds!
You are expected to schedule your time throughout each unit to:
- read and understand the concepts taught
- outline / condense notes to manageable segments with memory cues
- memorize your outlines well
- meditate & question the meaning & implications of everything
- apply rational faith (evidential belief) to those things that deserve it
NEVER BELIEVE - without sufficient evidence
(critical thinking / bio-logic) Proverbs 14:15; Hebrews 11:1
EXAMPLE: Why have 1,000's of PhD scientists rejected macroevolution?
- They include the inventor of the MRI & professors at major universities.
- Yet, PBS, National Geographic, & Scientific American claim there are none.
- If new evidence has convinced 1,000's, then shouldn't you find out why?
- Take a look for yourself. (Here are a few lists: AiG, ICR, CMI, CRS)
What kind of "god" is portrayed by theistic evolution?
- "Survival of the fittest" depends upon pain, fear, suffering, & death.
- In contrast, the God of the Bible is the Good Shepherd who made Eden.
- Theistic evolution is a belief that blasphemes God by making Him a monster.
Why is the character of our Creator the cornerstone of Christianity?
- The foundation for consistent peace/joy/unselfish love must be trust in God.
- Believing God desired & designed disease & death does not lead to trust.
- Good News: Willful sin, Satan, & selfishness are the cause, not God.
The Way of Creation:
Sacrificing self for the needs of others. (Ex. = Christ's Cross)
The Way of Macroevolution:
Sacrificing others for the desires of self. (Ex. = Abortion)
Text and Class Notes: (YES, these are the things you will be graded on)
Remember, I created the PowerPoints and WORD Documents to give you easily searchable, electronic versions of the notes. Download them at the beginning of each unit and store the files in organized folders on your home PC or Pocket Flashdrive.
If you have trouble, email me
- sid@soulcare.org or sgalloway@northlakechristian.org
SEMESTER I
TERM 1 - (QUARTER ONE / First Nine Weeks)
Unit 1 - Introduction to Biological Science
Bio-Logic / Logikos Thinking / Our Creator's Creatures/
"Tentative" DATES: August 16 to August 31
Welcome to Mr. Galloway's Bio-Logic Class
Why Study Science? (Notes: Word Document - .doc)
GW - Group Work (In Class Discussion / Dialog)
YOU WILL NEED BOTH THE WORD DOC AND THE PPT NOTES BELOW FOR THE TEST,
SO START MAKING MEMORY STUDY CARDS AND MEMORIZING NOW!
Notes taken from the Textbook Chapter 1 "The Science of Life" (.doc)
(* YOU MUST DOWNLOAD THIS DOCUMENT ON YOUR OWN - AS IN COLLEGE)
Notes Converted to PPT format - Scripture & the Scientific Method - (.ppt)
(Printed copies of this PPT presentation will be handed out in class)
GW - Whole Group Work (Class Discussion / Dialog)
** HW - Home Work Due Wed Aug 18 For ALL Class Periods 1, 2, 4, 8
Practice / Review Sheets (.pdf files you must complete at home.
- Biology Ch1 Sec1 Biology Themes.pdf
- Biology Ch1 Sec2 Biology World.pdf
Honors Study Guide for Quiz Grade (Word Doc)
Complete as Hmwk due on Thur Aug 19 for Period 2, Fri Aug 20 for period 4
On-Level Study Guide for Quiz Grade(Word Doc)
Complete as Hmwk due on Thur Aug 19 for Period 1, Fri Aug 20 for period 8
GW - Small Group Work
(Discussion / Dialog / Quiz Bowl - if time allows)
QUIZ in class:
CORRECTED DATES - Tue Aug 24 for Periods 2, 4, 1, then Wed Aug 25 for Period 8
* ID - Individual Practice Work In Class
- Biology Ch1 Sec3 Scientific Methods.pdf
- Biology Ch1 Sec4 Microscopy-Measurement.pdf
Honors Study Guide for upcoming TEST (Word Doc) Complete at home.
A COPY is DUE as a HOMEWORK grade on the following date:
Thur Aug 26 for Period 2, Fri Aug 27 for period 4
On-Level Study Guide for upcoming TEST (Word Doc) Complete at home.
A COPY is DUE as a HOMEWORK grade on the following date:
Thur Aug 26 for Period 1, Fri Aug 27 for period 8
TEST Unit 1 in class: Tue Aug 31 for Periods 2, 4, 1, then Wed Sept 1 for Period 8
OPTIONAL Supplemental MaterialRecommended (NOT Required)for further study of Chapter 1: - (Articles) *Biblical Roots of Science, by Dr. Jonathan Sarfati PhD
* "Loving God with All Your Mind: Logic and Creation", by Dr. Sarfati, PhD - (Books, DVD's) - (Links) |
UNIT 2 Origins Science
Approximate Dates: Sept 1st to Sept 20th
PARENTS' Seminar (Free)On the Creation/Evolution Issue:
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BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION
We'll be using many supplemental sources from world renowned scientists who have become biblical creationists as a result of the science evidence.
FOR EXAMPLE:
Dr. John Baumgardner is one of the top geophysicists in the world, having worked at the famous Los Alamos Nat'l Labs.
(He was called by U.S. News & World Report, the "preeminent" expert in geophysical supercomputer modeling).
- Website (Global Flood)
- DVD Presentations
* "Models, Genes, and Global Warming"
* "Planetary Cataclysm"
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- Dr. John Sanford is one of the top genetics researchers in the world, working at Cornell University.
(Dr. Sanford has developed over 25 patented inventions for genetics research, including the famous Biolistic Gene Gun.)
DVD Presentations
* "How Evolution Hurts Science"
* "The Mystery of Our Declining Genes"
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** Please remember that typical "biology" classes are required to spend about 20-25% of the time focused on Historical/Origins science. We will utilize about 15-20% of our time focused on this area. Most courses merely present the neo-Darwinian hypotheses that are actually rejected by thousands of respected scientists. In our course, however, we will carefully examine and contrast both the macroevolutionary hypotheses of neo-Darwinism, plus the hypotheses presented by the thousands of scientists who now disagree with macroevolutionary beliefs. Above all, the students are taught to use logikos, critical, analytical thinking which is both scientific and scriptural. They are encouraged to only believe those concepts that have sufficient evidence to make them worthy of their trust and action.
RECOMMENDED BOOK: Genetic Entropy & The Mystery of the Genome
Dr. John Sanford, Professor of genetics at Cornell University for 25 years. Author of the book, Genetic Entropy & The Mystery of the Genome, 2005 Over 70 scientific publications & over 25 patents.
[His book demonstrates the statistical & scientific impossibility of the claim that mutations are a mechanism that could have created new genetic information to make new kinds of creatures.]“Modern Darwinism is . . . . that man is merely the product of random mutations plus natural selection. . . . . It is for this reason that the overwhelming majority of youth who start out with a belief that there is more to life than mere chemistry – will lose their faith while at college. I believe this is also the cause of the widespread self-destructive and self-denigrating behaviors we see throughout our culture.”
Watch what happens when the famous evolutionist, Dr. Dawkins, is asked to provide one single example of a genetic mutation or evolutionary process that increases the information in the genome.
(FOR PROOF of this video's accuracy see the following article "WAS DAWKINS STUMPTED?")
A COMMON QUESTION OFTEN ASKED OF ME:
Do I reject macroevolution (i.e., vertical change into new kinds via mutations) as well as the hypo-thesis (underlying belief) that the earth is billions of years old?
MY SUMMARY ANSWER: I believe only what is sufficiently supported by the best objective evidence, logically evaluated. I believe the same thing about macroevolution and the age of the earth that 1,000's of world respected scientists now believe, including for example the inventor of the MRI (Dr. Raymond Damadian), the top geophysicist working with supercomputers on the earth's geological history Dr. John Baumgardner of Los Alamos National Laboratories, the inventor of the Biolistic Gene Gun at Cornell University Dr. John Sanford, etc. Yes, these 1,000's of scientists reject macroevolution and the belief that the earth is billions of years old. I encourage you to study the new evidence that has led these brilliant individuals to this conclusion.
* NOTE: Natural Selection is a real and present process but it is NOT vertical/macro evolution. It is merely the environment selecting already existing genes and traits that are the most survivable. Natural selection just like artificial selection cannot generate the new DNA coding necessary to have produced the myriad of genomes found among Earth's biological diversity.
See the following external sites for thousands of articles, books, videos, audios, etc:
(Representing 1000's of PhD scientists and theological scholars)
- Answers in Genesis (www.answersingenesis.org)
- Creation Ministries International (www.creationon.com)
- Institute for Creation Research (www.icr.org)
- Creation Research Society (www.crs.org)
The following are
REQUIRED NOTES, DOCUMENTS, ETC
* Download all required documents to a folder on your home PC as Backup!
(Start reading at the beginning of every unit. Know this material well.)
** Copies will be handed out in class
Below is a Condensed Outline for Biology Classes
Historical (Indirect) Science
Click here for a more DETAILED OUTLINE OF THIS UNIT
I. Significance of Origin Hypotheses
A. God’s Character (The God of Creation vs. The God of Evolution)
B. Graphae (God's Word - Greek term = "written" / Scripture)
C. Gospel (The cross of Jesus, the 2nd Adam, depends on the 1st Adam's sin)
D. Glorifying His Character (The Cornerstone of Counseling / Practical Fruit)
II. Evidence for Origin Hypotheses
A. Scholars (1000's of scientists and theologians reject macroevolution)
B. Science (2nd strongest evidence; theories cannot be proven / often are falsified.)
C. Scripture (Strongest evidence, verified by 100's of prophetic proofs - Isa 41-48)
Prophecy demonstrates that God who transcends time led the writing of the Bible.
Introductory Concepts:
You must memorize the "Condensed Outline (listed above) as on the class handout
* You must be able to explain each of the"Nine Main Outline Points".
You must memorize the "5 Questions for Logikos Thinking" discussed in class.
* You must be able to explain each of the crucial concepts included
You must also memorize the "6 Days of Creation in Order (Genesis 1)"
* You must be able to explain each of the crucial concepts included
You must also memorize the "7 C's of Christian History (His-story)"
* This link is to a pic of the 7 C's
* You must be able to explain each of the crucial concepts included
Remember - BELIEFS produce Attitudes, Affect, and Actions
(The link on the word "beliefs" above is to a webpage for OPTIONAL INFO)
Examples:
- If you believe a roach is about to crawl up your leg you will feel afraid & jump,
but it might just be a thread.
- Christian revivals turned corrupt medieval Europe to a culture of compassion.
- Germany, the most educated and technologically advanced culture of its time, turned into a culture of survival of the cruelest.
Not all SCIENCE is the same.
Various scientific efforts fit on a continuum from DIRECT to INDIRECT:
* HONORS ONLY (HRS 2 & 4) TOPIC for:
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD * DUE Tuesday Sept 7
Cutting Edge Discoveries Lead to Logical Belief in God
(Viewed and Evaluated in Class)
** POWER POINT NOTES in PDF format
"The Creator's Way vs. Survival of the Fittest"
Mini-QUIZ: - 5 Questions & 9 Outline Points (WORDS ONLY)
NEW Date TUESDAY Sept 7 for Hrs 1,2,4 / Wednesday for Hr 8
(LIST ONLY the single key WORDS for the 5 Questions & 9 Points Outline)
Mini-Test: - 5 Questions & 9 Outline Points (EXPLAIN Each)
DATE = Thur Sept 9 for Hrs 1,2 / Fri Sept 10 for Hrs 4,8
(Be able to explain BRIEFLY the 5 Questions & 9 Points Outline)
II. Evidence for "Origins"
A. Scholars Evidence
Notes: "II. Evidence A. SCHOLARS -
- PDF Version of SCHOLARS material
TEST on I. Significance & II. A. Scholars
Date WEDNESDAY Sept 15
Study Guide for MINI-TEST on ORIGINS Significance & Scholars
HONORS ONLY PAPER =
Test Grade / Critical Evaluation Essay
- Complete at home DUE DATE Monday Sept 20
"Failure of the Neo-Darwinian Theory", by John Sanford PhD of Cornell Univ. (HANDED OUT IN CLASS - not published so not online)
Essay Evaluation Expectations: Read the article carefully, using logikos thinking to support your answers to the following questions. (* Your essay must at least 3 pages double spaced, typed, and well organized in both visual format as well as logical progression of your ideas.)
1. Who is Dr. John Sanford and why is his background important to the creation vs macroevolution debate?
2. What is the core of Neo-Darwinian Theory and how can it best be tested?
3. What is "Mendel's Accountant" and how does it solve the problem of testing Neo-Darwinian Theory?
4. When Mendel's Accountant is applied, what do the resulting data demonstrate regarding DNA information and mutations?
5. What does Dr. Sanford conclude about Neo-Darwinian Theory as a result of Mendel's Accountant?ON-LEVEL ONLY PAPER
Test Grade, paper due Mon Sept 20 Complete at home
- This will be a brief critical evaluation or short Journal Article:
"Can Creationist be 'Real' Scientist?", by Dr. Lisle.
DON'T WAIT TO LATE. START NOW!
Essay Expectations: Read the article carefully, using logikos thinking to support your answers to the following questions.
(* Your essay must at least 2 pages double spaced, typed, and well organized in both visual format as well as logical progression of your ideas.)
1. Search the web to find out who Dr. Jason Lisle is and describe briefly his qualifications to write this article.
2. Was belief in evolution necessary for the major past discoveries and technologies of science? EXPLAIN.
3. Name and describe some past and present "creation-believing" scientists from the article.
4. Do you agree or disagree with Dr. Lisle's answer to the article's title question?
II. Evidence B. Science (Word .doc - easier to search with "Ctrl-F")
(This document is a supplement to the main Power Point)
This section covers:
"Physical Science" (astrophysics, geophysics, geology, chemistry, archaeology, paleontology, radioisotope dating, etc)
"Biological Science" (genetics, cytology, population genetics, classification, etc)
* "The Science of Noah's Ark/Zoo/Catastrophic Global Flood"
(mathematical, statistical, biological, oceanographic, engineering, etc)
II. Evidence C. Scripture - (Word .doc version - easier to search)
(This document is a supplement to the main Power Point)
QUIZ GRADE: Complete the STUDY GUIDE for UNIT TEST at HOME
Copy due - Tue Sept 21 for Hrs 1,2 / Wed Sept 22 for Hrs 4,8
** KEEP A COPY FOR YOURSELF AT HOME TO STUDY OVER THE WEEKEND FOR THE TEST!
**** This should be well organized and thorough for a good grade. Do NOT hand in a sloppy, minimal job :-)
The notes, our discussions, Power Points, and Video Clips have included much more information than I expect you to retain.
(Guide answers are found in your various NOTES documents use Ctrl-F or the "Find" box to locate a concept in any document.)
BIG UNIT 2 TEST - Comprehensive on ORIGINS
on ALL I. Significance & II. Evidence (Scholars/Science/Scripture):
Dates: Thur Sept 23 for Hrs 1,2 / Fri Sept 24 for Hrs 4,8
** UNIT Test covers entire Origins Unit
** I. Significance (A-D) AND II. Evidence (A-C)
** Use all NOTES we handed out, for further clarification.
** USE THE TEST STUDY GUIDE LINKED ABOVE
OPTIONAL Supplemental MaterialRecommended (NOT Required)for further study of ORIGINS SCIENCE Theological Errors Caused by Belief in an Old Earth A Definitive Theological Exposition on Creation and it's connection to the Coming Consummation: FREE Audio Exposition by Dr. John MacArthur Physical Science (Radioisotope Dating Methods
Age of the Earth - Biological Science |
UNIT 3 . . .
Each new UNIT will be uploaded below as the year unfolds . . .
** See the Course Outline near the top of this page
Below You'll Find Some
FUN EXTRA Material
Related to the Course
& Our Class Animals
A few of our past & current classroom animal teaching assistants . . .
Big Baby Huey
(VIDEO HERE - rescued Great Horned Owl - young fledgling)
(2nd Video of Huey watching our Squirrel Zoe)
* See also Video of The Squirrel Brothers Acrobatic Team
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Autum (Barred Owl) .................. Zoe (Squirrel)
Babie (Deer Fawn)
(More pics / videos on Mr. Galloway's Facebook - ask your parents)
The owl was hit by a car & had severe head injury - but was rehabbed & released. The deer was also hit in the head & partially paralyzed (temporarily we hope). It was transferred to a veterinarian for X-rays, IV fluids, and medication. Zoe was born deformed with no tail and only 3 feet. She will live with us for life :-)
Rescued Raccoon 2008
NCZoo Rescue Center (Ark)
Mr. Galloway & Mandy 30 yrs ago at the Audubon Zoo
(Just an OLD sheepdog zookeeper of the Good Shepherd)
Recommended Website of Dr. A. E. Wilder-Smith (Christian / Young Earth Creationist) is one of very few scientists who earned three doctorates in physical sciences from prestigious universities - Oxford, then Geneva, and finally Zurich. The website memorializing his work and life, http://www.wildersmith.org/, contains a wealth of material, including videos, audios, articles, and books, for the scientific scholar as well as the layman.
Recommended DVD - "HOW TEXTBOOKS MISLEAD", by Dr Don Batten
“Facts” are not neutral —
and neither is education.
"Do you know what your children learn in school? Dr Don Batten investigates the evolutionary teaching in a typical biology text used in senior high school. The textbook uses many deceitful, out-of-date and even fraudulent arguments to indoctrinate students in evolution (everything made itself without a Creator). Be prepared to equip our youth with answers!"
(High School–Adult) 50min.
Recommended Books -
* See the Recommended Resources Page as well
For Parents to help prepare students for the Cultural Confusion of College
UNPROTECTED: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness
Book Review -
"Here are important facts you must know about well-intentioned counselors who are more committed to political correctness than to students’ physical and psychological safety—written clearly and passionately by a dedicated psychiatrist. This book tells all. -- Nicholas A. Cummings, Ph.D., Sc.D., Former President, American Psychological Association; Distinguished Professor, University of Nevada, Reno; President, Cummings Foundation for Behavioral Health.
"This book is a thunderous call for a truly honest discussion in society, but more importantly, between college-bound students and their parents. It is one of the few books I have read that can be a light on the path to health for our society that is, in certain areas, the university in particular, very sick. It is an absolute must read. -- Joe S. McIlhaney, M.D.
"This is a punch-in-the-gut powerhouse of a book by a very brave clinician. The message is provocative and profound. . . . I wish others had the guts to speak out in a similar fashion. -- Cal Colarusso, M.D., Training and Supervising Analyst, San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute
Hooked: New Science on How Casual Sex is Affecting Our Children (Hardcover), M.D. Joe S. McIlhaney Jr, M.D. Freda Bush
DR. JOE S. MCILHANEY is a board-certified obstetrician gynecologist who resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Marion. In 1995, he left his private practice of 28 years to devote his full-time attention to working with the Medical Institute for Sexual Health, a nonprofit medical educational research organization he established in 1992.
DR. FREDA BUSH is a board-certified obstetrician gynecologist and a partner in private practice with East Lakeland OB-GYN Associates in Jackson, Mississippi.
Publisher's Description: "Society tells us that sex is an act of self-expression, a personal choice .... Millions of American teenagers and young adults are finding that the psychological baggage of such behavior is having a real and lasting impact on their lives. They are discovering that “hooking up” is the easy part, but “unhooking” from the bonds of a sexual relationship can have serious consequences. A practical look into new scientific research showing how sexual activity causes the release of brain chemicals which then result in emotional bonding and a powerful desire to repeat the activity. This book will help parents and singles understand that “safe sex” isn't safe at all; that even if they are protected against STD's and pregnancy, they are still hurting themselves and their partner."
An Academic Use For Your I-Phone/I-Touch
Go to my GSI: Links Resources to see how your (and your student's) iphone or itouch can become the
most powerful study tool yet imagined . . .
... instead of a time wasting toy full of mind wasting games.
Literally, over 200,000 books (Bibles, old classics, textbooks) study guides and reference tools, etc, are already available.
Hundreds more being offered every week.
An introductory word about "ORIGINS" SCIENCE - The Beginning
Note: Biblical Creation is in sync with 1000's of respected PhD scientists:
* Dr. Raymond Damadian, Inventor of the MRI
* Dr. John Baumgardner, World renowned geophysicist, Los Alamos
* Dr. Andrew Snelling, Geologist, author Earth's Catastrophic Past
* Dr. John Sanford, Respected geneticist, Cornell University
-- author of Genetic Entropy: The Mystery of the Genome
* Dr. Russ Humphreys, Astrophysicist, Sandia National Labs, etc.
-- author of (Starlight and Time) (Evidences Young World Booklet)
* Dr. John Hartnett, Prof. Univ. West Australia, astrophysics, etc.
-- author of: (Dismantling the Big Bang) (Starlight Time New Physics)
* etc, etc . . . . .
The Age of the Universe - Time Scales - Einstein's Relativity . . .
The following quote from creationary astrophysicist Dr. John Hartnett demonstrates the wonderful way science magnifies the accuracy of God's Word in Genesis:
"The simplest way to calculate the age of the universe, within the Big Bang worldview, is to wind its expansion back to zero. This is called the 'Hubble Age' because it is the inverse of the Hubble expansion constant. The best current estimate is 15 billion years, with an uncertainty of +/- 2 billion years."
". . . . While we do not accept all the assumptions that underlie these figures, there is no doubt that distance alone, plus a constant speed of light, yields a light-transit time far in excess of the biblical time scale, so we do accept the idea of an "old" cosmos within its own frame of reference, but the entire universe is young in earth-clock terms."
"Time dilation models can explain . . . . light from those distant galaxies took billions of years of galaxy time to reach earth, but the light that arrived here on creation day 4 (of earth-time, having traveled billions of years in galaxy-time) was the first light emitted from the newly created galaxies. So Adam and Eve would have been able to view them (had they been able to see them through a modern telescope) in their created positions. We today are seeing them 6,000 years after their creations as measured by earth clocks (even though the light took billions of years as measured by galaxy clocks to get here)."
[emphasis added]
Dismantling the Big Bang: God's Universe Rediscovered, pp. 199-201, by John Hartnett, PhD (astrophysics - University of Western Australia)
- See also Starlight, Time, and the New Physics, by Dr. Hartnett, in which he expands mathematically on the models of Einstein and Carmeli to answer many of the past problems associated with both the big bang and creation models.
- See also the article by Dr. Mark Harwood entitled, "How can distant starlight reach us in just 6,000 years?". Dr. Harwood's research has focused around the development and use of radiotelescopes.
Please remember that:
- Einstein showed time is a real property of the universe . . .
- Time is relative and actually changes due to gravity, velocity . . .
- Einstein's theories have been expanded by Carmeli, Harnett . . .
- The universe expanded (God "stretched out the heavens")
- Its age literally depends on your space/time perspective . . .
- So a relatively young universe can be billions of light-years in size.
Annual Biology Class "Touched by an Elephant" Trip
(Me & my daughter Kathleen with my old zookeeper friends, Jean & Panya)
Zoe, our handicapped squirrel
(Born with no tail and only three legs)
Click on the owl below for the textbook site
(Remember, this is a secular and macro-evolutionary text.)
** See the Course Outline near the TOP of this page
© Sid Galloway BS, M.Div.
Just an old sheepdog of the Good Shepherd
