OBJECTIVE:

1. OBJECTIVE: To study a basic scientific explanation of the origin of the world and how Christians respond to this.

2. OUTCOMES… Your GOALS for the end of this lesson are… GRADE C Will be able to outline, in brief, the scientific and Christian explanations for the origin of the world. GRADE B Will be able to explainthe Christian responses to scientific explanations. GRADE A/A* Will be able to assesshow the scientific theory may prove or disprove God’s existence.

3. Starter Science without religion is pointless, Religion without science is blind Albert Einstein What do you think Einstein meant when he said this? What Einstein saw is that religion and science both have a role to play in explaining the world around us. HOWEVER Science and religion don’t always agree about that…..

4. In 1929, astronomer Edwin Hubble made Science’s greatest discovery of modern times... The universe was started by THE BIG BANG!

5. The big bang… The BIG BANG is now accepted by MOST scientists throughout the world as being the starting point of the entire universe. You need to know a basic outline of this for your exam – use the following information to make notes on pxx of your booklet.

6. Watch the following and complete the first column... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs-yWMuBNr4&feature=related

7. So most scientists believe... • Matter is eternal. • 15 billion years ago the matter of the universe EXPLODED – this is known as THE BIG BANG THEORY! • The universe is still expanding. • As matter flew away from the explosion it formed stars and galaxies and finally our solar system. • The gases on the Earth’s surface produces primitive life. • These primitive life forms EVOLVED. • Approximately 2.5 million years ago humans evolved.

8. However some Christians have a different view – they believe the Biblical account of creation.

9. Watch the following and complete the second column… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcWR9sjBy3A

10. What happened on each day? DAY 1 – Light and Dark DAY 2 – Sky DAY 3 – Sea, Land and Plants DAY 4 – Sun, Moon and Stars DAY 5 – Birds and Fish DAY 6 – Land animals and People DAY 7 – God rested!

11. OUTCOMES… Your GOALS for the end of this lesson are… GRADE C Will be able to outline, in brief, the scientific and Christian explanations for the origin of the world. GRADE B Will be able to explain the Christian responses to scientific explanations. GRADE A/A* Will be able to assess how the scientific theory may prove or disprove God’s existence.

12. Science vs Religion • So how do Christians respond to what scientists teach about the creation of the universe?

13. Please set you book up in the following way. Use the card you have been given to make notes on ONE section on the piece of paper you have been given. Then SNOWBALL until all three sections are complete! Christian responses to scientific explanations of the world MAKE NOTES HERE! Creationists say... Conservatives say... AND HERE! Liberals say... AND HERE!

14. CREATIONISTS… Science is WRONG! The Bible and the 6 days of creation are how the world was created – it is historical FACT! The Bible is to be taken literally so Genesis is exactly how the world was created. THE BIBLE IS LITERAL – THE DIRECT WORD OF GOD. • CREATIONISTS say... • The world is 5000 years old • God made it in 6 days • There is no evolution • There was no big bang • There were no dinosaurs • Fossils and other scientific evidence was planted by God to test their faith. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs6H5nNZb1M

15. Conservatives… Both science and the bible are correct. Science fits with the Bible story in Genesis One of God’s days could have been billions of years. THE BIBLE IS TRUE BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES. • CONSERVATIVES say... • The bible may contain some mistakes. • There may have been millions of years between each day. • The order of the days may be incorrect • God did make the world.

16. LIBERALS… Science is TRUE but is also proof of God existence. Only God could have made the BIG BANG Only God could have made scientific laws such as gravity God works through EVOLUTION to create life. THE BIBLE IS SYMBOLIC . • Liberalists say... • God started the Big Bang • God works through Evolution.

17. Swap with a partner and mark each others work in GREEN PEN The type of question (a,b,c,d) and the marks for each question (2,4,8,6) are in brackets at the side. Please comment – giving a POSITIVEand a TARGET Complete page 6 of your REVISION WORKBOOK using your notes from this lesson.

18. OUTCOMES… Your GOALS for the end of this lesson are… GRADE C Will be able to outline, in brief, the scientific and Christian explanations for the origin of the world. GRADE B Will be able to explain the Christian responses to scientific explanations. GRADE A/A* Will be able to assess how the scientific theory may prove or disprove God’s existence.

19. Does God exist?… In the exam you may be required to argue both FOR and AGAINST the scientific theory of how the world began. Complete the sheet on pxxof your booklet.

20. OUTCOMES… Your GOALS for the end of this lesson are… GRADE C Will be able to outline, in brief, the scientific and Christian explanations for the origin of the world. GRADE B Will be able to explain the Christian responses to scientific explanations. GRADE A/A* Will be able to assess how the scientific theory may prove or disprove God’s existence.

21. Plenary Pyramid… One question you have about (or linked with) the lesson? Complete the PLENARY PYRAMID in the back of your books... List 3 new things you have learnt today? What have you been reminded about this lesson?