THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD PS.19:1
(Year 2002-3)
Classes. This is a
general outline for all age levels. I will simplify and downsize vocabulary for
the K-3 grade levels. One half the
materials fee will be for a syllabus for each family. The syllabus contains 16 lesson outlines, goals, verses,
attributes, vocabulary, lab activities, and parent administered quizzes. Students must bring to each class a ring
notebook containing the syllabus, paper, pencil, and colored pencils, crayons,
or markers. The other half of the
materials fee is used to pay for the hands-on models, worksheets, and
scientific instruments. Suggested book for outside work: Matter and Motion
In God's Universe, Delores Shimmin, 1994, A Beka Books. (see A Beka
outline for co-ordination)
Goal. “They (heaven
and earth) continue this day according to thy ordinances, for all are thy
servants.”
Ps. 119:91. This year's goal is to show that the
scientific Laws of the universe (God's ordinances) were created to serve
God. One purpose of science is to
understand these laws so we humans can better serve God and understand His
creation. (Prov. 1:7)
Attributes of God. Based on Ps. 199:91 and the goal above, I will be
adding to each lesson the attribute of God that the ordinance (law) teaches.
1.
The Sun Rev. 8:12. Is it blowing up or shrinking down? Gen.1:14-19, Ps.19 1-6
Work
Station. Solar system size using rope
and ball model and Space Game.
2.
Life in Space. Gen. 1:14-19, 31. Did God
create Little Green Men, ET's and UFO's?
Work
Station. GeoSafari Games. Flying to Alpha Cencurai Game.
3.
The Moon. Part I. Gen. 1:14 & Col. 1:16-17. Four Clues to the Age and Origin of the Moon.
Work
Station. Moon capture.
Poynting/Robertson affect.
GeoSafari Games.
4.
The Moon. Part II, Ps. 89:37. 20 reasons why the Earth would die if God had not
created the Moon.
Work
Station. GeoSafari Games.
5.
Kepler's 3 Laws. Jer. 10:2, Ps. 119:91. Discovering God's Laws for
the movements of the planets.
Work
Station. Applying the laws. Bode's Law.
Gravity. Heb. 1:3, Col.
1:16-17. What makes it work?
6.
Newton's 3 Laws. Heb. 1:3. Discovering God's Forever Laws
that govern the universe.
Work
Station. Gyroscopes. The Law of Angular
Momentum.
7.
Creation of the Universe. Part 1 Gen. 1:1, 2 Peter 3:5. The “Big Bang” is “Big
Bologna.” .
Work
Station. Student Big Bang Play. Boyle's Law and Jean's Length experiments.
8.
Creation of the Universe. Part 2 Gen. 1:1, 2 Peter 3:5.
9.
Mystery of the Bethlehem Star. Math. 2:1-12.
Special Christmas multimedia presentation on the Star.
Work
Station. Ancient astronomy instruments.
Free bodies. Matthew 2:2
10.
The Creation of the Earth in Three Minutes! Gen. 1:10. Polonium 218 is evidence of fast creation.
Work
Station. Polonium 218 game.
11.
The Carbon 14 Dating Game. 2 Peter 3:3-7.
Seven reasons why C14
“scientific” dating is not scientific.
Work
Station. C14 Dating Game.
12.
Red Shift. 2 Kings 23:5. A wide screen interactive
computer program on the solar system.
Work
Station. Computer hands on.
13.
Solar System Anomalies, Romans 1: 20. The cosmic
message of God's hand in the stars.
Work
Station. Anomaly Game. Jupiter and Saturn moon's opposite
densities.
14.
Stonehenge. Ecl. 3:1-8, Ps. 104:19. An
astronomical observatory and Calendar.
Work
Station. Paper cut out of Stonehenge.
15.
Cahokia and Empty Cities. Isa. 2:19.
Work
Station. Special 15 mn. Video and work sheet.
16.
Wormwood, Comets, and Meteorites. God's Space Program; The Final Judgment. Rev. 6-9 & 21-22, Heb. 1:12. New Heavens and New Earth (Brown 2 chapters)
Work
Station. Slides and worksheet.
For
Future Classes or Alternates
8.
The Two Laws of Thermodynamics Ps. 102:25-26, Isa. 51:6. Laws that govern the aging of the Universe.
Work
Station. Marble Shute Game.
17.
Astronomy and Navigation after the Flood. Gen.
1:14-19.
18.
Navigation and Charts (ocean maps) Did Noah's
children circumnavigate and map the world? I Kings 10:22
19.
Map Making. Sextants, Transits, Triangulation
Latitude/Longitude.
19.
Astronomy and the Zodiac, a Biblical Perspective. Job 9:9, Isa.13:10.
20.
Constellations and Noah's Sons. The
Connection. Job 9:9, 38:31-32, Amos 5:8
21.
Geocentricity and Heliocentric World Views.
(Rick p.53-54) Ecl.1:5, Ps.19:4-6
22.
Space Exploration and God's Word. Gen.1
23.
Space Medium. The Key to Unified Physics. Thomas Barnes.
24.
Light as a Wave. The Thomas Young Experiment,
1800. Space Medium, Barnes, 13-2.
25.
James Maxwell Creation Scientist. Science and
Biblical Faith, Barnes, p. 65-92
26.
The Light Propagating Medium Theory and Applications. Science and Biblical Faith, Barnes, p. 145-151.
(These sound like complex concepts, but they are in use today in
science and I feel the students should be able to handle the ideas. My job is
to simplify the terms so they are understandable. Younger kids will have a
simpler program at this point.)