Creation Science

Chris Leingang

Monday 3PM (ET) - Spring 2025

SKU: LEINGANAG-CRSI Category: Science Courses Tags: Electives, High School, Monday, Spring 2025

Description
Meet the Teacher

Description

Creation Science Course Overview:

How did we get here? What is the origin of life?

Many people, both in the scientific community and general population, believe evolution by natural selection is one of the best substantiated theories in the history of science, but is that really true?

Through this Creation Science course, students will critically examine the evidence for and against evolution, including foundational mechanisms, statistical probabilities, and, of course, the fossil evidence. The combination of text, video and discussion should make this class both informative and enjoyable.

At the conclusion of the course, students will have the knowledge and experience needed to answer, for themselves, the question: How did we get here?

I expect a lot from my students – but I give a lot too! Like so many things in life, what you get out of this class will be in direct proportion to what you put into it. In other words, if you work hard, you will learn lots and have fun doing it. It is important that you keep up on your weekly assignments; we have a lot of material to cover and only 15 class sessions to do it in.

Prerequisites:

No prerequisites

Grade Levels

10-12

Curriculum

Evolution: The Grand Experiment Vol. 1, by Carl Werner, © 2007, 2014 Audio Visual Consultants, Inc., ISBN 978-0-89221-681-9
The Case for a Creator—Student Edition, by Lee Strobel and Jane Vogel, ISBN 0310249775 OR ISBN 0310745837 (Either edition will work fine for this course.)
In addition students will be directed to complete various online assignments.

Required Equipment

None, this is not a lab science course.

Course Topics

The Origin of Life
Evolutions False Start
Darwin’s False Mechanism
Natural Selection
Introduction to the Fossil Record
Invertebrates, Fish and Bats
Pinnipeds and Flying Reptiles & Creation Astronomy
Dinosaurs and Whales & The Evidence of Cosmology
Birds & Exploring Evolution
Plants & The Evidence of Physics and Astronomy
DNA and Proteins & The Evidence of Biochemistry
Amino Acids & The Evidence of Biological Information
The Young Earth & Points of Controversy
Decision Time & Why Genesis Matters

Chris Leingang

The desire to be a teacher was birthed in Chris Leingang during his 8th grade year. After graduating high school, Chris entered college with that desire still burning inside. In 1996, Chris graduated from Portland State University with a B.S. in Science with an emphasis in Chemistry and Physics and then went on to graduate from Concordia University, Portland with an M.A.T. in Secondary Education in 1998.

Mr. Leingang's teaching experience spans both middle school and high school in both the private and public sector. He has had the opportunity to teach a wide variety of subjects including General Science, Physical Science, Chemistry, Physics, Forensic Anatomy and American Government. Chris was later called into full-time Christian ministry with Lutheran Brethren Youth Ministries, where he led teams of young adults as they worked in church-planting and outreach.

Mr. Leingang's passion for teaching had not left but had been refocused on ministry, missiology and church leadership. As with most teachers, his passion for teaching is coupled with a passion for learning. Hence, it was no surprise, when in 2002, he enrolled in seminary.

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