Teachers and school pupils play an important part in CiS. Contact the Education secretary Stephen Thompson if you have any questions, or would like to contribute to the resources on this page.
2013 National Curriculum review
A CiS response to the recent consultation regarding reform of the UK national curriculum can be found here: CiS National Curriculum Response.
Church of England “God and the Big Bang” project
God and the Big Bang gives GCSE and A-level students (14-18 year olds) an exciting opportunity to discover, discuss and debate the compatibility of science and faith. The day aims to equip young people with the all-important tools they need in order to form their own opinions and engage in rational, exciting, well-reasoned and thought-provoking discussion about the place for science in God’s world.
The conferences have featured Christians with backgrounds in science or engineering and the sessions have included a key note lecture on the compatibility of science and Christianity, an interview with one of the speakers, a fun science demonstration session, a practical session for the students and a panel Q&A session with all of the contributors.
For more information, contact the GATBB co-ordinator Stephanie Bryant on contact@gatbb.co.uk
Articles
- Article in TES Connect by Education Secretary, John Ling: ‘AC Grayling is wrong: the humanity of Christ speaks to the nature of true humanism’
- Interview with CiS’s Education Secretary, John Ling: pdf (437 KB)
- Teaching Science in School (pdf, 65 KB), article from Christianity
- An introduction to Christian thinking on Creation – two helpful articles from in Christianity Magazine (August and September 2005):
What you need to know about the evolution debate
10 things you need to know about the evolution debate - Short paper by education specialist Michael Poole on science and Christianity, for school pupils: God and the Big Bang (pdf, 366KB)
- Short article by Prof. John Bryant, published in the Biochemist magazine: Intelligent Design Theory. New hypothesis or old idea in a new guise? (pdf, 1.7MB)
- Short article by Dr Denis Alexander, a biologist and director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion: Can a Christian believe in evolution?
- Short article by Michael Poole: Am I significant in the Universe, or just an accident? (pdf, 66KB)
- Online lecture on the interpretation of Genesis by theologian and former biologist Rev Dr Ernest Lucas: Science and the Bible: Are they incompatible? The creation story as a test case
- Online lecture by theologian and former biologist, Prof Alister McGrath: Has Science eliminated God? Richard Dawkins and the Meaning of Life
Multimedia
- Audio files of the talks from the CiS London conference ‘Science, Education and Secularism’ are available here
- Audio files of the talks from the CiS Education Conference in 2006 can be found here
- Details of The Faraday Institute’s conference Science and Religious Education in Schools can be found here with audio files of the talks given available here.
Links
- Test of Faith An excellent set of resources on science and faith including DVD, study guides, lesson plans etc targeted towards GCSE and A-Level students.
- Faraday Schools lots of resources for KS3 – KS5 from The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion.
- Science and Religion in Schools Project (SRSP)
- The Stapleford Centre
- The Association of Christian Teachers
- The Independent Schools Christian Alliance
- Ethics for Schools
A collection of articles written by Christian doctors which have been reproduced here especially for those studying religious studies, philosophy or ethics
- The Wonder Project