Are science and religion in conflict?

 

Learning Objectives
Students should learn:
  • to evaluate scientific and religious beliefs for themselves and whether these two different approaches conflict
  • to investigate the origins of the idea of conflict
  • to understand whether a choice has to be made between creation by God and evolution
  • to select, organise and structure information in a piece of extended writing
  • to reflect on their own learning

 

Learning Outcomes

Students:
  • understand that historians of science now view the conflict account as misleading
  • evaluate whether these two approaches are in conflict
  • communicate their views in a piece of structured, extended writing that clearly answers the question set
  • reflect on their own learning