I used the word "faith" in my science class...

[nebula]

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Did you read my response?

[patricia1]

Oh my goodness..Well one needs to have faith that the atom exists, have faith that H2O is water and oxygen is in the air . It takes faith to believe the planets will not fall out of the sky... Lol

[Guest Charles-Darwin]

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nah i missed it..either way you shouldnt be teaching students that faith has any room in science at all

"because scientists say so" shouldnt be a good enough reason for anyone and I would be ashamed if i was teaching science like tht..and angry if you were my kid's teacher

[Guest Charles-Darwin]

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Did you read my response?

nah i missed it..either way you shouldnt be teaching students that faith has any room in science at all

"because scientists say so" shouldnt be a good enough reason for anyone and I would be ashamed if i was teaching science like tht..and angry if you were my kid's teacher

I think Nebula has made it abundantly clear that she understands the distinction between the religious use of the word 'faith' and the general use. She didn't tell the students that the membrane was there and expect them to believe it, they saw it for themselves in most of the slides, she just pointed out that it's there in the others whether they can see it or not.

btw, why has a small anecdote become a debate when it needn't have?

EDIT: Also, since this is my first post since I rejoined the forum, can I ask what happened to horizoneast? When I was last on, he was a prolific annoyance and now I can't see any posts by him recently in the Faith vs Science section. His last posts were months ago.

eh shouldve reread the post as i recalled she couldnt explain to the kids where the tissue was in a way they could understand so told them to take by faith what she was saying was correct..i retract the ashamed staements

[patricia1]

So..you miss horizon east hnh....Lol.

Nebula children know about faith. I wold not worry at all and I bet although you said it in one way they will eventually see a double meaning later.

[patricia1]

it is sad that I cannot tell you what happened to him. Maybe he got fed up and left...

[Mikeyjay]

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Did you read my response?

nah i missed it..either way you shouldn't be teaching students that faith has any room in science at all

"because scientists say so" shouldnt be a good enough reason for anyone and I would be ashamed if i was teaching science like tht..and angry if you were my kid's teacher

I think Nebula has made it abundantly clear that she understands the distinction between the religious use of the word 'faith' and the general use. She didn't tell the students that the membrane was there and expect them to believe it, they saw it for themselves in most of the slides, she just pointed out that it's there in the others whether they can see it or not.

btw, why has a small anecdote become a debate when it needn't have?

EDIT: Also, since this is my first post since I rejoined the forum, can I ask what happened to horizoneast? When I was last on, he was a prolific annoyance and now I can't see any posts by him recently in the Faith vs Science section. His last posts were months ago.

eh shouldve reread the post as i recalled she couldnt explain to the kids where the tissue was in a way they could understand so told them to take by faith what she was saying was correct..i retract the ashamed staements

So i should think so...you behaved very rudley...but i am sure and have FAITH that Nebula will forgive you for your arrogance.

[nebula]

OK guys - bashing of posters is against the TOS.

[sharonvinchrist]

...and I got away with it!

I am a lab instructor for Anatomy & Physiology.

In this particular lab, I was teaching my students histology (histology = the study of tissues, that is tissues of the body . . . just in case some smart alec out there wants to make a reference to Kleenex or something ). The focus was on Epithelial tissue (the tissues that line the inside and outside of organs) and Connective tissue (the tissue that bind and supports). Epithelial tissue will rest "on top of" Connective tissue. In between the two is a substance called Basement Membrane that acts as a "glue" to bind the two tissues together.

The instructions for this lab were for the students to draw the tissues form microscopic images and label certain components, including the basement membrane.

In my Power Point presentation, there were some images where you could see the basement membrane, and there were others where it could not be seen. I explained to them that they may not always see the basement membrane on their particular slides either, but they needed to label it anyway (for that is what the directions stated for to them to do - DISCLAIMER: I am not the one who created these direction. )

However, this brought confusion to several my students. How could they label a structure they could not see?

At first, I tried to explain that if they know the basement membrane exists between the two tissues, all they needed to do was to draw a line to where it is supposed to be.

They still didn't get it.

So, finally, I said, "Basically, even if the basement membrane does not show up in the particular slide sample, accept by faith that it is there, and draw a line to it."

They seemed to have gotten it then.