ByDesign Biology the Scientific Study of Life is a Christian based high school biology program. This new ByDesign Biology program, considers two popular contrasting worldviews—materialistic Darwinism, which claims that life originated without divine intervention, and biblical theism, which is the belief in the existence of God. Like all worldviews, the Darwinian and biblical worldviews provide a framework for understanding reality—and particularly biology.
Kendall Hunt PreK–12 Religious Publishing is excited to have collaborated with the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) North American Division (NAD) Office of Education on a brand-new Christian-based high school biology curriculum, ByDesign Biology! The new program is being rolled out and implemented in classrooms for the fall of 2020. Here are just a few of the exciting features of our innovative, customized curriculum, with input from our program writers and contributors at the NAD!
Biology through the lens of the Bible
Eighteen years ago, when Larry Blackmer became vice president of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) North American Division (NAD) Office of Education, he immediately realized the importance of a Christian-based science curriculum.
“I could not in good conscience put an evolutionary, anti-Christian textbook on an Adventist kitchen table when the students took their books home,” Blackmer said.
During the shift to online education, it’s easy to assume that reading and language arts teachers have it easier than some of their colleagues because it’s easy to teach reading at home, right? After all, many schools already do read-at-home programs, and students can just pick up a book and read. Problem solved!
Well … maybe not exactly.
Educators nationwide have had their lives turned upside down by COVID-19. Classrooms have emptied, schools have shuttered, and lessons have moved online. We here at the Kendall Hunt Religious Publishing Division (RPD) salute you for the amazing work you have done and are doing to keep your students learning under such challenging circumstances.
The end of the 2020 school year was a bumpy road as COVID-19 forced us to transition abruptly to at-home education. No one, from students to teachers to parents, emerged from the changes unscathed.
Except, that is, for those students and parents who were at home already.
One of the most popular aspects of the Kendall Hunt Religious Publishing Division (RPD)’s ByDesign Science curriculum for grades 1–8 is the fact that it spans so many grades, providing schools and families with consistency as the student progresses through the curriculum.
Now, with the launch of ByDesign Biology, a rigorous, faith-based biology program for high school students, educators have the opportunity to maintain consistency in students’ education during the transition to high school.
