Paul Anderson makes a passing remark on the appendix. He calls the appendix a vestigial organ meaning that the appendix has no purpose for us. An evolutionist considers a vestigial organ something we used to need, but we have evolved beyond our need of it. Actually, according to the Scientific American, "the appendix probably helps to suppress potentially destructive humoral (blood- and lymph-borne) antibody responses while promoting local immunity." see link article
The Respiratory System
The only evolutionary tainted comments in this video are references to creatures coming up with different types of respiratory systems. The creatures didn't come up with different types of systems, God made them that way.
The Circulatory System
One comment on the heart evolving in higher animals.
Paul Anderson is an excellent teacher, but teaches from an evolutionary perspective. I do not feel that he is intellectually honest in his comments about origins at the beginning of the clip. He talks as if the concept that we have all descended from one cell is a proven fact, when reality is, no one has ever discovered this cell. He talks as if we have proven that there is a lot of genetic transfer from the prokaryotic cells to the eukaryotic cells, and this is assumed, not proven. It is my personal opinion that the reason the science community is switching from a 5 kingdom classification system to a 3 domain classification system is that they have found that proving evolution on the basis of structural characteristics is impossible, and they hope to do it on a cellular level. Anyone who thinks this is possible needs to read "Darwin's Black Box" by Behe.
For the younger set, be sure to visit jonathanpark.com. You can listen to the current show online. The albums are available to download and are worth every penny. Homeschool lessons are available if you sign up for a free membership.
Listen to entire albums of Jonathan park at grooveshark. Album #1 The Adventure Begins Album #2 No Looking Back
Older kids and adults should check out creation.com for a multitude of great articles and videos on creation/evolution.
It has been claimed that the geological column as a faunal succession is not just a hypothetical concept, but a reality, because all Phanerozoic systems exist superposed at a number of locations on the earth. Close examination reveals, however, that even at locations where all ten systems are superposed, the column, as represented by sedimentary-thickness, is mostly missing. In fact, the thickest local accumulation of rock is only a tiny fraction of the inferred 600-million year’s worth of depositions. The global ‘stack’ of index fossils exists nowhere on earth, and most index fossils do not usually overlie each other at the same locality. So, even in those places where all Phanerozoic systems have been assigned, the column is still hypothetical. Locally, many of the systems have not been assigned by the index fossils contained in the strata but by indirect methods that take the column for granted—clearly circular reasoning. Thus the geologic column does not exist and so does not need to be explained by Flood geology. Only each local succession requires an explanation and Flood geology is wholly adequate for this task.
ArcGis Explorer Download This is a wonderful free program that you can use to input your own geographic information, combine it with their maps, and use it to explore your world in a multitude of ways.
Video Resources:
Creation/Evolution What's it all about? part 1
(warning; short wedding scene. bride immodestly dressed)
Read module 3 in Exploring Creation with Biology. The two videos at the end would be helpful, but not necessary to see before class. Most of the other videos we will use during lab to help with identification.
