Apologetics Experiements

In class on 10/20 we preformed two labs. The first was creating a fossil in minutes, not millions of years. Students used plaster of Paris which is made from natural materials, add water and then place an object such as a shell or leaf in the slurry. In about 30 min. the plaster had hardened enough to remove the object, leaving behind a print. The plaster represents the sediment and crushed limestone along with decaying matter from mollusks(a known hardening additive), the water, or deluge as recorded in scripture during Noah's time and the object, a representation of the lifeforms killed and covered quickly in sediment during the flood. Added with the pressure of many layers of sediment, we have a current fossil record of life from years past. I explained to the children the reasoning behind the geological timeline used by Evolutionists to support the progression of lifeforms. From a Biblical view we can see the progression from trilobites, mollusks and other invertebrates to various sea creatures in the fossil record followed by reptiles and birds who would have had an easier time escaping the rising flood waters. Finally, the large reptile and mammal layer to include human remains. It isn't a picture of when the creatures existed, but the succession of burial.
That brings us to the 2nd lab. Using a bag of 15 bean soup mix and a bag of rice, students made predictions as to how they would "layer up" in water. Students should have written a hypothesis like so: If the mixture is put in water and stirred, then allowed to settle, the ? will be on top and the ? will be on the bottom. We will view the data and make our conclusions next time. Thanks for your time!