Origin of Life
Creation-Based K-12 Curriculum Supplement
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| Preface | 5 | |
| What Is the Origin of Life? | 9 | |
| What Is Life? | 11 | |
| A Physical Definition of Life | 11 | |
| A Biblical Definition of Life | 13 | |
| The Chemical Basis for Physical Life | 17 | |
| Physical Life Requires Catalysts, Information, and Metabolism | 17 | |
| The Elements for Life Came from the Earth | 18 | |
| Enzymes Catalyze the Reactions that Make Life Possible | 19 | |
| DNA Is the Information Storage System for Life | 22 | |
| Metabolic Cycles Are Characteristic of Life | 25 | |
| Creating Life in the Laboratory | 29 | |
| Amino Acids in the Prebiotic Soup | 30 | |
| "The RNA World" | 32 | |
| The Metabolism First Hypothesis | 34 | |
| Does Life Exist Somewhere Else in the Solar System? | 37 | |
| Life on Mars? | 37 | |
| Stanley Miller's Chemistry on Titan | 40 | |
| The Purpose of Creation | 41 | |
| Bibliography | 45 | |
Origin of Life includes a teacher’s manual and a CD-ROM packed with K-12 reproducible classroom activities and PowerPoint presentations. Science Education Essentials are designed to work within your school’s existing science curriculum, with an uncompromising foundation of creation-based science instruction.
Created by the faculty and scientists at the Institute for Creation Research.
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