Resources for Educators

Welcome to our resource hub for educators and any adults interested in thinking about science-religion communication with young people.

Here you can find resources (books, podcasts, video clips, lesson plans and other useful websites) specifically for adults hoping to encourage, and make space for, young people’s questions about science and religious faith. Some resources will feed your thoughts about why this might be worth doing, and others will help you with the practical delivery of these opportunities. The latter type of resource features age brackets, showing the target age of the resource.

For science-religion resources created specifically for children and young people, please visit our resources page for Faraday Kids (ages 2-11) or Faraday Teens (ages 11-18).
For science-religion resources for adults, we recommend taking a look at The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, where you can explore these topics more for yourself – including 2-page summaries, videos and recorded talks.

4-11

Lesson plans: Big World, Big Ideas: Religion and Science

RE Today (publisher), Julia Diamond-Conway (editor), The Faraday Institute (author)

A primary teaching resource to help students find out more about how both science and religion work, and the relationship between the two.

5-11

Lesson plans: Primary Classroom Resources

The Faraday Institute Youth and Schools team, and Science Online, New Zealand Ministry of Education

These lesson plans give students space to explore interdisciplinary science-faith questions and the nature of science – providing key skills for facing questions in our complex, science and technology-filled world.

11-16

Lesson plans: Secondary ‘Nature of Science’ Classroom Resources

The Faraday Institute Youth and Schools team, and Science Online, New Zealand Ministry of Education

These lesson plans give students a greater awareness of the nature of science – its role, methods, power and limitations – so they can engage wisely, critically, and creatively with the scientific way of knowing.

11-18

Lesson plans: Secondary RE Classroom Resources (English)

The Faraday Institute Youth and Schools team, and Science Online – New Zealand Ministry of Education

These curriculum-relevant lesson plans give students an opportunity to explore interdisciplinary science-religion topics covered in religious education classes.

11-18