design (noun) a plan or drawing

• Sample Sentence: The basic design of a bicycle has changed very little over the last fifty years.

• Turn and Talk: In your opinion, which smartphone has the best design? Explain your answer.

*design (verb) to plan; to make

• Sample Sentence: Scientists worked for years to design solar panels that turn light from the sun into usable energy.

• Turn and Talk: If you could design a pair of shoes for the future, what would they look like?

creationism (noun) the belief that the world was made by God

• Sample Sentence: When schools teach about evolution, some people fear a child’s belief in creationism could be threatened.

• Turn and Talk: Which do you remember learning about first: creationism or evolution?

concept (noun) an idea

• Sample Sentence: The central concept behind intelligent design is that living things must have been designed by an intelligent being.

• Turn and Talk: What is your concept of good manners?

evolve (verb) to change over time

• Sample Sentence: At Bethany’s school, however, the science teacher says that living things evolve.

• Turn and Talk: As you’ve gotten older, how have your ideas about friendship evolved?

perspective (noun) a point of view

• Sample Sentence: Therefore, scientists say intelligent design is not a scientific perspective, but a religious one.

• Turn and Talk: What is your perspective about junk food advertising in schools? Should it be allowed?

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