AY Honor Noah's Flood

Noah's Flood

Skill Level

2

Year

2025

Version

14.06.2025

Approval authority

North American Division

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Overview

There is evidence throughout the world of the great worldwide flood. You will discover what some of those evidences are, go over the account of this catastrophe, and learn how God continues to care for us.

The Challenging Part

The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:

13. Do two of the following on your own or as a club:

a. Obtain a large clear container, such as a 2–5-gallon water bottle or large pickle jar. Fill up a third or half of it with sediments, varying from silt to sand, also with small rocks, up to 1 inch (2.5 cm). Fill the rest of the way with water. Place the lid on the container and shake or roll it so the sediments will be mixed well. Then, stand it upright and let it sit until it all falls to the bottom of the container. Examine the layers created by the different size sediments and discuss how the layers we find in the earth relate to the layers in the container, and how this can happen on a large scale.

b. Get a large wading pool and make a model landscape out of coarse sand, fine sand, clay, large and small pebbles and topsoil. If you cannot find some of these materials, use what is available. Set a mister or sprinkler over the pool to simulate rain. Notice how when the rain falls on the higher points, it carries off the material and the different materials move at different rates. When the pool is covered in water over the sediment, turn off the water and drain the pool by siphoning the water out, being careful to only disturb as small of an area as needed to remove the water and let it sit overnight. Now, gently try to dig an area to the bottom of the pool in a couple of places and notice how the different types of sediments are mixed or layered.

c. Make a model of Noah’s Ark and make sure to use the ratios given in the Bible. Make sure to add weight near the bottom to simulate the animals, cargo and ballast. Next, launch the model in a lake, pool or other body of water and describe to your director how well it handles the waves.