Science teachers from Queensland Open Brethren schools told to teach students about vegetarian dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark

Teachers who attended compulsory' creationist conference run by US-based fundamentalist group told radiometric dating techniques were flawed

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Teachers employed by a large group of Queensland Christian schools were told to teach creationism in science classes, including that vegetarian baby dinosaurs would have been taken aboard Noah's Ark.

Last year, the Open Brethren organisation Christian Community Ministries (CCM) hosted a Christian science conference by the US-based fundamentalist group Answers in Genesis, which once built a replica of Noah's Ark - with model dinosaurs included.