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Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Cork and Needle Compass....Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of FaithTagged as: Science -
Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "The Power of Water" Optional: A computer with Internet access, and a large monitor or digital projector Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the group. Read the discussion questions....Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: Earth, Patience, Power, Science, Transformation -
Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Pennies (one per participant) Drinking straws Construction paper, lightweight cardboard, or manila folders Scissors, including left-handed scissors Tape String Clean, recyclable objects such as plastic yogurt lids, aluminum or tin cans, etc.Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: Science
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Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Building a Solar Oven - Instructions Cardboard pizza box, a ruler, a marker, a box knife or sharp scissors, aluminum foil, black construction paper, clear plastic wrap, and glue A stick, large straw, or wooden spoon A tin pie pla...Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: Science
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Clear glass jar with metal lid A hammer and a nail, and modeling clay A large marshmallow and a plastic straw, for each participant who will try the experiment (Optional: Kitchen vacuum sealer may be used instead) Preparation for Activity Using the...Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children | From Love Connects UsTagged as: Science -
A Lamp in Every Corner (Boston: Skinner House, 2004). On a day not so very long ago, in a place not so very far away, a grass seed lay waiting. All through the cold, dark days of winter the seed waited, covered by a blanket of earth....Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From World of WonderTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Death, Diversity, Earth-Centered, Food, Good, Growth, Interdependence, Nature, Science, Transformation -
Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Computer with Internet access and a large monitor or a digital projector Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity If you will use the Internet to lead the children in researching water issues in your area, scout websites in advance....Activity | August 21, 2012 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: Science
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Candle, candle holder, and saucer for each participant Matches or lighter Preparation for Activity Make sure a candle with an open flame is allowed in your religious education space. Set candles firmly in candle holders. Set each candle holder on a...Activity | August 16, 2012 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: Science
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There was once a girl who loved to write stories and poems. She often wrote about the land and birds around her home. Her name was Rachel Louise Carson and she was born in 1907. When Rachel grew up she became a writer and a scientist. Rachel wrote wonderful stories and she always explained the...Story | By Noreen Kimball | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Change, Conscience, Earth, Interdependence, Nature, Politics, Power, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Science -
About two hundred years ago, lots of people in North America and in Europe were discovering all kinds of wondrous things in the ground. They found coal to burn for fuel, iron for making machinery, nickel for creating tools and candlesticks and other useful items....Story | By Gail Forsyth-Vail | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Love Will Guide UsTagged as: Animals, Earth, History, Humanism, Nature, Reason, Science -
Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity A tea light candle and a tall, cylindrical container (such as an empty salt or oatmeal container) for each team of three or four participants A lighter or matches, and extinguisher Preparation for Activity Try the experiment on your own so you are...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects UsTagged as: Science
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Raw potatoes (one for each team of two or three participants) Plastic drinking straws (one for each participant) Preparation for Activity Try this experiment to become familiar with the process. Description of Activity Form teams of two or three...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects UsTagged as: Science
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A gong, bell, or other musical noisemaker Preparation for Activity Read the guided meditation aloud several times so you become comfortable with the words and the pauses. Description of Activity A brief guided meditation sparks participants’...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects UsTagged as: Faith, Science, Spiritual Practice, Truth, Wonder
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape A roll of cellophane tape Leader Resource 1, Science, Religion, or Both? Preparation for Activity Print the leader resource and cut it into strips as indicated. Make three signs on sheets of newsprint: "SCIENCE,"...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects UsTagged as: Discernment, Religion, Science
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"Better Living through Chemistry." This was the motto of one of America's leading corporations in the 1950s. Chemicals could make better clothing. Chemicals could improve food—not to mention food packaging. Chemicals could increase farm yields and improve our environment. Chemicals had helped us...Story | By Greta Anderson | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Interdependence, Nature, Science -
Thanks to the Change the World Kids, Meg Miller and Phyllis Arata-Meyers for information and permission to tell their story. Place a large, shallow dish filled with water in front of you, where children can see it. Place a globe or world map within your reach. Phebe and Nika were two girls, both...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Children, Earth, Interdependence, Nature, Science, Service, Stewardship, Teamwork -
You might think that Beatrix Potter was a lonely child. Perhaps you would be right. True, she lived in a large city: London, England. True, the only child she had to play with was her brother, Bertram, and he was usually away at boarding school....Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Diversity, Imagination, Interdependence, Nature, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Science, Unitarianism, Women
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Clyde had finished his farm chores. Now he was free to spend the rest of the evening doing his favorite thing: stargazing. He got out his telescope and he looked up into the night sky. While he looked at the moon and the stars he wondered about the universe....Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), History, Humanism, Nature, Reason, Science, Wonder
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Description of Activity To experience personal expression as a quality of Unitarian Universalist faith, create a Faith in Action project where the children share their own expression with others or appreciate expression made by others. Make and Donate Art Cards Engage the children in making...Activity | October 26, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of FaithTagged as: Science
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Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Magnifying glasses for participants to share For Sun Bursts. Latex balloons, enough for all participants plus some extra, two or three magnifying glasses, string and scissors, and (optional) water For Light Write. Paper for all participants....Activity | October 26, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of FaithTagged as: Science