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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 -
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 -
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