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  • Utility | May 17, 2013 | From World of Wonder
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Birth, Death, Earth-Centered, Growth, Humanism, Interdependence, Nature, Science, Transformation, Wonder
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  • Excerpted from Worshipping Together with Questioning Minds, by Sophia Lyon Fahs. Copyright (C) 1965 by Sophia Lyon Fahs. Reprinted by permission of Beacon Press, Boston. Two first-person anecdotes from Fahs' experiences as a religious educator, each followed by her analysis....
    Story | By Sophia Lyon Fahs | February 7, 2013 | For Adults | From What Moves Us
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Aging, Awe, Children, Contemplation, Immanence, Mystery, Nature, Playfulness, Science, Unitarianism, Wisdom
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  • 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 Power
    Tagged 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 Power
    Tagged as: Science
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  • Immanuel Kant, a key figure in the field of philosophy, was born in what is now Germany. He grew up in a Lutheran household, part of a family that particularly emphasized piety and vigorous religious devotion. At the age of 16, he enrolled at the University of Konigsberg, and went on to spend his...
    Story | January 19, 2012 | For Adults | From What We Choose
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Authority, Conscience, Contemplation, Discernment, Ethics, God, Progress, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Responsibility, Science
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  • Utility | December 10, 2011 | From Gather the Spirit
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Community, Direct Experience, Earth, Humanism, Indigenous American, Interdependence, Nature, Responsibility, Science, Stewardship
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  • Sources used: Encognitive.com on YouTube. "Linus Pauling: Nature of the Universe." Marshall Klarfeld. "Linus Pauling speaks." on YouTube. Charles Hartshorne. Man's Vision of God and the Logic of Theism. Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1964. Unitarian Universalist Historical Society....
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Place of Wholeness
    Tagged as: God, Reason, 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 Us
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Change, Conscience, Earth, Interdependence, Nature, Politics, Power, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Science
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds Us
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Choice, Connections, Earth, Humanism, Interdependence, Love, Nature, Responsibility, Science
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Love Will Guide Us
    Tagged as: Education, History, Humanism, Love, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Reason, Science, Unitarian Universalism, Women, Wonder
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  • 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 Us
    Tagged as: Animals, Earth, History, Humanism, Nature, Reason, Science
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Love Will Guide Us
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Animals, Earth, Humanism, Love, Nature, Reason, Science, Unitarian Universalism
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  • 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 Us
    Tagged 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 Us
    Tagged 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 Us
    Tagged 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 Us
    Tagged 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 Mystery
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Interdependence, Nature, Science
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  • 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 Journeys
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Children, Earth, Interdependence, Nature, Science, Service, Stewardship, Teamwork
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Faithful Journeys
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Earth, Earth Day, Interdependence, Nature, Science
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  • Beatrix Potter was interested in science, and drew detailed pictures of nature. She couldn't be a scientist, so she became an author!
    Story | October 27, 2011 (reviewed August 2025) | For Children, Families, Multigenerational | From Faith Curricula Library
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Diversity, Imagination, Interdependence, Nature, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Science, Unitarianism, UU History, Women
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