Member Pilgrim Church asked:

We are looking for interactive "science" experiments demonstrating Easter subjects that 5-11 years olds can do for Easter.

Member JanS responded:

There is a book by Group called "Amazing Science Devotions" that I have found very helpful.

There's a similar book by Baker Books called "77 Fairly Safe Science Experiments for Illustrating Bible Lessons."

BOTH have "science demonstrations" in them that illustrate lessons related to Holy Week.

Science Object Egg Experiment

Originally posted by dsevertson of Pilgrim Church

We are looking for an interactive science lesson that 5-11 years olds can do for Easter. We have already used the butterflies.

Member responded

A neat science object experiment that helps kids visualize Easter morning involves sucking a hard boiled egg into a glass bottle, and then getting it out again

Supplies:

• one hard boiled egg, peeled
• a1 litre Tropicana like glass juice bottle
• Boiling water

Directions:

1. Pour boiling water into juice bottle.
2. Tell Easter story up to where Jesus is put into the tomb.
3. Pour water out and then place egg (pointy end down) on top of bottle. Egg will get sucked into bottle as glass cools.
4. To get egg out of bottle you have to do the unexpected thing. Instead of sucking the egg out, you have to cover the top of bottle with your mouth and blow as hard as you can into bottle. When you remove your mouth from bottle, egg will shoot out! Jesus is risen! God's surprise!