Joseph "Science" Workshop
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Summary:
- Scripture: Genesis 41-42
- Focus: God can help us develop "thick skin" to deal with problems.
Activities: In addition to an opening demonstration, student take part in a science experiment in which they write some of the troubles/unfair treatment they've experienced and then learn how to pass a pointed skewer through the "thick" part of a balloon without popping the balloon.
Additional Suggestions: The experiment begs the question "what to do" about fairness/unfairness -- which can be issues of justice and not simply playground issues. After the first experiment passing the skewer through the thick part of the balloon (which suggests God helps us toughen up instead of explode), do additional balloon experiments to illustrate other ways to deal with fairness and injustice.
For example, write injustices on a deflated balloon and watch it expand and contract depending on whether you "chill" it or warm it up. (i.e. how you can affect the effects of injustice by YOUR actions).
Or, use the vinegar/baking soda experiment to fill or deflate a balloon to show how problems can be made worse by what WE bring to the issue (be part of the solution, not part of the problem). Or use the effect to describe how the Holy Spirit can inflate the deflated (lift up the weak, etc etc) https://www.stemlittleexplorer...balloon-experiments/
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