Scriptures Through Science

A week ago I taught a primary lesson on the story of Ruth , which involved some unusual culinary treats for the kids. One of them involved having the kids taste some sliced baguette bread dipped in balsamic vinegar, which split the crowd, with half the kids enjoying it and one or two spitting it out into the wastepaper bin that I luckily had to hand.  Making sherbet was a hit though, and the kids had a blast with this. I had a couple of helpers for this class, and we made a bunch of makeshift paper bowls before the lesson started. (I tried following the instructions here but then gave up and just made one up.) Each kid was given an aliquot of sherbet in their own paper bowl, which they could dip into as they pleased. Two unanticipated side effects (which were painfully obvious in hindsight) were (a) getting icing sugar over their Sunday best (oops), and (b) having a bunch of hyper kids exit the class (double oops).  Using sugar in the sherbet experiment made for some slightly...

 This post follows on from the previous few posts where: I reviewed the scriptures for this week's Come Follow Me Primary lesson. ( link ) I then brainstormed various science themes that could link to the scriptures. ( link ) Yesterday I worked up one of those themes into a potential lesson plan. ( link ) In this post, I'll provide a concise lesson plan for teachers to use if they find this useful. The first part of this post (in green) is an overview of the lesson aims, and the second part (in yellow) is the actual lesson plan that you can use.  Fun with fizzy things. Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash Overview What's the lesson about? It's about Ruth, a woman whose family moves from Bethlehem to Moab some time after the period of Judges, and experiences tragedy when her husband, father-in-law and brother-in-law all pass away. She's left with her mother-in-law Naomi, and sister-in-law Orpah. Ruth and Naomi stay close together as they relocate back to Israel, b...