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Oceans: Big Water

Land and Water

Day 103of 180
Week 21of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify oceans on a globe

2

Understand that oceans cover most of Earth

3

Recognize that God created water and land

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:10

“God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.”

— Genesis 1:10 (WEB)

Shows God's intentional creation of land and water

📦 Materials Needed

  • Globe
  • Blue and green paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather children and show the globe. Ask them to look at all the blue areas.

💭 Review Question: What do you think all the blue represents?
2Teaching (8 min)

Explain that the blue areas are oceans, big water areas that cover most of Earth. God created these huge water spaces.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Oceans are very large
  • Oceans have salt water
  • Many animals live in oceans
  • God designed oceans carefully
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What colors do you see on the globe?
  • Why do you think God made so much water?
3Activity: Ocean Craft (5 min)
hands-on

Create a simple ocean and land craft showing ocean coverage

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take blue paper to represent oceans
  2. Take green paper to represent land
  3. Tear or cut papers to show ocean and land proportions
  4. Glue onto a white background
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Adult helps with cutting

Challenge: Estimate percentage of ocean vs land

4Closing (2 min)

Recap what we learned about oceans

📝 Review Questions:
  • What color are oceans?
  • Are oceans big or small?
  • Who made the oceans?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for creating beautiful oceans and showing Your amazing creativity.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about valleys and plains!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 95:5

“The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.”

— Psalm 95:5 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Ocean Wave Hand Motion

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

First grade students are learning basic geography concepts

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use visual aids
  • Encourage curiosity
  • Connect scientific learning to God's design
🤔 Common Struggles:

Understanding scale and proportion of oceans

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to identify blue areas as oceans

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Watch child-friendly ocean documentary
  • Read books about ocean animals
  • Discuss ocean exploration

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