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Material Change Challenge

Changing Materials

Day 90of 180
Week 18of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Predict whether material changes are reversible

2

Test and record observations about material changes

3

Understand that God creates materials with special properties

📖 Scripture Connection

Colossians 1:17

“He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”

— Colossians 1:17 (WEB)

God designs how materials can change and interact

📦 Materials Needed

  • Ice cubes
  • Chocolate chips
  • Clay
  • Paper
  • Small notebook
  • Pencil
  • Plastic container
  • Warm water
  • Spoon
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students and discuss how things can change. Ask children to share examples of things they've seen change.

💭 Review Question: What have you seen change from one form to another?
2Teaching (8 min)

Explain that some changes can be reversed, while others cannot. Use simple examples like ice melting and water freezing.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Some changes can go back to the original form
  • Some changes make permanent differences
  • God designed materials to have special abilities
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can we turn melted ice back into the same ice cube?
  • What happens when we tear a piece of paper?
  • How do materials change when we heat or cool them?
3Activity: Material Change Investigation (10 min)
hands-on experiment

Students predict and test material changes, recording observations

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw a chart with 'Material', 'Prediction', and 'Result'
  2. Try changing ice cube, chocolate chip, clay, and paper
  3. Record what happens when you melt, fold, or reshape items
  4. Discuss whether changes can be reversed
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Teacher helps record observations

Challenge: Students predict scientific terms for changes

4Closing (2 min)

Review observations and praise God for creating interesting materials

📝 Review Questions:
  • What surprised you about material changes?
  • Which changes could you reverse?
  • How do materials show God's creativity?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for making a world with such amazing materials that can change in wonderful ways. Amen.

Coming up: Next week, we'll explore more about how materials interact!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 104:24

“How many are your works, Yahweh! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.”

— Psalm 104:24 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Create hand motions for each key word

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Children are learning about physical changes and material properties

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage curiosity about material transformations
  • Use safe, supervised methods for exploring changes
  • Connect scientific observations to God's design
🤔 Common Struggles:

Understanding reversible vs. irreversible changes

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Excitement about discovering material transformations

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Collect more items to test material changes
  • Create a 'Changes Notebook' to record observations
  • Discuss how different professions use material change knowledge

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