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Things That Roll

How Things Move

Day 101of 180
Week 21of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify objects that can roll

2

Explore how round objects move differently on flat and sloped surfaces

3

Develop curiosity about God's creative design of motion

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 3:19

“Yahweh by wisdom founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.”

— Proverbs 3:19 (WEB)

Just as God designed objects to move in specific ways, He carefully created the laws of motion that make rolling possible

📦 Materials Needed

  • Balls of different sizes
  • Ramp or cardboard slope
  • Toy cars
  • Smooth flat surface
  • BibleMouse science journal
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse science adventure! Let's remember how we learned about moving things yesterday.

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how you pushed something to make it move?
2Teaching (5 min)

Today we're exploring things that roll! Round objects like balls move in a special way.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Round things can roll in a circle
  • Some things roll faster on smooth surfaces
  • God made some objects perfectly round so they can move easily
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What round things do you see around our home?
  • Can you find something that rolls?
3Activity: Rolling Race (6 min)
hands-on

Experiment with rolling different objects on flat and sloped surfaces

📝 Instructions:
  1. Collect different round objects
  2. Roll objects on a flat table
  3. Create a gentle ramp and roll objects down
  4. Observe which things roll best
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just roll balls on a flat surface

Challenge: Predict and measure how far different objects roll

4Closing (3 min)

Let's remember how wonderfully God designed things that can roll!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about rolling?
  • Can you show me something that rolls?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore things that slide instead of roll!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK4 children are developing understanding of basic physics concepts through play

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle encouragement
  • Let child explore and experiment
  • Ask open-ended questions
🤔 Common Struggles:

May get frustrated if objects don't roll exactly as expected

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Excitement about discovering how things move

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library rolling movement worksheets
  • Read a picture book about motion from BibleMouse Read-Aloud Library

Ready for Tomorrow?

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