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Saving Water and Energy

Caring for God's Creation

Day 174of 180
Week 35of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand basic ways to conserve water and energy

2

Practice simple conservation actions

3

Develop respect for God's creation

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 2:15

“Yahweh God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.”

— Genesis 2:15 (WEB)

God entrusted humans with caring for His creation, including conserving resources

📦 Materials Needed

  • Water pitcher
  • Small cups
  • Light switch
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade PK4 Science
  • Creation care coloring page
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn how to be good helpers of God's wonderful world!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about keeping creation clean yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Let's talk about saving water and energy. God gave us a beautiful world to take care of!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Turn off lights when leaving a room
  • Don't let water run while brushing teeth
  • Walk instead of using cars for short trips
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How can we be kind to God's creation?
  • What small things can you do to save water?
3Activity: Water Conservation Game (6 min)
demonstration

Practice saving water with a fun activity

📝 Instructions:
  1. Fill a pitcher with water
  2. Show how much water is wasted when tap runs
  3. Practice turning off water while brushing teeth
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use visual demonstration with water pitcher

Challenge: Create a water-saving chart to track family's conservation

4Closing (3 min)

Remember, we are God's helpers in taking care of His beautiful world!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about saving water?
  • How can you help save energy at home?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about being Creation Care Helpers!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children learn best through simple, hands-on demonstrations

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use positive, encouraging language
  • Demonstrate conservation actions
  • Make learning fun and interactive
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children may forget to turn off lights or water

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child attempting to conserve water or energy

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a BibleMouse conservation poster
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library coloring sheets about creation care

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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