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BALANCED LIFE (PART1)
Purpose: To share with students the godly example of a balanced lifestyle.
Items Needed
[ ] Calculators
[ ] Gatorade Bottles
[ ] Poster Board labeled 1, 2, and 3
[ ] Tape
[ ] Examples of average looking kids/adults being active from a magazine and/or an example of a student who takes
their studies seriously and has achieved some good results. (Remember that too skinny or someone excessively
studying is not your goal, balance is.)
AMOEBA TAG
Directions
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Divide students into lines of 3 or 4 and link arms.
Choose two students to play tag.
The chased one becomes safe by linking arms with another student on a line.
The student on the other end of the line must break off and is now being chased.
Start to add more chasing pairs to speed the game up.
Each group or large group is to have a calculator and a Gatorade bottle to represent the mental and physical aspects
of life.
Pass the calculator around the group (representing mental). When a student is holding the calculator ask:
“What is your biggest success and biggest struggle in this area?”
Pass the Gatorade bottle around (representing physical) and ask the same two questions.
“What is your biggest success and biggest struggle in this area?”
Following those questions, ask:
1. Does what you eat or how much you exercise have any effect on your body? Why or why not?
2. Do your grades or how well your mind works have anything to do with the amount of time you “exercise your
brain?”
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• If you don’t protect your computer the chances of it catching a virus are very high. It will start to do crazy things and
eventually grind to a halt. This is called GIGO (Garbage in, Garbage out).
• The same is true of our bodies and minds, if we put garbage in, food, tv, lack of exercise, video games in excess
we start to see garbage coming out… bad grades, overweight, and poor health. If we put good things in we start to
see good results (show your picture/story examples).
• Feel free to have the leader share a story of the results of GIGO for them.
• Finish by reading Luke 2:52 – “And Jesus grew in wisdom, stature, and in favor with God and men.”
• Relate the wisdom and stature to the mental and physical. Next week we will talk about the social and spiritual.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL GAME
Directions
• As you ask a trivia question each student must choose which option is the correct answer. The correct answer is in
italics below.
• The 3 options you give will correspond with your 1, 2, 3 posters.
• The students will stand in line according to the answer they chose.
• You give them an opportunity to jump from line to line by shouting “run around now.”
• All those who guess the answer correctly get to stay in, those who get it wrong sit out.
Questions
(If you add your own questions remember to ask ones that they will not know the answers to. Even the intelligence
gap!)
1.
How many eyes does a butterfly have?
1. 2 2. 20 3. 12,000
2.
Which fingernail grows the slowest?
1. Thumb 2. Pinkie 3. Index
3.
How long does it take to make a baseball bat in a factory?
1. 80 minutes 2. 8 hours 3. 8 seconds
4.
What color was Christopher Columbus’ hair?
1. Blonde 2. Red 3. Brown
5.
What percentage of cat owners carry a picture of their pet in their wallet?
1. 10% 2. 40% 3. 80%
6.
How many bricks can be found on the Empire state building
1. 1 million 2. 4 million 3. 10 million
7.
In what year was ice cream invented?
1. 1620 2. 1720 3. 1920
8.
In what year did “The Star Spangled banner” become America’s national anthem?
1. 1631 2. 1731 3. 1931
9.
How many apples does it take to make one glass of apple cider?
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1. 1 2. 2 3. 3
10. What is the most watched film in history?
1. Jaws 2. The Wizard of Oz 3. It’s a Wonderful Life
(make up as many questions as you need)
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