A Glo Germ "Spread the Gospel" Lesson or Activity
from a science lesson in the Writing Team's Story of Creation Lesson Set
(Everyone can get Glo Germ Gel and use it to demonstrate the idea described below. Only Supporting Members can access the actual lesson plan as it is part of our Team's special lesson sets. Join today!)
One of the terrific lessons in our Writing Team's "Story of Creation" Lesson Set uses Glo-Germ Gel to demonstrate how God's hands are all over us and Creation—if you know where and how to look for him. The non-toxic gel is invisible except in blacklight, and the blacklight reveals traces of it everywhere your students have put their hands. You can even write "secret messages" using the Glo Germ gel that can only be revealed by the "light of faith" (blacklight).
Use Glo Germ Gel to show how the Gospel and Goodness of God is spread when we "Go! share the Gospel" through our words and good acts. Show students how their faithfulness and love can spread through a community and INSPIRE others to faith and good deeds.
One way to show this is to SECRETLY lather the Glo Germ Gel on one of your student's hands (tell them it is hand sanitizer), then invite your class to "mingle" with each other for a minute. Then turn on the blacklight to see how far the original act of faith and goodness made it through the group.
Another way to do this is as a game where you "let loose" a couple of kids who have plenty of the Glo Germ Gel on their hands and have them play a game that involves passing objects (like a ball). Encourage them to shake hands, give high fives, and put their hand on their friends' shoulders, too. Then, do the "big reveal" by turning down the lights and turning ON the blacklight to see how many kids have traces of the Glo Germ Gel on them.
Glo Germ Gel is found online. Be sure to get a bright blacklight so that you can see how "touches" of kindness and Good News can be passed forward.
The unseen consequences of an action (such as spreading goodness) is sometimes called "The Butterfly Effect."
Here's a CBS Sunday Morning segment featuring Chris Rosati, a young man who "proved" the butterfly effect by spurring others to change the world. (He has ALS and has since passed away.)
Chris gave "micro grants" to kids who were challenged to change the world with it.
How could you set up an experiment like the one Chris did?
