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Science Y6 – Marvellous Me – lesson 2

THE BODY’S BUILDING BLOCKS

Truth to Teach (Source)

1 Corinthians 12:12 ‘The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many,
they form one body.’

 All organisms are made up of cells.

 Our bodies are made up of millions of cells of different shapes and with different functions.

 The Body of Christ is made up of millions of people just as the body has many cells.

 Groups of cells make up tissues which combine to make organs.

Way to Work (Means)

1. Review the previous lesson.

2. Show pictures of various cells, discussing the way in which God has designed different shaped cells for
different parts of the body and for different functions. Draw some cells on the board and label the nucleus in
the centre, surrounded by the cytoplasm held together by the cell membrane.

3. If the children have access to computers they could gather their own information on cells using Children’s
Encyclopaedia programmes on CD or from the Internet, eg

www.kathimitchell.com/cells.html

www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html

Useful book: ‘Marvellous Me’ by Dr Anne Townsend, published by Lion ISBN 0-85648-577-2

4. The information the children gather could be added to the worksheet, or they could print information off the
web-site and use highlighters to show relevant information, or create their own writing with labelled diagrams.

5. Gather back after a set time to share.

6. Read and discuss the above verse, applying it to our different gifts and talents and where we fit into the
class, church or family. Stress the importance of each individual and how we are all created for purpose for
the good of the whole.

7. End by reading the following from ‘Fearfully and Wonderfully Made’ by Philip Yancey and Dr Paul Brand,
ISBN 0-551-02322-8

‘The body is one unit, though it is made up of many cells, and though all its cells are many, they form one
body … If the white cell should say, because I am not a brain cell, I do not belong to the body, it would not
for that reason cease to be part of the body. And if the muscle cell should say to the optic nerve cell,
because I am not an optic nerve cell, I do not belong to the body, it would not for that reason cease to be
part of the body. If the whole body were an optic nerve cell, where would be the ability to walk? If the whole
body were an auditory nerve cell, where would be the sense of sight? But in fact God has arranged the cells
in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If all the cells were the same, where would the
body be? As it is, there are many cells but one body.’

8. Thank God for his amazing design of our bodies and the different purposes for which we have been created.

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