YOUTH

Ages 8-12

What Makes Blood Amazing?

In advance, print out enough info sheets (linked below) for each to student to have one. Each sheet has a different information about the amazing qualities of blood.

  • Begin by asking students what they already know about blood. Write their answers on the board.

  • Distribute the sheets evenly among the students.

  • Ask students to show the number on top of their sheet with their fingers raised up above their heads

  • Ask everyone to pair up with a different number. Once they’ve paired up invite them to share their special information with one another.

  • After a few minutes, rotate by asking them to pair with the number they haven’t seen yet. Have students discuss their sheets with their new partners.

  • Ask students to resume their seats. Then point back to the board and ask: What else do you know about blood now? Encourage students to share what they’ve learned!

DISCUSSION: NOAH and the ARK

  • Ask students if they’re aware of any disasters, natural or manmade, local or international.

  • Ask students if they know how blood donations help people who have been hurt during disasters.

  • Now ask them if they can recall any disasters that their ancestors experienced. If no one suggests it, remind them of the flood (although there are many, other good answers).

  • Lead them in a discussion of how Noah’s action in the present ensured that life would be preserved into the future, and how blood donation is a kind of present-day ark. By doing the good work of giving blood, we can ensure that, when disaster strike, life will be preserved!