Alright – here’s a half-baked idea for a lesson… This is of course going to require you to have internet access and a computer capable of flash media. If you do not have flash you can get the free player at: http://www.macromedia.com/
You will also need to log on to the Sith Sense site provided by Burger King.
On the site, Darth Vader asks you to think of something. Then, after asking you to respond to 20 questions or less he tells you what you were thinking! It’s really pretty cool. Get on line and try it yourself… It’ll freak you out man!
So the lesson is an expose on the ability to read minds and have psychic powers. This would be a great lesson for pre-teens and older elementary kids. Have a kid think of an object in the room and have the computer “read their minds”
Explain that it works because the computer is crossing items off of a giant list each time you answer a question – and through a process of elimination, it finds your answer.
Now have someone choose an item that is very specific like: a picture of their family (the computer may guess picture, but it will never be that specific).
Wrap it up by telling the kids that only God can read your minds and He alone knows your thoughts, desires, dreams and attitudes.
Have fun with this one!
My son and I just did this a couple of times and found it to be a ton of fun. Actually now my son even as we speak is running around in the basement fighting invisible enemies of the force.