Body Systems
In this simple game, campers
experience the complex systems of organs that compose a body. Make an outline of a dog or cow using cones
or other markers to define the boundaries of this game. Each body system has a specific motion which
the campers must perform when the brain, a camper chosen for that job, calls
out that command. For instance, you
might break down the motions as follows:
Heart - fold the hands and
make a pumping motion
Lungs - exaggerated breathing
Muscles - run in place
Nerves - form a chain and
relay squeeze pulses of the hand
Digestion - all the campers
form a circle and move clockwise
Skin - campers lay down on the
ground as if covering the body
Skeleton - campers stand as
straight and tall as they can
Rotate the person who calls the motions by allowing the person nearest the head when the nerves are called to become the new brain. Use this activity to discuss the myriad of gifts within the church, and how they all work together in the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12.12 and following).