Now that you have read Zoe Zoppins Lights it up (book 2) you are ready to take on the next challenge!

Let's recap the 2nd story:

Zoe visits her Grandma Lizzie in her amazing science lab. Zoe asks her all sorts of questions! Lizzie demonstrates colourful experiment which reveals something amazing about pain and the brain. Zoe learns that ANYTHING and EVERYTHING can change her pain!

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Here are some printable sheets for you to get stuck into...

Hot and cold

You will need red and blue pencils, crayons or textas for this one.

Pain volume 1.

Think about things in your life that may make your feeling of pain go up or down. We have given you some ideas.

Pain volume 2.

Write down things in your life that may make your feeling of pain go up or down.

Quiz

Share your thoughts...

This book had three questions at the end, so let’s kick off with question 4…

4. Have you ever tried distracting yourself on purpose? Eg. Maybe when you felt cranky you went outside to play, or you picked up your guitar and strummed along to a song? Ask someone at home about distraction and when it might be useful.

5. Can you draw a picture that shows how the blue light made Zoe feel less pain?

6. In the book, Zoe realises: “If a little light can change the volume of pain, Plenty MORE is possible in your brainy brain”. Which of the 8 characters on page 14 have you noticed in your own life? Tick them:

7. Can you come up with any other ideas that might change your feeling of pain?

8. How could you use this story to help you next time you feel sore?

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A book cover, 8-year-old Zoe is dressed in workwear including a yellow hardhat ad is holding a hammer. Her uncle Ozzie is also dressed in workwear and hard hat. Behind them both is a ladder on a dark green background.

A book cover, 8 year-old Zoe is at her Grandma's science lab, they are both wearing white lab coats. There are some experiments going on behind them on a white cupboard on a blue background.

A book cover, the two kids Zoe and Zak have virtual reality headsets on. Behind them is the school classroom whiteboard showing a brain. Red background.

A book cover, the kids Zoe and Zak are in fancy dress - Zoe in a dinosaur costume and Zak as a Knight but with a red bike helmet. They are standing in front of a tree house on a purple background. Green leaves are falling all around.

A book cover, 8 year-old Zoe is dressed in her soccer uniform and proudly showing us a piece of paper with her action plan on it. Streamers, a soccer ball and a diary are behind her, all on a yellow background.