Description

Aligned with both Texas and California education standards, this elementary science kit contains classic 5^th grade hands-on experiments that can be incorporated into virtually any elementary science curricula.

Research confirms that hands-on science experimentation fosters deeper understanding of course materials. It offers a critical balance to any virtual courses by improving student motor skills, providing sensory feedback, and relieving screen fatigue.

Each kit includes most of the materials needed for the labs (other than common household items), a manual that provides step-by-step guidance, a student journal, and a teacher’s answer key.

These kits are specifically for the laboratory segment of a course, while the remainder of the curriculum should be taught using a standard textbook.

The Labs

MATTER AND ENERGY

1. More Particularly Phenomenal Physical Properties of Matter

2. More Mixtures and Solutions

FORCE, MOTION, AND ENERGY

3. Explorations Into Energy

4. Batteries and Bulbs in Circuits

5. Magnificent Mirrors! (Reflection and Refraction of Light)

6. Fabulous Friction

EARTH AND SPACE

7. Sedimentary Rocks and Fossil Fuels

8. Sedimentary Rock Fossils and Dating Simulations

9. Landforms from Earth Science

10. Climates and Microclimates

11. How Does Water Keep it Clean?

12. Orbiting — How Does it Work?

13. The Sun, the Planets, and Other Space Objects

ORGANISMS AND ENVIRONMENTS

14. Ecosystems: Living and Nonliving

15. Food Webs and Energy Flow

16. The Ecosystem and Its Response to Change

17. Photosynthesis/Cellular Respiration and Carbon Dioxide

18. Organisms Match Their Environment

19. Complete and Incomplete Metamorphosis

Materials and Equipment included with the kit

1.5-volt D cell battery and holders (3)

Alligator clip wires (6)

Baking soda

Balloons

Bead

Beakers, graduated 150-mL (2), 15-mL (3)

Beans - lima, navy, and pintos

Binder clip

Clay

Clothespin

Coffee filter paper

Conductivity tester with 9-volt battery

Cups: (foam [2], 12-oz. clear plastic [1], 9-oz. clear plastic [1],

3-oz. [4], small paper [1] )

Cylinder, graduated 10-mL

Drawing compass

Fishing line (2 m)

Food coloring

Forceps

Funnel, small

Glow toys in black pouch

Hand warmer (1)

Iodine solution, 2% (1 mL)

Iron oxide filings

Iron nail

Labels (3)

Magnet (Labs 1 and 2)

Magnifier

Measuring scoop, 1-mL (Labs 1 and 3)

Metal washers (3-4)

Miniature light bulbs with holders (3)

Mirror, small

Mixture A (unknown mixture of sand and salt)

Mixture B (baking soda and iron filings)

Paper clips (several small plus two large)

Pasta (couscous, rotini, shells, bows)

Pencil

pH test strips (2)

Pictures of ecosystems (desert, forest, meadow)

Pipette

Plaster of Paris

Plastic bags (3 quart)

Popsicle stick

Potting soil, 1 cup

Protractor

Radish seeds

Rocks: granite, limestone, magnetite, sandstone, shale

Ruler, metric

Safety goggles

Salt/sand

Sea shell

Spring scale (100 g)

Stopwatch

Straight pin

Straws, (2 regular, 1 small, 1 extra long)

String, 40 cm, 70 cm, 2 m, 4 m

Tape measure, metric, metal (Labs 3 and 6)

Templates: food chain organisms and 4-blade windmill

Thermometer (°C)

Toothpick

Toy cars (2- ramp and one with spring action)

Wood splint (2)

Yeast