Description

The 4th Grade Elementary Lab Kit 2nd Edition aims to simplify the task of teaching science. Each kit includes most of the essential materials and equipment, along with an instruction manual, to facilitate a hands-on learning experience for students in private or home school settings.

The laboratory exercises aim to achieve two main goals: firstly, to simplify the learning process for students, and secondly, to facilitate the teaching experience for instructors.

Each experiment is crafted to clearly convey a scientific principle, encompassing a variety of topics that are typically part of a standard fourth-grade curriculum.

The selected equipment ensures the kit is economical, compact, and robust. These kits are specifically for the laboratory segment of the course, while the remainder of the curriculum should be taught using a standard textbook.

Materials and Equipment included with the kit

Balance scale

Balloon (2)

Beakers, 150-mL graduated (2)

Blue foam

Borax

Bowl, plastic

Coffee filter paper

Compass

Copper strip

Copy of Figure 12.3 (from Journal)

Cup, clear 9-oz (4, reusable)

Cup, clear 12-oz. (1)

Cups, foam (2)

“D” battery (Labs 4 and 6)

“D” battery holder with 2 end clips (Labs 4 and 6)

Drinking straw

Figure of maple leaf

Figure of palm leaf

Flash cards of the butterfly cycle

Funnel

Glue

Goggles, safety

Ink pad

Insulated copper wire, 1 m (with both ends stripped of insulation)

Insulated wiring with alligator clip ends (3)

Iron filings with small scoop

Iron nail, small

Light bulb (small) with holder

Light sticks (2)

Magnet (2) (Labs 1 and 5)

Magnifier

Marble

Metal block (Al)

Mixture B (15 colored marbles and 15 marbles of a different color)

Packing peanuts

Paper clips, several small and 1 large

Pencil

Permanent marking pen

Petri dish

Plastic sandwich bags (4)

Potting soil (1/2 cup)

Radish seeds (10)

Recycling cards numbers 1 through 7

Rocks (2)

Rubber band, large

Rubber stopper (any size)

Ruler, metric

Sand, fine (small bag)

Sandpaper (1 sheet, coarse grain)

Sandpaper (1 sheet, fine grain)

Set of Happy/Sad balls

Steel nail, large

Steel nail, small

String, 1 m

Super ball

Tape measure, metric

Thermometer (°F/0C)

Toy Dinosaur

Weather map

Wood block

Zinc strip

Zip top bag, gallon-sized

Materials and Equipment not included with the kit

Lab 1 Book, leaf, plastic grocery bag, plastic knife, small pan or bowl, steel knife, steel

object (chair leg, filing cabinet, or desk), tape, water

Lab 2 Dry ice, empty water bottle, ice cube, liquid detergent, metal teaspoon, paper

towels, water, hot water, plastic spoons (4)

Lab 3 Heat source, large cup or jar, salt, water

Lab 4 Baking soda, cardboard, cork, foam, hot water, ice water, metal spoon, penny,

plastic straw, small piece of aluminum foil, small piece of paper, tape, tin can,

vinegar, water

Lab 5 Tape, water

Lab 6

Lab 7 Plate (paper or piece of white paper), soil (collected from student’s yard – not

potting soil)

Lab 8 Shoe box (or Kit box), sand (2 cups), sugar cubes (2)

Lab 9 Bowl (larger, clear), plate (large), salt (table), saucer, spoon (plastic)

Lab 10

Lab 11 Small live house plant and desert plant, water

Lab 12 Several clear nights

Lab 13 Pen

Lab 14 Grass clippings (plant), food scraps (meat and/or vegetable)

Lab 15 Leaves from succulent plant (2), leaves from flowering plant (2), paper plate (2),

plant (portion of a water plant), plant (portion of a flowering plant) scissors

Lab 16 Colored pencils, pen

Lab 17 Container or juice glass (clear), crayons or colored pencils, scissors, scrap paper