Description

The 5th 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 schools.

The laboratory exercises are crafted with two main goals in mind: firstly, to simplify the learning process for students, and secondly, to facilitate the teaching process for instructors.

Each experiment is crafted to clearly convey a scientific principle, encompassing a variety of topics typically found in a standard fifth grade curriculum.

The selected equipment ensures the kit is affordable, compact, and durable. These kits are specifically for the laboratory segment of the course, while the remainder of the course content is covered in a standard textbook.

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

Materials and Equipment not included with the kit 

Lab 1 Distilled water, freezer, hot plate for boiling water, oil, salt, sugar, Snickers® and 3

Musketeers® candy bars (snack size), scissors, penny, nickel, dime

Lab 2 Heat source, lemon juice, tape, water

Lab 3 Corn syrup, empty water bottle, fan, hole punch, hot water, ice water, marker,

scissors, tape old iron oxide

Lab 4

Lab 5 Book, paper, penny, wall-mounted mirror, water

Lab 6 Aluminum foil, books to raise ramp, masking tape, ramp (3 ft), small box, various

surfaces, wax paper, writing paper

Lab 7 Oil (mineral or vegetable), paper plates (3)

Lab 8 Additional items to mold (a leaf, a dead beetle, a twig, rabbit pellets),

tablespoon, vegetable oil, water

Lab 9 Freezer, sand and gravel mixture, water

Lab 10 Internet access, pen

Lab 11 Water; ice, tap water, source of heat, cooking oil, 2-L plastic soda bottles (4),

kitchen knife, scissors, hammer and nail, windowsill with Sun exposure, film

canister (optional)

Lab 12

Lab 13 Markers (8 different colors)

Lab 14

Lab 15 Coat hangers (2), crayons or felt-tip markers, pen, scissors,

Lab 16

Lab 17 Aluminum foil, geranium or other leafy plant, paper towel, rubbing alcohol or

fingernail-polish remover, shallow bowl or plate, small water glass

Lab 18 Foods: peanuts in shells, plastic or gummy worms, raisin, rice - cooked, shelled

sunflower seeds, spaghetti noodles - uncooked, water, pliers, spoon, 6 small

paper plates

Lab 19 Glue, paper plates (2), pen