How many of these items do you already have? We’ve tried to keep it simple for you by making the majority of the items things most people have within reach (both physically and budget-wise).


If you find you don’t have something, simply add it to your next errand or shopping store list.


Shopping List for Unit Zero: Overview of eScience


Click here for Shopping List for Unit Zero.


  • Ball (any size)
  • Garden hose attached to a faucet
  • 4 sheets of paper
  • Ping pong ball
  • Small funnel (you can even make one out of a cone of paper)
  • A couple of large latex balloons, un-inflated
  • Assortment of magnets, including two that are rectangular (you’re going to break one)
  • Large nail (at least 2 inches long)
  • Spool of magnet wire
  • D-cell battery
  • Paper clips
  • Compass (any cheap one will work)
  • Glass of water
  • Glow-in-the-dark toy
  • Cup of hot coffee
  • Can of soda

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17 Responses to “Shopping List for Unit Zero”

  1. Unit Zero is an overview of the entire e-Science program, put in very simple terms. I added this in response to parents who wanted an overview to better understand the concepts we were covering in the bigger picture of things. I would start with Unit 1, or pick a topic under LIVE CLASSES and get started. Let me know if you have any further questions!

  2. I am a bit confused. I saw in some of the comments that unit 0 is only for parents, but then there is a materials list and some videos on newton’s laws of motion. I’m just starting out and have and 8 1/2 year old and an almost-10 year old and am going to work with them together. I am just clarifying if I should start with some of the videos and experiments in Unit 0 or just start somewhere else. We are very excited! Thank you, Jan

  3. If you get a spool of 100 feet, that will work for the projects in not only this unit but many others as well (Units 10, 11, 12, and 6). The links for the magnet wire and magnets are now updated. I am sorry for the trouble, we never know when one of the vendors changes their product links, so I appreciate the head’s up!

  4. archana_iyer says:

    I am not able to find what is meant by thin and thick magnets in unit zero shopping list. The links are not working. Also the spool of magnet wire should be how long?

  5. The format is different in high school. The program steps you through every lesson, and some lessons include experiments and others are problems worked through on paper. Download the main workbook from each section first and then you can see the format for that particular section. There are 14 workbooks total to download.

  6. dissapear88 says:

    My son s just about to start the physics in your high school program. How do I find the experiments for this and the shopping list?

  7. rivka_hodgkinson says:

    Yes, thank you!

  8. Not all the experiments in Topics are in Grade Level (some areas are not required for completion) so if you want to do ALL of them, I would recommend going through by Topic in the order/seq presented. Does that help?

  9. rivka_hodgkinson says:

    I am trying to decide whether to go by topic or grade level. If I go through topic from start to finish will I get through all the grade-level material? Thanks!

  10. Yes I think so – which experiment are you doing in Unit Zero?

  11. mellissa joris says:

    Radio shack now has magnetic wire under the code you listed for the thick magnet. Do you have a measurement to give us an idea of what size of magnet?

  12. mellissa joris says:

    will refrigerator magnets (the kind companies give out with adverts) work for the thin magnets?

  13. Mary Thomas Jackson says:

    Okay.

    -Charli (7th grader)

  14. This is a list for Unit Zero. Each unit has it’s own list. But you DON’T have to get everything on this list!!!

    I suggest doing the experiments you ALREADY have the materials for – do those first! I put so many experiments on the website so you’d have this flexibility. You’re going for quality, not quantity. You don’t have to do all the experiments to learn the key concept. Just do the one that best fits your budget and time.. it’s that simple.

    We didn’t use to have it these mega-shopping lists available for this very reason: it tends to overwhelm folks too easily. But so many people asked for a master shopping list, so I put it up. To be honest, I wish we could take it down, because I think it intimidates people. Most folks that look here first before viewing the experiments think they have to get EVERYTHING on this list, and it’s not the case at all. Just start in with what you have, and if you see an experiment you really want to do, start gathering materials for it.

  15. Mary Thomas Jackson says:

    okay so this is a general list on this page or a list for unit zero?

    -Charli(7th grader)

  16. Yes – the supplies are on this page and also in the Lesson Plan.

  17. Mary Thomas Jackson says:

    Aurora-
    Shouldn’t you have a general list of supply’s?

    -Charli(7th grader)