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).
Here’s how to use this shopping list: First, look over the list and circle the items you already have on hand. Browse the experiments and note which ones use the materials you already have. Those are the experiments you can start with. After working through the experiments, your child might want to expand and do more activities. Make a note of the materials and put them on your next shopping trip OR order them online using the links provided below.
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). Are you ready?
Shopping List for Unit 18: Click here for Shopping List for Unit 18.
Material List:
- Chicken egg
- Vinegar
- Glass
- Roasted chicken
- Variety of bird feathers (collected from nature)
- Dead insects of your choice
- Birdseed
- Poster board in a variety of colors
- Water bottle
- 2 flexible straws
- Fifteen clean and empty 2-liter soda bottles with caps (check your local recycling center)
- One small plastic lid that fits inside the soda bottle (like from a yogurt or butter tub)
- Aluminum foil (12” piece)
- Plastic vial (like an M&M container or a film canister)
- 1 yard (or meter) of cotton twine or rolled up paper towel
- Brown paper grocery bag
- Newspaper
- fast-growing plant seeds (radish, grass, turnips, Chinese cabbage, moss, etc.)
- Flexible or clip-on style lamp with fluorescent bulb
- Soil, twigs, leaves, and organic plant material
- Live predators (praying mantis or spiders or carnivorous plants)
- Live red worms (about 20)
- Small piece of fruit
- White and black spray paint
- 20 feet of rope
- Graph paper (optional)
- Non-flexible straw
- Salt
- Glass
- Distilled water or filtered water
- Permanent marker
- Clay (about the size of a marble)
- Paint can (we’ll use the lid for the secchi disk and the pail for the waterscope) OR plastic gallon-size jug
- Large rubber band
- Plastic film (like saran wrap)
- Lizard in a terrarium (borrow one?)
- Video camera
- Male betta fish
- Fish bowl
- Mirror for fish bowl
Tools:
- scissors
- razor with adult help
- hot glue gun
- masking tape
Optional Dissection Materials:
- Simple dissection tools (forceps, tweezers, scissors, scalpel, T-pins, mounting board, clear plastic ruler)
- Starfish specimen
- Earthworm specimen
- Clam or oyster specimen
- Owl Pellet