Project Resources                                                                                                                   

WHAT YOU NEED                                                                                                                        *Items with an asterisk are consumable and will need to be increased for more than approximately three sessions with one class of about 30 students.  All other items can be reused.

ü  Lots of water*

ü  2 one-quart containers of Dawn or Joy dish-washing liquid*

ü  2 cups glycerin*

ü  1 or 2 packages of paper towels*

ü  150 drinking straws*

ü  2-4 five-gallon buckets for mixing bubble solution

ü  1 empty one-gallon container

ü  1 one – or- two- cup capacity measure

ü  3 or more squeegees

ü  1 plastic squirt bottle (an empty dish-washing liquid bottle)

ü  8 cottage cheese-style containers about 16 oz. each

ü  1 quart vinegar*

ü  5 dish pans for clean-up drop cloths & station experiments

ü  Butcher paper* and/or stack of newspaper* to absorb spills

ü  Access to a laminator

ü  1 small rubber spatula (optional)

A collection of standard and non-standard measuring equipment (include enough items so that the students at each station have at least two different tools to choose from at any time)

ü  Plastic-coated measuring tapes

ü  Metersticks, yardsticks, or rulers

ü  Protractors

ü  About 50 unifix cubes (or other uniform, waterproof cubes—about 1 cm)

ü  Several pieces of string or yarn (about 1 yard or 1 meter long)

ü  Popsicle sticks

ü  Pencils

ü  300+ Coffee stirrers

ü  Toothpicks (optional)

ü  Uniform-sized buttons (optional)

ü  Concentric rings (optional)

ü  Laminated circles of labeled diameters (optional)

      At least 15 pieces of “junk” to use for bubble-makers, such as: strainers, small tin cans, paper, mason jar lids, string, tea ball, rubber stoppers with holes, flower pots, funnels, strawberry baskets, plastic rings from a six-pack, medicine droppers, paper cups, styrofoam cups, various mesh sizes of screen, different size washers, rubber bands, toilet paper, aluminum foil, wire of different gauges, and springs.

ü  1 black or brown plastic trash bags (about 2’ by 3’)

ü  48 pieces of tagboard (approximately 8.5” x 11”)

ü  3 rolls of masking tape

ü  6 pairs of scissors

ü  6 yards of absorbent cotton string or twine 

ü  3 rolls of duct tape

ü  2 wallpaper troughs (about 30” x 6” x 6”)

ü  2 wooden dowels, about ½ inch in diameter, about 29” long

ü  About 4 yards of absorbent cotton twine

ü  4 large, heavy stainless steel washers or weights about 1½ inches in diameter

ü  2 whisks

ü  2 egg beaters

ü  2 plastic cups

ü  2 empty buckets

ü  4 small plastic magnifying lenses

ü  300-360 pipe cleaners

ü  2 hot glue guns

ü  1 slab of dry ice

ü  1 cooler

ü  1 pair of thick, cotton gloves

ü  1 stacking apparatus, made from sheets of plexiglass clamped parallel to each other with a stable base

ü  Rubber tubing (a diameter appropriate to receiving a drinking straw)

ü  A 2 foot by 3 foot tub

ü  1 plastic, “kiddie” wading pool about 3-4 feet in diameter

ü  1 plastic hula hoop that will fit into the bottom of the pool

ü  1 plastic milk crate or box (about 3 feet by 2 feet)

ü  1 old towel or T-shirt to cover the crate box