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Loco Beans ClassPack


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$54.95 - Nonmember Price

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Type of Product:ClassPack
Publication Date:4/22/2010
Pages:0
Grade Level:Elementary School


Description

Using More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks, each sufficient for a class of 28 students, are lesson-specific collections of materials—an unmatched time-saver and a great deal.

This ClassPack for the book chapter “Loco Beans” in More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 includes a voucher for Mexican jumping beans, 14 Petri dishes, 14 packs heating pads, and 14 alcohol thermometers. (Note: This unit should be used in the fall, when jumping beans are available.)


Additional Info

Intended User Role:Curriculum Supervisor, Elementary-Level Educator, Teacher
Educational Issues:Teacher preparation

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This Title Also Available as Part of a Set:
Set: More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons ClassPacks
Using More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks, each sufficient for a class of 28 students, are lesson-specific collections of materials—an unmatched time-saver and a great deal. This set includes all of the ClassPacks for More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons.

Bubbles
14 bottles bubble solution, 28 small plastic cups, 42 pipe cleaners, 14 assorted bubble toys

Hear Your Heart
14 heavy-duty 12-in. paper towel tubes, 1 professional stethoscope, 1 pkg. sanitizing wipes, heart and circulatory system poster

Loco Beans
Voucher for Mexican jumping beans, 14 Petri dishes, 14 packs heating pads, 14 alcohol thermometers

Wiggling Worms
1 worm bin with lid, 1 voucher for 28 night crawlers, 1 box food-service gloves, 1 pkg. white paper plates, 1 roll paper towels, 7 plastic "experimental chambers" with lids, 14 small plastic flowerpots, 1 bag (1 cup) worm castings, 1 pkg. radish seeds

Over in the Ocean
7 packs plastic coral reef animals, coral reef animals poster, 1 pack 3- x 5-in. sticky notes

Be a Friend to Trees
9x12-in. Styrofoam dissection trays, 7 wooden blocks, 7 paper lunch bags, 1 roll paper towels, 7 balloons, 7 plastic spoons, 1 roll aluminum foil, 7 small rocks, 7 glass marbles, 7 metal keys, 1 box resealable plastic sandwich bags, 7 pencils with erasers, 1 voucher for a tree seedling

That Magnetic Dog
7 magnetic wands, 1 roll white cotton string, 7 white 9- x 12-in. Styrofoam dissection trays, 1 pencil, 1 box small trash bags, 1 roll aluminum foil, 7 metal spoons, 1 small bag cotton balls, 7 jingle bells, 7 metal washers, 7 iron nails, 7 steel wool pads, 7 plastic spoons, 7 split rings, 8 nickels, 8 marbles, 8 paper clips, 8 keys, 8 pennies

Roller Coasters
14 6-ft. lengths of 1 in. foam pipe insulation (split lengthwise), 14 16-oz. plastic cups, 14 foosballs, 14 1-in. rubber balls, 14 marbles, 1 box standard paper clips, 1 bar of soap, 2 medium-size rubber bands, 1 4x6-in. dry sponge, 1 small roll duct tape

Mirror, Mirror
14 6x9-in. plastic mirrors, 14 6x9-in. envelopes, 14 flashlights (with batteries), 14 shiny metal spoons, 14 pieces 5x5-cm aluminum foil

If You Find a Rock
7 rock kits, each contains obsidian, granite, sandstone, limestone, marble, pumice; 1 Field Guide to Finding Peebles booklet

Sunshine on My Shoulders
1 bag 140-UV beads, 7 UV-sensitive sheets with 4 different sections, 28 pipe cleaners, 1 bottle SPF 30 sunscreen

Imaginative Inventions
1 Frisbee flying disk, 1 pie tin, 1 "new and improved" flying disc (e.g., foam flying disk, Glow-in-Dark Frisbee, or Aerobie ring), 28 finger traps, 28 blow pipes
Member Price: $678.74 Nonmember Price: $873.43

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