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Brainstorms: From Idea to Invention ClassPack


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Type of Product:ClassPack
Publication Title:Picture-Perfect Science ClassPacks Series
Publication Date:4/22/2010
Grade Level:Elementary School


Description

Using Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Expanded 2nd Edition 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 “Brainstorms: From Idea to Invention” in Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Expanded 2nd Edition: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry includes 14 resealable plastic sandwich bags, each contains 1 m masking tape, 40 nonflexible straws, small plastic bowl; 1 yard swatch of untreated fabric; 1 can Scotchguard; 7 pipettes; 7 8-oz. soft plastic cups; and 100 4x5-in. lined index cards.


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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: Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Expanded 2nd Edition, ClassPacks
Using Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Expanded 2nd Edition 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 Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Expanded 2nd Edition.

"Earthlets"
28 small opaque film containers with lids, 10 nuts and bolts, 1 box paper clips, 1 cup unpopped popcorn kernels, 2 marbles, 2 small screws, 7 coated magnet wands, 10 wooden cubes, 6 pennies, 2 identical metal key chains, 2 salt packets, 2 small pencil top erasers, 10 buttons, 10 thick rubber bands, 1/4 cup pea gravel, 1 crayon

"Name That Shell"
14 bags with 7 types of shells per bag, 1 "Shells of North America" poster

"Rice Is Life"
28 pairs chopsticks, 2 cups uncooked white rice, 2 cups uncooked brown rice, 58 clear plastic cups for germinating rice, 1 pack bean seeds, 1 bag with 12 cups soil, 1 packet rice seeds, 60 clear plastic cups for growing bean plants, 58 2x2-in. square pieces of sandpaper, 1 cup uncooked instant white rice

"What’s Poppin'?"
4 bags microwave popcorn, 1 jar popcorn kernels without oil, 1 box resealable 6x6-in. plastic sandwich bags, 23 glass test tubes, 1 roll 1/2-in. masking tape, 7 wire test tube holders, 7 test tube racks, 7 large sturdy candles, 1 stick of modeling clay (1/4 lbs.), 7 aluminum pie plates, 1 roll aluminum foil, 7 pipettes, 25 ml canola oil

"Mystery Pellets"
pack of 14 owl pellets; 14 8.5x11-in. sheets of white cardstock; 1 box pointed toothpicks; 1 4-oz. tubes white school glue; 14 owl pellet bone charts; mini poster of vole, mouse, etc.

"Oil Spill!"
1 L jug filled with 750 ml canola oil; 4 oz. Black Powder tempera paint; 21 disposable aluminum pie plates; 21 rocks (3 in. diameter); 21 plastic aquarium plants; 1 pkg. pipe cleaners; 7 resealable plastic sandwich bags, each contains a coffee filter, cotton balls, 10 cm strip nylon stocking, plastic spoon, plastic fork, 5-cm strip paper towel, disposable pipette

"Sheep in a Jeep"
7 small plastic jeeps, 7 plastic farm animals, 7 2-ft. long folding wooden ramps, 14 sheets rough sandpaper, 1 ball heavy kite string, 1 box small kitchen garbage bags, 7 rolls clear tape, 7 metric measuring tapes, 1 overhead transparency

"Chemical Change Café"
7 pieces bubble wrap (each cell minimum of 1 in. diameter; 3–5 cells per piece), 7 pipettes, 1 cup vinegar, 1 cup baking soda, 1 plastic spoon, 2 steel wool pads, 1 small container cream of tartar, 2 standard alcohol thermometers, 3 25-ml graduated cylinders, 7 250-ml plastic mixing bowls, 7 250-ml measuring cups, 7 wire whisks

"The Changing Moon"
28 2.5-in. diameter white polystyrene balls, 1 bulb holder, 100-watt light bulb, 28 chopsticks, phases of the moon poster

"Day and Night"
3 round battery-operated clocks with 8 in. diameter, 7 inflatable globes, 7 gooseneck lamps with 75-watt bulbs

"Grand Canyon"
6 cups large unwashed gravel, 6 cups small unwashed gravel, 6 cups soil, 7 cups small unwashed rocks, 14 clear plastic wide-mouthed jars with lids, 7 fine mesh wire strainers, 7 paper coffee filters, 7 bags sand (5 cups per bag)

"Brainstorms"
14 resealable plastic sandwich bags, each contains 1 m masking tape, 40 nonflexible straws, small plastic bowl; 1 yard swatch of untreated fabric; 1 can Scotchguard; 7 pipettes; 7 8-oz. soft plastic cups; 100 4x5-in. lined index cards

“Bugs!”
14 small, clear acrylic bug boxes with magnifier lids; 1 large, clear acrylic bug box with a magnifier lid; 14 aquarium nets; 1 large butterfly net; 1 marker; and 1 “Bugs” poster.

“Batteries Included”
1 energy ball (precut to show interior components); 14 energy balls; 14 battery, bulb, and wire packs; 1 extra pack of bulbs; 14 battery and bulb cutouts; and 1 “Electrical Circuits” poster.

“The Secrets of Flight”
1 roll clear plastic tape, 14 glue sticks, 14 pairs of scissors, 14 MyChron timers, 1 pack copier paper (100 sheets), and 1 “Secrets of Flight” poster.

“If I Built a Car”
15 resealable 3-gal. plastic bags, 5 Foamies race car buckets, 14 MyChron timers, 1 mass-production-graph overhead, and 1 “If I Built a Car” Poster.
Member Price: $1574.10 Nonmember Price: $1967.63

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