Science 5

Science 5 Laboratory Exercises and Supply List

            The following is a list of supplies necessary for science labs for the entire school year.  Parents, if you can help by bringing in any of the following items, I would appreciate it.  Keep track of any time you spend gathering the supplies and log this in as volunteer hours.  Any supplies that are crossed out are supplies I already have in stock.  Thank you!

Unit A Life Science

Chapter 1 Comparing Living Things

Observing Growth of Fungi (A22)

• ·      6 pieces of bread (TIME SENSITIVE- ASK BEFORE BRINGING)
• ·      6 pieces of orange peel (TIME SENSITIVE- ASK BEFORE BRINGING)
• ·      6 pieces of tomato (TIME SENSITIVE- ASK BEFORE BRINGING)
• ·      6 clear plastic disposable jars with lids (recycled mayo jars, for example)
• ·      masking tape
• ·      6 hand lens

Chapter 2 Reproduction and Change

Investigating Dominant and Recessive Traits (A58)

• ·      masking tape
• ·      18 plastic chips or pennies
• ·      6 markers (students have in boxes)
• ·      6 paper cups

Surveying Inherited Traits (A67)

• ·      graph paper

Chapter 3 Adaptations

Exploring Protective Coloring (A74)

• ·      moth template (I will make)
• ·      newspaper
• ·      black construction paper (school has)
• ·      scissors (students have in boxes)

****TIME/LABOR: if you can help by cutting moths out of newspaper and construction paper, I will give you the template and instructions.  Good way to earn hours!! ;-)

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Investigating Eggshells (A88)

• ·      24 cleaned eggshell halves
• ·      scissors (students have in boxes)
• ·      6 textbooks (students will bring)
• ·      6 plastic cups
• ·      vinegar
• ·      6 plastic spoons
• ·      paper towels

Investigating Insulation (A96)

• ·      6 plastic spoons
• ·      shortening
• ·      16 plastic bags
• ·      16 rubber bands (from office)
• ·      6 small plastic pails (I could borrow and return these)
• ·      clock with second hand (two on wall)

Chapter 4 Ecology

No activities planned

Unit 2 Physical Science

Chapter 1 Classifying Matter

Exploring Elements (B6)

• ·      aluminum foil
• ·      6 pennies
• ·      6 paper clips (from office)
• ·      6 pencil graphites
• ·      6 hand lens
• ·      paper

Investigating Water (B22)

• ·      6 plastic cups
• ·      water
• ·      baking soda
• ·      12 paper clips
• ·      6 metric rulers (students have in boxes)
• ·      6 index cards
• ·      12 pieces (about 15 cm long) of insulated wire with ends stripped
• ·      masking tape
• ·      six 9-volt batteries (I can borrow and return these)
• ·      6 hand lens

Investigating a Chemical Change (B38)

• ·      12 balloons
• ·      6 funnels
• ·      6 plastic spoons
• ·      baking soda
• ·      paper towels
• ·      water
• ·      12 plastic bottles (recycled 500ml water bottles are perfect)
• ·      vinegar

Chapter 2 Investigating Motion

Investigating Force Used to Move Objects (B54)

• ·      string
• ·      6 rubber bands (from office)
• ·      6 small cardboard boxes (recycled shoeboxes are perfect)
• ·      masking tape
• ·      desktop (in classroom)
• ·      6 metric rulers (students have in boxes)
• ·      objects of different masses (students bring)
• ·      rough surface (carpet in classroom)

Investigating Friction (B60)           

• ·      masking tape
• ·      6 rectangular board (thin, nonflexing, about the size of a sheet of paper)
• ·      6 erasers
• ·      6 stones
• ·      6 coins
• ·      6 buttons
• ·      6 toy cars

Experimenting with Balloon Rockets (B69)

• ·      12 index cards
• ·      6 wooden , meter long metric rulers
• ·      string
• ·      6 plastic straws
• ·      6 markers (students have in boxes)
• ·      18 balloons
• ·      masking tape

Chapter 3 Forms of Energy

Modeling Roller Coaster Motion (B76)

• ·      masking tape
• ·      12 pieces of poster board
• ·      flat surface (desks)
• ·      6 marbles

Investigating Potential Energy (B84)

• ·      6 paper cups
• ·      scissors (students have in boxes)
• ·      blank paper
• ·      12 metric rulers (students have in boxes)
• ·      textbooks (students have)
• ·      6 marbles

Chapter 4 Electrical Energy

No activities planned

Unit C Earth Science

Chapter 1 The Changing Earth

No activities planned

Chapter 2 The Earth’s Resources

Exploring the Earth’s Resources (C42)

• ·      12 clear pastic cups
• ·      newspaper
• ·      6 leaves from a tree (TIME SENSITIVE, ASK BEFORE YOU BRING)
• ·      aluminum foil
• ·      6 plastic bottles
• ·      cards- labeled “sunlight”, “oil”, “wind”, “fish”- 6 of each
• ·      6 plastic Ziploc bags
• ·      paper

Investigating Air Pollution (C68)

• ·      pencils (students have)
• ·      24 index cards
• ·      string
• ·      petroleum jelly
• ·      paper towels
• ·      6 hand lens

Chapter 3 Climate

Exploring How Sunlight Moves Water (C74)

• ·      6 pails (I can borrow and return these)
• ·      water
• ·      6 large stones (but small enough to fit in a plastic cup)
• ·      6 plastic cups
• ·      plastic wrap
• ·      tape
• ·      6 small stones (small enough to rest on taut plastic wrap without breaking it, but big enough to cause it to bend the plastic wrap down)

Investigating Sunlight and the Earth’s Tilt (C82)

• ·      plastic foam model of earth
• ·      6 markers
• ·      6 flashlights

Chapter 4 Astronomy

Making a Spectroscope (C126)

• ·      6 paper towel tubes (recycled)
• ·      pencil (students have)
• ·      6 small sheets of cardboard (10cm x 10cm)
• ·      scissors (students have)
• ·      masking tape
• ·      diffraction grating
• ·      incandescent lamp (I can borrow and return this)
• ·      colored pencils or crayons (students have in boxes)