Materials List

Red= School Supplied

For items listed in several places, the first mention is boldfaced, subsequent in normal font

Week 1

Scared Pepper

· Ground black pepper packets

· A bowl

· Water

· Dish soap

Cardboard Boat/Aluminum Foil Boat

· Cardboard/Cardstock(a cereal box is ideal)

· Adhesive Aluminum Foil Sheets or Aluminum Tape or Foil + tape

· Tape or glue

· Scissors

· A 1/2 lb weight such as an 8 0z water bottle or two cans of tunafish

Structures with Straws and paperclips

· Unwrapped plastic straws(50 per student)

· Small paper clips(200)

· Tape

• Fabric measuring tape

Week 2

Expanding gases

· A balloon

· Two bowls

· Cold water, hot water (with adult supervision)

· A sturdy plastic bottle

Balloon Car Race

· Cardboard Rectangle 3" x 8"

· Balloons

· Two plastic drinking straws

· Wheels and axles

· Four small 1" rubber bands

· Scissors (with adult supervision)

· A pencil

Periscope

· Shoebox or recycled cardboard or cereal box

· Two small mirrors

· Scissors (with adult supervision)

· Tape

· PVA glue(Elmers)

Week 3

Helicopter

· A Sheet of paper

· Paper Clips

· Scissors

• Dragonfly rotor toy

Marble Run

· Large cardboard box

· Cardboard struts or drinking straws

· Tape

· Marbles

· Scissors

A Chair for Mr. Bear

· Scissors

· Tape

· Cardstock( cereal boxes are ideal)

• Paper Doll

Week 4:

Newspaper Towers

· Newspaper

· Masking Tape

· Scissors

· 60 inch fabric measuring tape

Paper Bridge

· Sheets of printer or construction paper (10)

· Pennies (about 30, more may be required for stronger designs) or spice bottles or other small weights

· Tape

· Ruler/fabric tape measure

· Stacks of books, or small boxes (2)

Spaghetti Bridge

Spaghetti(uncooked)

1” Rubber Bands or bag ties

Tape

8 oz water bottle or two cans of tunafish(as a weight)