- Classroom/STEM Night Kits

Below is a list of kits available for checkout for STEM night use. A short description is included for your convenience. However, please note, some kits can be used for more than one grade level. To submit a checkout request, please click on the "Kit Checkout Form" hyperlink and fill out the form. Delivery and pickup are on Fridays. Please request kits at least two weeks in advance to assure equipment reaches you by your needed date. If you have any questions, please contact West GYSTC at wgystc@gmail.com.

Please Note: Please plan ahead for 2019-2020 school year. As of June 1, deliveries will take place on the first Friday of the month and pickups will take place on the third Friday of the month. Kits and equipment will be kept in your classrooms for two weeks. Please reserve what you need for the month in at least two weeks in advance.

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Life Science Kits

Name of Kit	Grade Level	Description	Kit Number
Animal Sort	K	Students will sort an assortment of animals any way they like and explain how they are grouped.	L1
Pollination- “A sticky situation”	K-3	Students learn how pollination works by using Cheetos to simulate pollen. Please supply your own Cheetos.	L2
Best Beak	3^rd	Students will explore the needs, characteristics, and evolution of birds. This kit is fun, students have different “beaks” to pick up seeds	L3
Betcha Can’t Find Me Now	3^rd	Students will explore features that help animals survive. (camouflage) Also could be used as a beak activity	L4
Flower Dissection	K-8	We supply the tape, Forceps, magnifying glasses and flower diagram. Please supply your own fresh flowers.	L5
Adaptation: Bird feathers	5th-8th	Using a Microscope students will look at different birds’ feathers and how they adapt to their environment.	L6
DNA Model Building	5^th and 7^th	Students will use pool noodles and build a DNA Model.	L8
From Tadpole to Frogs	2^nd	Students will use thumbprints to create an illustration of the growth and change of a frog as it goes through its life cycle.	L11
Generations of Traits	5^th, 7^th	Students will track the passage of pom-pom traits through three generations of people.	L12
Habitat and Food Chain	K – 4th	Students will explore habitats and the food chain. This kit is a fun review to see if the students can explain the basic needs of the animals and where they fall in the food chain. (they use dress up or hand puppets)	L13
Parts of a Plant	1^st	Students will learn about the parts of a plant as they create and connect plant parts.	L16
Practicing Punnett Squares	5^th, 7^th	Students will practice making Punnett squares by using the phenotypes to find genotypes.	L18
Who Walked Here?	4^th – 6^th	Students will match pictures of animals to foot prints. Included in the kit is the following: cut out prints to make crayon impressions.	L22
Sugar Shack	4^th-8^th	Discover the harmful amounts of sugar found in common foods.	L23

Physical Science Kits

Name of Kit	Grade Level	Description	Kit Number
*Chirping Chicks:* *Electricity*	K-5^th	Demonstrates open and closed circuits using the human body as the conductor.	P1
*Simple Circuits: Electricity*	5^th-8^th	Create simple circuits. Five small group sets includes motors, batteries, lights, and wires.	P45
*It’s Electric: Electricity*	5^th-8^th	Create Circuits using tinker kits. There are 6 groups slightly different.	P16
*Balloon Car*	8^th	Students will utilize their knowledge of kinetic and potential energy to design and build their own balloon car. Please supply your own paper towel rolls	P2
*Newton’s 3^rd Law of Motion*	4^th – 8^th	Observe Newton’s third law of motion while testing the balloon rockets with the different types of string and friction.	P3
*Barbie Bungee*	5^th & 8^th	Using Barbies, G.I. Joes, and rubber bands, students will determine how many rubber bands it will take for Barbie or G.I. Joe to fall from a predetermined height to have a thrilling, yet safe fall (scatter plots and line of best fit applicable).	P4
*Bernoulli Ball*	4^th	A hairdryer demonstrates air pressure by moving a ping pong ball toward a target. (requires outlets)	P5
*Build a Boat*	4^th	Students will design and build a boat out of straws and plastic wrap that can hold 25 pennies for at least ten seconds before sinking.	P6
*Conductivity: Electricity*	5^th	Students will use different materials to understand conductivity	P8
*Drops on a Penny*	4^th	Students put as many drops of water on a penny as the can before the bubble pops.	P12
*Simple Machine Levers: Flip That Spoon*	4^th	Explore forces and levers by making a spoon flip into a cup.	P15
*Simple Machines Foss Kit*	4^th	Students will explore the different simple machines and how and why they make completing tasks easier.	P18
*House of Cards*	4^th	Engineering introductory activity – students will become familiar with the engineering design process as they try to build the tallest tower using cards.	P19
*Magnets: It’s Magnetic!*	3^rd, 5^th & 8^th	Investigate to find common object that are attracted to magnets.	P20
*Magnificent Magnets*	K-8^th	Many different types of magnets to be used with your lessons.	P17
*Life Vest Challenge*	4^th	Students will develop a personal floatation device or life vest out of everyday materials that will provide enough support to float an unopened can of fruit or vegetables for at least 1 minute (Engineering/STEM Challenge).	P21
*Magic Chain and Ring*	3^rd- 8^th	Students will analyze and predict how this “magic” trick works.	P22
*Smashing Steel Spheres*	8^th	Mechanical Energy to Thermal Energy	P23
*Newton’s 3^rd Law of Motion: Mini Hover Crafts*	4^th-8^th	Students will use CDS and balloons to make mini hover crafts.	P25
*Stomp Rockets 1:* *Rocketry*	K-4^th	Discuss how different variables affect the distance travelled by a stomp rocket.	P28
*Straw & Paper Rockets 2:* *Rocketry*	2^nd-6^th	Using a variety of rockets, students will learn about the concepts of conservation of momentum, thrust, controlling variables, and recording data.	Need directions P42
*Shadow Makers*	1^st	Students will investigate light and explain how shadows are made.	P30
*Silly Putty*	5^th	Explore the properties of silly putty (a polymer). Contains a class set.	P32
*Simple Machines*	5^th	Matching the correct card to the simple machine.	P33
Sound	K-8	Students will investigate how sound is made. Kit includes palm pipes, whirling tubes, singing frogs, sound waves with spoons, tuning forks, crystal glasses, xylophone, etc.	P44
*Static Electricity*	5^th & 8^th	Students will play with static electricity using a static wand and salt & balloons.	P35
*Vortex Cannon*	4^th & 8^th	Students will explore the application of force of air to move various objects.	P38
*What’s The Matter*	1^st5^th & 8^th	Students will observe the three states of matter in a bottle.	P39
*Sink or Float?*	K	Students will classify objects according to their physical attributes- buoyancy.	P40
*Newton’s 1^st law of Motion*	2^nd & 4^th	Inertia Challenge	P41
*Alka Seltzer Rockets*	K-8th	Students will have a blast sending a film canister blasting off. Great Experiment for changing variables and demonstrating chemical reactions and Newton’s 3^rd law.	P43
*Color Changing Chemistry*	4^th-8^th	Students will create and observe several different color reactions involving iodine.	P44
*Candy Chromatography*	4^th – 8^th	Color Chemistry. Students will observe the separation of colors through this activity.	P67
*Hydrogels Exploration*	K-8^th	Students will observe the physical properties of matter and explore a polymer.	P48
*Invincible Balloon*	K-8th	Passing a skewer through an inflated balloon looks like magic, but has a scientific explanation.	P49
*Kitchen Chemistry*	5^th-8^th	Students will use water, salt water, sugar water, and baking soda to observe the effects of density on small plastic jewels.	P50
*Magic Color Changing Flowers*	5^th & 8^th	Color Chemistry. Students will observe a chemical reaction involving color.	P51
*Magic Water Demo*	K-8	Discover that air takes up space when the paper towel stays dry.	P53
*Surface Tension of Water with Paperclips*	1^st-8^th	How many paper clips can fit into a glass of water?	P65
*Pressure: Exploring Air Pressure*	8^th	Kit is prepped for 6 small groups. Please supply marshmallows	P66
*Tie Dye Chemistry*	4^th-8^th	Students will explore chromatography through this activity.	P57
*Thermal Energy: Heat Loss STEM Exploration*	3^rd	Discover how insulation can change the temperature of a building.	P61
*Energy & Matter*	8^th	This kit uses surfaces to show heat conductivity.	P68
*Light & Color*	4^th & 8^th	Discover light and how light interacts with objects. Contains prism glasses, prisms, 3D glasses, UV dectors, etc.	P71

Earth Science Kits

Name of Kit	Grade Level	Description	Kit Number
Constellations	4^th	Students will be introduced to some star patterns and physical attributes in the night sky by making a model of a constellation of their choosing. Glow in the dark beads included.	E2
Earth Beach Balls	3^rd & 7^th	Blowup Earth beach balls	E3
Earth Moon Model Making Kit	k-8th	This is a model of the Earth and moon	E4
Evaporation Kit	6^th	This kit shows the process of water going into the air (evaporation)	E5
Solar System	4^th & 6^th	Demonstrates distance from planet to planet from the sun.	E6
Out-Of-This-World Orbits	6^th	Students will learn the orbits of the moon and earth.	E9
Soil & Water Sample Testing	5^th-8^th	Includes pH testing supplies, pH meter, & hand lens	E10
Sun, Earth, and Moon System	K-4^th	Earth and moon models; lights for making shadows	E12
Shake, Rattle & Roll	5^th	Students will design a building to withstand an earthquake	E13
Table Top Fossil Dig	K – 8^th	Students will explore fossils while digging through sand.	E14
Water Test: River Project	4^th-8^th	Literacy Connection: A River Ran Wild Experiments with water	E15
Space Sand	K-8^th	Explore properties	E16
Weather	1^st - 8^th	(Fun) Students will explore and learn how to read a thermometer measuring different substances.	E17
Weathering	3^rd & 6^th	Samples of rocks in individual containers showing how different rocks weather when you shake them over time.	E18

Science Literacy Kits

Name of Kit	Grade Level	Description	Kit Number
Charlotte’s Web	3^rd	Help Fern build a box that Wilbur can stay in when he has to move outside. Use the Engineering Design Process and keep in mind Wilbur will grow.	SL1
Goldilocks and the Three Bears	K	Design a bed that will fit Goldilocks. Uses measurement.	SL2
My Father’s Dragon	4^th	Devise a plan that will help Elmer and the Old Cat travel through the difficult tropical terrain while trying to circumnavigate dangerous animals on the Engineering Design Brief.	SL3
Out of the Dust	6^th	Devise a plan to prevent/minimize erosion to support Billie Joe Kelby and her family.	SL4
Shiloh	4^th	Marty is faced with the challenge of where to hide Shiloh. Devise a plan to help Marty build a pen for Shiloh.	SL5
Socks	4^th	Design a toy that will keep Bickers out of trouble.	SL6
Ten Apples on Top	K	Students will design a hat that will hold up to 10 apples while withstanding the force of gravity using the Engineering Design Process. Also includes counting skills.	SL7
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind	3^rd, 4^th, 5^th	Design & build a windmill that will power electricity and run an irrigation system for his crops.	SL8
Three Little Pigs	K	Students won’t build a house in this kit, but they will examine different materials to predict which materials will be sufficient in building a house.	SL9
Jack & The Bean Stalk	K-8	After reading Jack & the Bean Stalk and realizing all he wanted to do was help his mom, design a tower that represents a bean stalk and give it a purpose to help or make a task easier.	SL10

Math Kits

Name of Kits	Grade Level	Description	Kit Number
All Aboard for Rounding	3^rd	Students will discover and apply the rules for rounding numbers as they relate a number line to a train on a mountain.	M1
Area and Perimeter	2^nd- 5th	A whole lot of garden hose to help students practice finding the area and perimeter of given objects.	M2
Build a Burger	5^th	Students will practice problem solving using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division while building a burger. Kit is built for small groups, but can be duplicated to use as a class.	M3
Pizza Fraction	2^nd-5^th	Build a pizza using fractions	M4
Fraction Golf	4^th-8th	Students will practice simplifying fractions and solving basic fraction operations in order to get the best par in the class.	M5
*Growing Paper Worms*	4^th	Students will make observations, predictions, estimates and measurements as paper worms begin to “grow”.	M7
Math Games	1^st-8^th	Various math games that will help students practice their math skills, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, graphing, telling time, counting, and more, in a fun way.	M8
Ordering Up Fractions	4^th	Students will play a game in which they try to create the largest (or smallest) fraction and order a series of unlike fractions.	M10
Playing for Odds	7^th	Students will decide if a game is a "fair game" by determining the probability of rolling a dice even or odd number.	M11
Pop! Math	2^nd-8^th	Students will build a pile of popcorn by adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing popcorn pieces.	M12
Problem Solving Puzzles	K-8^th	Students will problem solve playing Unifix Sudoku and with Tan grams.	M13
Problems with Dominoes	2^nd & 3^rd	Students practice calculating sum of 2 digit numbers and products using dominoes.	M14
Skittles Math	4^th – 8^th	Predicting and communicating results lab (predicted vs. actual, %, mean, median, and mode). Please supply Fun Size Skittle Bag per student.	M15
The Last Straw	4^th	Using a straw and two strips of paper, students will make a paper airplane, which really does fly. They will use their planes in recording distance, graphing and in working the metric system.	M16

Sustainable Energy Kits

Name of Kit	Grade Level	Description	Kit Number
Freddy the Fish	K-8	Students will recognize how pollution from fossil fuels can affect local ecosystems and identify ways to prevent water pollution.	SE1
Green Snap Circuits	K-8	Students use snap circuits to power alternative energy.	SE2
K’nex STEM Building Solutions	4^th-8^th	Students investigate solar energy model of their choosing (i.e. crank man, solar car, etc).	SE3
Solarize a Toy	5^th-8^th	Students will be able to build a circuit, attach to a toy, and run the toy using solar power.	SE8

What are Family STEM Nights?

Family STEM Nights sponsored by West GYSTC feature up to 12 activities that come packaged with all the teacher instructions and materials in kits. There are kits by grade level and standard that focus on science, math, literacy and STEM. Some schools also add the hover board or Starlab to their STEM Night activities.

What is the difference between Science Nights and STEM Nights?

Sometimes people ask what is the difference between a family STEM night and a family science night. Both events are run the same way with a variety of activities. To make a “science night” a “STEM night” it is important to make sure that activities have all of the components – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. For example, the constellations activity has all of this except technology. In a STEM night, parents help the students explore smart phone apps to make the technology relevant to the hands-on science activity.