Due to Covid-19 concerns, check out will begin with the following guidelines:
Below is a list of equipment & kits available for checkout with a short description for your convenience. To submit a checkout request, please scroll down and complete the Google Form including your name, school, email, phone number, and equipment and dates needed.
Important Note: The Star Lab will not be available for checkout this school year in order to follow safety procedures.
Please request equipment 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@westga.edu or (770) 328-8530.
Please Note: 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. Cleaning and disinfecting of kits & equipment will take place the fourth week of the month. Please reserve what you need for the month and at least two weeks in advance.
- One point of contact from each school can request materials.
- Teachers will follow the recommended procedures for cleaning and disinfecting.
Below is a list of equipment & kits available for checkout with a short description for your convenience. To submit a checkout request, please scroll down and complete the Google Form including your name, school, email, phone number, and equipment and dates needed.
Important Note: The Star Lab will not be available for checkout this school year in order to follow safety procedures.
Please request equipment 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@westga.edu or (770) 328-8530.
Please Note: 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. Cleaning and disinfecting of kits & equipment will take place the fourth week of the month. Please reserve what you need for the month and at least two weeks in advance.
Life Science Kits
**Kits in red are NOT available this school year**
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Best Beak- 3rd- Students will explore the needs, characteristics, and evolution of birds. This kit is fun, students have different “beaks” to pick up seeds.
Kit Directions* From Tadpole to Frogs- 2nd- Students will use thumbprints to create an illustration of the growth and change of a frog as it goes through its life cycle.
Kit Directions* Adaptation: Bird feathers- 5th-8th- Using a Microscope students will look at different birds’ feathers and how they adapt to their environment.
Kit Directions* Betcha Can’t Find Me Now - 3rd- Students will explore features that help animals survive. (camouflage) Also could be used as a beak activity.
Kit Directions* DNA Model Building- 5th and 7th- Students will use pool noodles and build a DNA Model.
Kit Directions* Who Walked Here?- 4th – 6th- Students will match pictures of animals to foot prints. Included in the kit is the following: cut out prints to make crayon impressions.
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Flower Dissection- K-8- We supply the tape, Forceps, magnifying glasses and flower diagram. Please supply your own fresh flowers.
Kit Directions* Glo-Germ Activity- K-8th- Students will recognize the importance of them wash their hands before meals and after using the restroom. Students will learn proper hand washing procedures. Students will understand that germs can be spread.
Kit Directions* Animal Sort - K- Students will sort an assortment of animals any way they like and explain how they are grouped.
Kit Directions* Freddy the Fish- K-8th- Students will recognize how pollution from fossil fuels can affect local ecosystems and identify ways to prevent water pollution.
Kit Directions* Generations of Traits- 5th and 7th-Students will track the passage of pom-pom traits through three generations of people.
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Parts of a Plant- 1st- Students will learn about the parts of a plant as they create and connect plant parts.
Kit Directions* Pollination- “A sticky situation”- K-3rd-Students learn how pollination works by using Cheetos to simulate pollen. Please supply your own Cheetos.
Kit Directions* 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)
Kit Directions* Practicing Punnett Squares- 5th and 7th- Students will practice making Punnett squares by using the phenotypes to find genotypes.
Kit Directions* Sugar Shock- 4th - 8th- Students discover the harmful amounts of sugar found in common foods
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Life Science Equipment
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Cell Models
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Magnifying Glasses
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Desktop Microscopes
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Microscope Slides with cover slips
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Digital Microscope
Physical Science Kits
**Kits in red are NOT available this school year**
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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 3rd law.
Kit Directions* Barbie Bungee- 5th & 8th- 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).
Kit Directions* Bernoulli Ball- 4th- A hairdryer demonstrates air pressure by moving a ping pong ball toward a target. (requires outlets)
Kit Directions* Drops on a Penny- 4th- Students put as many drops of water on a penny as the can before the bubble pops.
Kit Directions* House of Cards- 4th- Engineering introductory activity – students will become familiar with the engineering design process as they try to build the tallest tower using cards.
Kit Directions* Simple Circuits: Electricity- 5th-8th- Create simple circuits. Five small group sets includes motors, batteries, lights, and wires.
Kit Directions* Magic Color Changing Flowers- 5th & 8th- Color Chemistry. Students will observe a chemical reaction involving color.
Kit Directions* Build a Boat- 4th- 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.
Kit Directions* Candy Chromatography- 4th – 8th- Color Chemistry. Students will observe the separation of colors through this activity.
Kit Directions* Chirping Chicks: Electricity- K-5th- Students, Demonstrates open and closed circuits using the human body as the conductor.
Kit Directions* Color Changing Chemistry- 4th-8th- Students will create and observe several different color reactions involving iodine.
Kit Directions* Conductivity: Electricity- 5th- Students will use different materials to understand conductivity
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Hydrogels Exploration- K-8th- Students will observe the physical properties of matter and explore a polymer.
Kit Directions* It’s Electric: Electricity- 5th-8th- Create Circuits using tinker kits. There are 6 groups slightly different.
Kit Directions* Life Vest Challenge- 4th- Students will develop a personal flotation 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).
Kit Directions* Magnets: It’s Magnetic!- 3rd , 5th & 8th- Investigate to find common object that are attracted to magnets.
Kit Directions* Magnificent Magnets- K-8th- Many different types of magnets to be used with your lessons
Kit Directions* Newton’s 1st law of Motion- 2nd & 4th-Inertia Challenge
Kit Directions* Shadow Makers- 1st- Students will investigate light and explain how shadows are made.
Kit Directions* Simple Machines Foss Kit- 4th- Students will explore the different simple machines and how and why they make completing tasks easier.
Kit Directions* Energy & Matter- 8th- This kit uses surfaces to show heat conductivity.
Kit Directions* Balloon Car- 8th- 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
Kit Directions* Vortex Cannon- 4th & 8th- Students will explore the application of force of air to move various objects.
Kit Directions* What’s The Matter- 1st 5th & 8th- Students will observe the three states of matter in a bottle.
Kit Directions* Magic Water Demo- K-8th- Students discover that air takes up space when the paper towel stays dry.
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Simple Machine Levers: Flip That Spoon- 4th- Explore forces and levers by making a spoon flip into a cup.
Kit Directions* Sink or Float?- K- Students will classify objects according to their physical attributes- buoyancy.
Kit Directions* Smashing Steel Spheres- 8th- Mechanical Energy to Thermal Energy
Kit Directions* 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.
Kit Directions* Static Electricity- 5th & 8th- Students will play with static electricity using a static wand and salt & balloons.
Kit Directions* Stomp Rockets 1: Rocketry- K-4th- Students discuss how different variables affect the distance traveled by a stomp rocket
Kit Directions* Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion- 4th – 8th- Observe Newton’s third law of motion while testing the balloon rockets with the different types of string and friction.
Kit Directions* Newton's 3rd Law of Motion: Mini Hover Crafts- Students will use CD's and balloons to make mini hover crafts.
Kit Directions* Light & Color- 4th & 8th- Students discover light and how light interacts with objects. Contains prism glasses, prisms, 3D glasses, UV dector, etc.
Kit Directions* Straw & Paper Rockets 2: Rocketry- 2nd-6th- Using a variety of rockets, students will learn about the concepts of conservation of momentum, thrust, controlling variables, and recording data.
Kit Directions* Surface Tension of Water with Paperclips- 1st-8th- How many paper clips can fit into a glass of water?
Kit Directions* Thermal Energy: Heat Loss STEM Exploration- 3rd- Students discover how insulation can change the temperature of a building.
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Physical Science Equipment
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Bell Jar with Air Compressor
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K'nex STEM Building Solutions
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Steel Spheres
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Energy Transfer- Ice Melting Blocks
Green Snap Circuits
Hand Cranks
Hover board/ leaf blower
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Micro Electrolysis Machines with Multi- Voltage Power Supply
Motors
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Triple Beam Balance
Van de Graaff Generator
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Earth Science Kits
**Kits in red are NOT available this school year**
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Constellations- 4th- 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.
Kit Directions* Shake, Rattle & Roll- 5th- Students will design a building to withstand an earthquake
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Earth Science Equipment
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Fossil Set
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Metaphoric Rock Set
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Sedimentary Rock Set
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Igneous Rock Set
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Mineral Set
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Shark Teeth Set
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Math Kits
**Kits in red are NOT available this school year**
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All Aboard for Rounding- 3rd- Students will discover and apply the rules for rounding numbers as they relate a number line to a train on a mountain.
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The Last Straw- 4th- 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.
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Ordering Up Fractions- 4th- Students will play a game in which they try to create the largest (or smallest) fraction and order a series of unlike fractions.
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Build a Burger- 5th- 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.
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Growing Paper Worms- 4th- Students will make observations, predictions, estimates and measurements as paper worms begin to “grow”.
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Pizza Fraction- 2nd-5th- Build a pizza using fractions.
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Fraction Golf- 4th-8th- Students will practice simplifying fractions and solving basic fraction operations in order to get the best par in the class.
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Math Games- 1st-8th- 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.
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Pop! Math- 2nd-8th- Students will build a pile of popcorn by adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing popcorn pieces.
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Problem Solving Puzzles- K-8th- Students will problem solve playing Unifix Sudoku and with Tan grams.
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Problems with Dominoes- 2nd & 3rd- Students practice calculating sum of 2 digit numbers and products using dominoes.
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Science Literacy Kits
**Kits in red are NOT available this school year**
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind- 3rd, 4th, 5th- Design & build a windmill that will power electricity and run an irrigation system for his crops.
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Out of the Dust- 6th- Devise a plan to prevent/minimize erosion to support Billie Joe Kelby and her family.
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Charlotte’s Web- 3rd- 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.
Kit Directions* Goldilocks and the Three Bears-K- Design a bed that will fit Goldilocks. Uses measurement.
Kit Directions* 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.
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Shiloh- 4th- Marty is faced with the challenge of where to hide Shiloh. Devise a plan to help Marty build a pen for Shiloh.
Kit Directions* 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.
Kit Directions* 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.
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Technology
**Items in red are NOT available this school year**
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Einstein Tablets
Edison Robots
Merge Cubes
Spheros
Virtual Reality Goggles
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Green Snap Circuits
Solarize A Classroom- Email your interest and we can discuss requirements.
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Electric Doll House- Located at
West GYSTC Center Buzzers
K'Nex STEM Building Solutions
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Flight Simulators- Located at
West GYSTC Center 3D Printers- Located at West GYSTC Center
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Ozobots
