How many of these items do you already have? We've tried to keep it simple for you by making the majority of the items things most people have within reach (both physically and budget-wise).
You do not need to do ALL the experiments - just pick the ones you want to do!
Shopping List for Unit 16:
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- Food coloring
- Sugar
- Ruler
- Graph paper (or regular paper)
- Potato
- Salt (a few tablespoons)
- Water
- Several water glasses
- Grass
- Compound Microscope
- Blank slides
- Cover slips
- Baking yeast
- Cotton balls
- Dried beans
- Cookie sheet
- Six stalks celery
- Three carrots
- 12" string
- Four paper towels
- Candle and Matches with Adult Help
- Six Petri Dishes (or something similar)
- Cotton swabs
- Pumpkin OR apple OR squash OR bananas OR carrots OR anything else you might have in the fridge
- Dishwashing detergent
- 91% isopropyl alcohol
- Coffee filter and a funnel (or use paper towels folded into quarters)
- Paper
- Crayons
- Two different coins
- Scissors
- Tape
Optional: Iodine solution and caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) Keep this away from children!