Elementary Teacher Survival Kit

This hands-on workshop - chock full of easy-to-do science inquiry lessons - enables new and veteran teachers to expand on their bag of tricks. Using discrepant events, these activities give students a sense of mystery and awe. Topics include: energy, air pressure, scientific method, data collection and graphing. If the video does not appear, click here.

Skip ahead on the timeline to jump to each chapter/scene:

1. Introduction (00:00)
2. Fortune Fish (00:05:58)
3. Ooze Tubes part 1 (00:11:32)
4. Poly Density Bottle (00:12:19)
5. Polymer Bead Demo (00:14:07)
6. Ooze Tubes part 2 (00:16:23)
7. Ultraviolet Detecting Beads (00:16:51)
8. Ooze Tubes part 3 (00:23:35)
9. Mysterious Glowing Ball (00:24:08)
10. Prism Glasses (00:26:51)
11. Energy Tube (00:35:10)
12. Glo-Germ (00:38:29)
13. Gro-Beast Alligators (00:45:25)
14. Sodium Polyacrylate (00:52:34)
15. Instant Snow (00:55:47)
16. Ice Melting Blocks (01:00:40)
17. Ooze Tubes part 4 (01:05:29)
18. Handboiler (01:08:24)
19. Drinking Birds (01:12:31)
20. Rocket Balloons (01:15:14)
21. Windtubes (01:18:47)

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Books for the Elementary Teacher's Tool Kit

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Prism Glasses (Double Axis) - Pack of 10

(11 reviews)

Highly efficient, double axis, holographic diffraction grating lenses.

$8.95

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Glo Germ™

(22 reviews)

Clearly demonstrate how germs are spread!

$19.95–$63.95

Ultraviolet Detecting Beads

(160 reviews)

Watch white beads change to bright colors when taken outside!

$6.95–$324.95

Liquid Light Demo

(3 reviews)

Demonstrate the primary colors of light without a pricey light-box!

$15.95

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Drinking Bird

(32 reviews)

Great centerpiece for class discussion or laboratory exploration. How does it work?

$5.95–$64.95
Amazing Ice Melting Blocks

(36 reviews)

One of the most striking thermal energy demonstrations we have seen!

$21.95

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Handboiler

(26 reviews)

Great vapor pressure demonstration!

$5.95–$59.95
Energy Ball

(48 reviews)

All you need to safely introduce your students to electric energy.

$3.95

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Dropper Popper

(32 reviews)

Seemingly defies the laws of physics by bouncing higher than where it was dropped!

$2.75–$54.95

Poly Density Kit

(30 reviews)

Spontaneous order from disorder! Isn't this a violation of The Second Law of Thermodynamics??

$19.95

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Fortune Fish

(20 reviews)

Science phenomenon at its best!

$6.95–$12.95
Goldenrod Color-Changing Paper - 100 sheets

(33 reviews)

Turns bright red in bases and returns to bright yellow in acids.

$16.95

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Instant Snow Polymer

(32 reviews)

Is it magic? No, it's science!

$8.95–$99.95
Sodium Polyacrylate (Diaper Polymer)

(24 reviews)

The super-absorbent polymer found in disposable baby diapers.

$7.95–$89.95