Evolution of Life Materials

This list comprises materials needed for the entire module. Please note that specific materials lists are provided at the activity and lesson levels. Click here for information on where to obtain supplies that are hard to find or items that need to be special ordered. (This will open a PDF document in a new window.)

For Each Student

• Pencil and paper
• Notebook
• Centimeter rulers (one per student; or students can share several rulers)
  
• A blank sheet of blue construction paper or other unlined paper
  

For Each Student Team

• 40 Sealing plastic bags (optional)
• 40 Labels (optional)
• None
• Microscope
• Hand lens
  
• Microscope slides and coverslips
  
• Eye dropper
  
• Spatula
  
• Toothpick
  
• Calculator
  
• Lens tissue
  
• Environmental samples: mud, soil, pond water, hay or grass infusion
• Butcher paper, 2 ft. x 2 ft.
• Glue
• Scissors
• Colored pencils or crayons
• Butcher paper
  
• 50 Paper clips (all one size)
  
• Paper cups (one per student)
  
• Colored pencils, markers or crayons
  
• Poster Paper
  

For Teacher

• Overhead projector
• Transparency markers
• OPTIONAL: If appropriate, have supplies available for labeling Scavenger Hunt items:
  
  • plastic bags
    
  • markers
    
  • masking tape
• Materials for Event Timeline
  • Roll of tape
  • Scissors
  • Calculator
  • String
  • Adding machine tape
• Paper cups (one per student)
  
• Bird "beaks":
  
  • 4-6 pairs of scissors
    
  • 4-6 pairs of chopsticks
    
  • 4-6 clothespins
    
  • 4-6 pairs of tweezers
    
  • 4-6 small plastic spoons
    
• Stopwatch
  
• ~35 paper plates
  
• Bird Prey:
  
  • ~250 popcorn kernels
    
  • ~250 small dried beans
    
  • ~250 round wooden toothpicks
    
  • ~250 small paper clips
    
  • ~250 foam packing peanuts
    
  • ~250 large dried beans
    
• 50 paper clips (all one size)
  
• 10-15 pairs chopsticks (1/2 your class size)
  
• 10-15 pairs tweezers (1/2 your class size)
• Chart paper
  
• Poster Paper
  
• Skeleton models or bones from various vertebrates
  
• Thumb tacks