Planetary Evolution 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
  
• Graph paper
  
• Pushpins (optional)
  
• Tape
  
• Notebook
  
• Safety goggles or glasses
  
• Student's concept maps (made throughout the module)
  

For Each Student Team

• Several types of rocks found on Earth, small enough to fit inside the graduated cylinder
  
• 100 ml (or larger) graduated cylinder
  
• Triple beam balance
  
• Beaker with 50 to 100 ml of water
  
• Calculator
  
• Bag with 10 Hershey's kisses and 15 malt balls, gumballs, or other round candy
  
• 3 x 3 paper square
  
• Box or cup with lid containing 100 pennies
  
• Colored pencils or pens -- red, blue, pale blue, brown, magenta, orange, and green.
  
• Erasable markers to write on overhead transparencies--red or blue, plus a different-colored marker for each team.
  
• Millimeter rule
  
• Tape
  
• Construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
  
• Rust Experiment:
  
  • 3 Ziploc bags
    
  • One ball of untreated (so that it will rust) steel wool, torn into four pieces
    
  • One test tube of vinegar
    
  • 20-40 g baking soda
    
  • 500 ml water
    
  • Masking tape and marking pen to write on tape
    
• Poster paper
• Aluminum pie pan
• 2 Tbs of Pearly Soap
• Water
• Heat source
• Spoon or craft stick
• Greenhouse Effect Experiment:
  • 2 two-liter clear plastic soda bottles
    
  • 2 thermometers
    
  • 2 strips of thin cardboard, 1/2" x 1"
    
  • 1 strip of thin cardboard, 1/2" x 6"
    
  • 1.5 cups of potting soil
    
  • 2 pencils
    
  • 1 piece plastic wrap, approximately 6" x 6"
    
  • 1 rubber band
    
  • 1 100-watt light bulb
    
  • 1 clip-on lamp
    
  • 1 extension cord (if needed to connect lamp to power outlet)
    
  • 1 large book or piece of wood for securing the lamp.
    
• Graph paper
  
• 2 marker pens (one red, one green)
  
• 1 roll masking tape
  
• Large piece of paper (approx. 11" x 17")
  
• Tape
  
• Markers
  

For Teacher

• Computer with projection device
  
• Overhead projector and pens
  
• Two objects with similar shape and volume, but different densities (for example, Styrofoam sphere, available from craft store, and spherical lead shot). Two objects with similar mass, but different volume (for example, lead shot and Styrofoam sphere).
• Balance
• Overhead projector
  
• Two Erlenmeyer flasks (one with stopper)
  
• Food coloring: blue, green, and red
  
• 90-95% ethanol (colored green)
  
• 20 ml corn oil (no food color)
  
• 20 ml water (colored blue)
  
• 20 ml glycerin (colored red)
  
• 20 ml dark corn syrup (no color)
  
• Small wooden objects
  
• Small plastic objects
  
• Small pieces of steel or iron
  
• OPTIONAL: 1 year calendar
• Roll of tape
  
• Scissors
  
• Calculator
  
• String
  
• Adding machine tape
  
• For Mountain Building Demonstration:
  • Three or four layers of colored dough or clay
  • Two bricks or wooden blocks
• For Convection Demonstration:
  • Beaker
    
  • Hotplate (or other heat source)
    
  • Paper circles from hole punch
    
  • Cork or styrofoam
    
  • Water
    
• Lava Lamp (optional)
  
• 2 cups water
  
• 2 cups dry ice
  
• 2 spoonfuls of sand or dirt
  
• Dash of ammonia (not sudsy)
  
• Dash of organic material (corn syrup or soda pop)
  
• Ice chest
  
• Large mixing bowl (plastic if possible)
  
• 4 medium-sized garbage bags
  
• Goggles or face shield
  
• Tongs
  
• Work gloves
  
• Hammer, meat pounder, or mallet
  
• Large mixing spoon
  
• Paper towels
  
• Clear Pyrex glass container
  
• Bromylthymol Blue Experiment:
  • Bromylthymol blue in stopper bottle with eye dropper
    
  • Six test tubes with stoppers or screw caps (use Paraffin if the test tubes don't seal completely)
    
  • Sprig of Elodea
    
  • Small rock that will fit in the test tube
    
  • Piece of mushroom that will fit in the test tube
    
  • Sand
    
  • Small piece of wood
    
  • Small beaker (100 ml) of water
    
  • Test tube rack
    
  • Masking tape
    
  • Beverage straws (one for each person who will blow into the test tubes)
    
  • Electric lamp or microscope light (if natural light is not available)
    
• Piece of string, 4 feet long
  
• Chalk and chalkboard, or marking pen and butcher paper
  
• Demonstration Supplies:
  • 4 wide-mounth glass drink bottles (with approximately 1 1/2" openings)
  • Red and blue food coloring
  • Hot and cold water
  • Index card
  • Clear, plastic basin (dish pan size)
• For Station 1:
  • Can of soda
    
  • Clear drinking glass
    
• For Station 2:
  • Limestone (small piece)
    
  • Glass jar
    
  • Hydrochloric acid solution
    
  • Glass eye
    
  • Sandwich-size baggie
    
  • Birthday candle
    
  • Matches
    
  • Plastic beverage cup
    
  • Eye goggles for students
    
• For Station 3:
  • Coral (small piece)
    
  • Hydrochloric acid solution
    
  • Two glass jars
    
  • Glass eye dropper
    
  • Sandwich-size baggie
    
  • Birthday candle
    
  • Matches
    
  • Plastic Beverage Cup
    
  • Eye goggles for students
    
• For Station 4:
  • Limewater
    
  • Clear drinking glass
    
  • Drinking straws
    
  • Eye goggles for students