Evolution of Technology 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
• Paper
• Pushpins (optional)
• Tape
• Colored pencils or pens (optional)
  
  

For Each Student Team

• 1 fork (of any material) for every two students
• 1 pair of chopsticks for every two students
• Handful of Styrofoam packing peanuts
• Handful of popcorn kernels and/or dried beans
• Marking pen(s)
• Piece of butcher paper (~3 ft. by 3 ft.)
• Scissors
• Tape (or glue stick)
• Research File Folder
• 1 rubber band (Optional)
• VTT Student CD-ROM
• Index Cards
• Two 3 x 5 cards
• String
• Tape
• Adding machine tape
• Meter stick
• Materials for crystal radio:
  • 25 by 12 cm piece of cardboard
  • 6-inch length, 3 –inch diameter hollow cardboard cylinder (mailing tube)
  • 3-inch length, 3 –inch diameter hollow cardboard cylinder (i.e., mailing tube)
  • 16 meters of 24-guage solid copper wire (enamel coated magnet wire) (for coil)
  • 3.5 meters of 24-gauge stranded wire
  • Germanium diode: type 1N34A
  • Crystal radio earphone (high impediance)
  • Aluminum foil 25 cm x 50 cm (about 12" x 18")
  • Clear tape
  • Small piece of extra-fine sandpaper
  • Sheet of white paper (typing or copy paper, 20 lb)
  • Scissors
  • X-acto knife
  • Meter stick
• 3 x 5 index cards (~15/team)
• Clear light bulb inside a sealed, clear plastic bag
• Overhead transparency pen
  
  

For Teacher

• Overhead projector
• Assortment of technological items contributed by students
• Assortment of technological items contributed by teacher. These should be items that students will not be likely to bring in, such as: screwdriver (construction); a shoe (transportation); bar of soap (medicine/health); a battery (energy/power); book (communication/information); fruit or vegetable (agriculture); a piece of wire (manufacturing)
• One or more antenna wires, stranded, at least 30 m (100") long
• Ground wire, long enough to reach from the center of the class room to your ground source
• 3 (or more) wire strippers
• Chart paper and markers