SCIENCE KITS from the
Chatham-Kent Science Resource Centre 2009-10

•  Serving schools on courier routes AA and BB  i.e. Chatham Kent schools

• Science kits are listed in BOLD below the topic title.  Click on the kit name to see a brief description of the kit.

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** Lit. Pkg. refers to a big book literature package that corresponds with the kit(s) available in that grade and strand.  Literature packages must be ordered separately. 

Kindergarten kits "I'm a Scientist" and "Popcorn" are available.
The Earth's Crust kit is still available and useful for use with the geography unit.

Booking Science Kits

• All you have to do is e-mail sciencecentre@lkdsb.net,
  
  OR  call the Science Resource Centre at (519) 354-3775 ext. 225,
  
  OR  fax your order to (519) 354-3775. 
  
  We'll need your name, school, which kit(s) you would like, and when approximately you'd like them delivered.  
  
  [NOTE: These instructions are for the Chatham Science Centre, which serves all "AA" and "BB" courier routes (Chatham-Kent schools).  If your school is in the Sarnia Lambton area, click here to return to your main menu.]
  
• If there is a copy of the kit you requested available we'll do our best to get it to you within the dates specified.  If not, we'll recommend the closest date available.
   
• Kits will arrive with the regular school courier.
   
• You will have your kit for approximately eight weeks.  A return date will be listed on the shipping label.  DO NOT remove this label.  
   
• Your kit is returned to the science centre by the same courier who delivered it.  Just leave it out wherever your school secretary leaves the mailbags for pick-up.  The courier comes in the morning, so you'd be best to leave your kit out the night before.
   
• VERY IMPORTANT:  PLEASE check your inventory before sending kits back.  A brightly coloured, laminated inventory sheet is included in each box.  Return all posters, print resources, non-consumable items, unused consumables and/or empty containers, including lock top bags that can be refilled.  In many cases, the kits will go out again to another school within a couple days of their return from your classroom.  Imagine how disappointing it would be to receive a kit with some of the inventory missing.  The time you take to check the kit inventory is appreciated.
   
• Should anything be missing/broken, please leave a note explaining this for science centre staff.
   
• Booking for the upcoming school year can be made in late June.  If you wish, you can book all your kits at this time.
   
• Note that S.E.P. science kits can only be booked by teachers working within the Lambton Kent District School Board or the St. Clair Catholic District School Board.
   
• If you have any questions, call  354-3775 ext. 225 or e-mail sciencecentre@lkdsb.net.

Kit Descriptions:

Kit Title		Popcorn
Grade	K	Strand	N/A
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Popcorn, hot air popper, primary balance, foil plates, hand magnifiers, potting soil, vermiculite, and various seeds. return to chart

Kit Title		Body Basics
Grade	1	Strand	Understanding Life Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Human body cloth chart with removable labels, human body apron with detachable organs, senses game, print resources dealing with the the human body, nutrition, and five senses and teacher guides.  This unit is also helpful if doing the Grade 1 Nutrition Unit. return to chart

Kit Title		Objects
Grade	1	Strand	Understanding Structures and Mechanisms
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Consumables such as foil, cotton balls, craft sticks, talcum powder, paraffin wax, paper plates and cutlery, rice, salt and yarn are included.  Flash cards, Lego building blocks, marbles, eyedroppers, bead along with student and teacher print resources are also enclosed. return to chart

Kit Title		Energy
Grade	1	Strand	Understanding Matter and Energy
A sampling of this kit inventory:  This kit was revised in the summer of 2009.  Consumables such as plastic wheels, straws, string, paper fasteners.  Non-consumables include flashlight, globe, hair dryer, thermometers and many print resources including newly revised Scholastic student/teacher guides. return to chart

 

Kit Title		Waterways
Grade	1	Strand	Understanding Matter and Energy
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Water  pumps, watering cans, pail, tri-pour beaker set, nesting funnels, vinyl hose, aqua lab system, plumbers nightmare, waterfall glasses.  This kit can be used for either the Grade 1 or Grade 2 unit in the "Energy and Control" strand. return to chart

Kit Title		Seasons
Grade	1	Strand	Understanding Earth and Space Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  posters, sidewalk chalk, light sensitive paper, flashlights, seasonal trees felt board display, thermometers, Weather & Seasons learning centre, student and teacher print resources.. return to chart

Kit Title		Banners Weather Literature Package
Grade	1	Strand	Understanding Earth and Space Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Multiple copies of seven different weather related titles (small books), two big books ( Wind and Sky Fire), song charts, cassettes, and a teacher guide. This works well with the Weather kit, which must be ordered separately. return to chart

Kit Title		Frogs in a Pond
Grade	2	Strand	Understanding Life Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Plastic models of frogs in various life cycle stages, two different types of life cycle/pond puzzles, puppets, various student and teacher print resources.  The Lifecycles Literature package can be ordered separately to supplement this kit. return to chart

Kit Title		Farm Animals
Grade	2	Strand	Understanding Life Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Farm felt board, posters, consumables, student and teacher print resources.  This kit uses the farm as the backdrop for studying the life cycles of mammals, birds and fish that one might find on a farm.  The Lifecycles Literature package can be ordered separately to supplement this kit. return to chart

Kit Title		Lifecycles Literature Package
Grade	2	Strand	Understanding Life Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Big book, multiple copies of identical small books, two additional sets of 10 small books of a different title, large erasable recording chart and teacher guide.  This package could be used in conjunction with the Frogs in a Pond Kit, Farm Animals or Butterflies and should be ordered separately. return to chart

Kit Title		Movement
Grade	2	Strand	Understanding Structures and Mechanisms
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Pipe cleaners, spools, skewers, screws, string, tools, examples of simple machines, wood wedges, toy cars and student and teacher print resources .  return to chart

Kit Title		Liquids and Solids
Grade	2	Strand	Understanding Matter and Energy
A sampling of this kit inventory:  A variety of consumables (coffee, rice, potting soil, flour, sugar cubes, vinegar, cooking oil, dish soap etc.) balance scale, foil and foam plates, small graduated cylinders, student and teacher print resources. return to chart

Kit Title		Air, Sun and Water Literature Package
Grade	2	Strand	Understanding Earth and Space Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Big book, multiple copies of identical small books, two additional sets of 10 small books of a different title, large erasable recording chart and teacher guide.  return to chart

Kit Title		Plants
Grade	3	Strand	Understanding Life Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  This kit was newly revised in the summer of 2009.  Includes charts, crystal clay set, jiffy pellets, seeds, magnifiers, thermometers, and updates print resources. return to chart

Kit Title		Gardens Literature Package
Grade	3	Strand	Understanding Life Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Two big books, several small book titles (multiple copies), song charts, cassettes and teacher guide.    This kit can supplement the Plant kit and must be ordered separately. return to chart

Kit Title		Forces Causing Movement
Grade	3	Strand	Understanding Matter and Energy
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Various magnets (cow, small bar, large bar, marbles, horseshoe etc.),  magnetic field demonstrators, Hot Wheels track & cars, marble run, various rollees (marbles, Happy and Unhappy balls, superballs, table tennis balls etc.), selection of balls (tennis, sponge, foam etc.), tops, student and teacher print resources. return to chart

Kit Title		Soil
Grade	3	Strand	Understanding Earth and Space Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Soil samples (Note: these are from a local nursery and are not sterilized), soil sampler, garden trowels, foil cups, student and teacher print resources. return to chart

 

Kit Title		Habitats
Grade	4	Strand	Understanding Life Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  "Habitats" games, puzzles, tools, soil samples, craft sticks, bug magnifiers, Clever Catch Ball, magnifying lenses, student and teacher print resources.   return to chart

 

Kit Title		Gear Box
Grade	4	Strand	Understanding Structures and Mechanisms
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Four different size gears, bases, axels, connectors and a teacher's guide.  This kit contains more complicated gear sets and is to be booked separately from the general Pulleys/Gears box.    return to chart

 

Kit Title		Pulleys
Grade	4	Strand	Understanding Structures and Mechanisms
A sampling of this kit inventory:  This kit was updated over the summer of 2009.  It contains corks, pins, skewers, various pulleys, spring scales, a simple gear set, weights and updated teacher/student print resources.  The Gear Box can be booked separately for a more complex gear selection.  return to chart

 

Kit Title		Light & Sound
Grade	4	Strand	Understanding Matter and Energy
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Mirrors, flashlights, modeling clay, prisms, magnifiers, colour paddles, periscope, student and teacher print resources. Tuning forks, plastic rulers, strings of different thickness, sound makers, jingle bells, timer, tin pans, cotton batting, student and teacher print resources.   return to chart

 

Kit Title		Rocks
Grade	4	Strand	Understanding Earth and Space Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Newly revised for 2005/6!  Rock samples (not consumable), posters, streak plates, sieves, magnets, paint brushes, safety goggles, measuring cups, vinegar, gravel, plaster of Paris, gloves, student and teacher print resources.   return to chart

 

Kit Title		Human Body
Grade	5	Strand	Understanding Life Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Posters, blood pressure cuff, blood simutype kit, stethoscopes, stopwatches, clinical thermometers, student and teacher print resources.  return to chart

 

Kit Title		Forces
Grade	5	Strand	Understnading Structures and Mechanisms
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Pulleys, spring scales, gears, tools, craft sticks, foam trays, set of gram weights, student and teacher print resources.  return to chart

 

Kit Title		Matter
Grade	5	Strand	Understanding Matter and Energy
A sampling of this kit inventory: Antacid tablets, balloons, baking soda, corn starch, corn syrup, iodine, gelatin powder, matches, plasticine, straws, vegetable oil, dishpan, eyedroppers, safety goggles, graduated cylinders, magnifying glasses, measuring cups and spoons, syringes, test tubes, student and teacher print resources.   return to chart

 

Kit Title		Conservation
Grade	5	Strand	Understanding Earth and Space Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Thermos, wind-up & battery powered toys, flashlights, heating pad, blow dryer, wire, 2.5 V bulbs, film canisters, student and teacher print resources.   return to chart

 

Kit Title		Diversity of Living Things
Grade	6	Strand	Understanding Life Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Classification games, posters, consumables, insect eye simulation glasses, microslide viewers and slides, and student and teacher print resources.   return to chart

 

Kit Title		Electricity
Grade	6	Strand	Understanding Structures & Mechanisms
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Wire, LEDs, 2.5 V bulbs, switches, battery holders, bulb holders, batteries, goggles, alligator clips, student and teacher print resources.  Hydro meters can be ordered separately.  Items using electricity can be plugged into the meters to determine how much is used.   return to chart

 

Kit Title		Flight
Grade	6	Strand	Understanding Matter and Energy
A sampling of this kit inventory:  This kit was revised in the summer of 2009.  Consumables include balloons, corks, fishing line, modeling clay, straws.  Non-consumables include clothes pins, gliders, hair drier, hole punches, ping pong balls and syringes.  Also included are new teacher/student print resources.   return to chart

 

Kit Title		Space
Grade	6	Strand	Understanding Earth and Space Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Posters, light, extension cord, mirrors, marbles, Styrofoam balls, modeling clay, flashlights, sundial, student and teacher print resources.   return to chart

 

Kit Title		Ecosystems
Grade	7	Strand	Understanding Life Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory: Food chain, carbon cycle, and water cycle posters.  Bean seeds, cheesecloth, iodine, plastic planters, potting soil, beakers, bug viewers, funnels, garden trowels, graduated cylinders, magnifiers, pH paper, thermometers, student and teacher print resources. return to chart

 

Kit Title		Structures
Grade	7	Strand	Understanding Structures and Mechanisms
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Consumable building supplies (craft sticks, straws, balsa wood, etc.), tools, torsion demonstration, mass set and student and teacher print resources. return to chart

 

Kit Title		Mixtures
Grade	7	Strand	Understanding Matter and Energy
A sampling of this kit inventory: Consumables (drink mix, flour, rice, laundry soap, sugar cubes, etc.), beakers, graduated cylinders, test tubes, goggles, aprons, student and teacher print resources. return to chart

 

Kit Title		Heat
Grade	7	Strand	Understanding Earth and Space Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Trouble light, test tubes, oven mitts, tea lights (to sit in sand-filled foil tart tins), pulse glass apparatus, smoke box, retort stands, student and teacher print resources. return to chart

 

Kit Title		Earth's Crust
Grade	7	Strand	N/A
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Rock samples and identification sets, hardness test kits, posters, tools, and student and teacher print resources.  This kit can still be borrowed and used while doing the geography unit. return to chart

 

Kit Title		Cells
Grade	8	Strand	Understanding Life Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Microviewers and microslides, dialysis tubing, pipettes, wire screening, beakers, forceps, graduated cylinders, wash bottle, and student and teacher print resources.  Note:  Microscopes are not included in this kit (although microviewers are included,) so if you wish to use the microscopes in this unit, that kit must be booked separately along with the cells microscopy supplement box. return to chart

 

Kit Title		Microscopy
Grade	8	Strand	Understanding Life Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  This kit can be used to supplement the Cells topic.  Each kit contains four microscopes, equipment to make slides, prepared slides, maintenance items, student and teacher print resources.   Ask for the cells microscopy supplement box with this unit. NOTE:  There is a video included in the kit that all users are STRONGLY URGED to view prior to using the microscopes in their classrooms.  It would be appreciated if you took the time to do this.  Thanks! return to chart

 

Kit Title		Efficiency
Grade	8	Strand	Understanding Structures and Mechanisms
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Pulleys, gears, mass set,  return to chart

 

Kit Title		Fluids
Grade	8	Strand	Understanding Matter and Energy
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Syringes, tubing, connectors (T, straight, one-way valves), graduated cylinders, beakers, liquids of differing densities, student and teacher print resources. return to chart

 

Kit Title		Water Systems
Grade	8	Strand	Understanding Earth and Space Systems
A sampling of this kit inventory:  Baking pans, syringes, graduated cylinders, beakers, aquarium gravel, sand, food colouring, retort stand and clamps, student and teacher print resources. return to chart