20 Weeks of Hands-On Science

  1 file available upon enrollment
-(Optional) Text Book- 4th Grade Science Daily Practice Workbook by ArgoPrep (About $15 on Amazon)
-Lined paper
-a pencil

Week One
- A marble
- Blocks or snap together bricks 
- An empty card thin cardboard box (like a cereal box) or poster board. 
- tape (scotch or masking will do)
- a yard/meter stick

Week Two
- A few students will need something that makes noise.  This can be a music player, TV, toy or phone.  

Week Three
-Two tennis balls
- an empty section of wall

Week Four
- a flashlight with no batteries in it
- batteries for the flashlight

Week Five
- clay or play-doh
- toothpicks

Week Six
- flashlight
- mirror
This will work best in a dark room.  Does not need to be pitch but the darker the better.

Week Seven
- flashlight

Week Eight
- blank paper or drawing paper
- drawing utensils

Week Nine
- a flower, leaf, or another plant (optional)

Week Ten
- Jelly Beans

Week Eleven
- patterned fabric or scrapbook paper in two different colors (the more different the better)
- many different colors of construction paper
- colored pencils
-scissors

Week Twelve
- a small box (like a shoebox or similar)
- enough pebbles to cover the bottom of the box
- sand
- potting soil
- a small figurine
This project may get messy.  An outdoor location is best.

Week Thirteen
- something to draw with
-something to draw on

Week Fourteen
- A sandbox or a large plastic tub (like a dishpan) filled with sand (or dirt)
- water
This project may get messy.  An outdoor location is best.

Week Fifteen
-something to draw on
-something to draw with

Week Sixteen
- drawing paper
- drawing supplies

Week Seventeen
- something to draw on
- something to draw with
- an object in your house with a function
(This can be a toy, piece of furniture, piece of clothing, appliance- anything the learner knows how to use)

Week Eighteen
- something to draw on
- something to write on
- a pencil with an eraser
- Some recyclable items.  We'll need a variety of shapes and sizes. 
Consider:
     - a tube (like a frozen juice can or toilet paper tube)
     - a carton (like for oatmeal or milk)
     - pie plate or take out container
     - butter tub/ yogurt tub

Week Nineteen
Everything from last week
- birdseed (optional)
- glue or tape or both
- scissors
- other supplies as needed

Week Twenty
- Paper
- Ruler
- measuring tape
We will be designing and flying paper airplanes.  A big open space is best.

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Kahoot!

When we are discussing the form and function of plants and animals, we may reference evolution and Charles Darwin.  We will not be discussing evolution at length.  If you have any questions you may contact me directly.  Outschool is a secular platform so any alternatives to evolution will need to be discussed outside of class amongst learners and their families. 

Week Nineteen we will be building bird feeders that we design in week eighteen.  Depending on your learner's design, parental assistance may be required.  They may need help cutting plastic or punching holes in cardboard or plastic.  Please be sure to have an adult nearby.