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Week of August 27  - Sept 2-  First law of Motion – Inertia  Experiments 
	10 coins of the same type
	Paper
	Cardboard
	Golf ball or similar object
	Toilet paper roll (empty)
	Plastic cup
	
Week of Sept 3-9 - Second Law of Motion Experiments
	Clothespin
Pieces of dry spaghetti
2 objects of different masses – like blocks	
String
Clay
Toy car
Stopwatch or clock with second hand
	
Week of Sept. 10-16 - Third Law of Motion Experiments:
Pencil
Plastic spoon
Tongue depressers
Marshmallows or cotton balls or wads of tissue
2 rubber bands
Balloon
Straw
String
Toilet tube roll

Week of Sept. 17- Sept. 23    – Third Law of Motion Experiments
Balloon 
Pencil
Plastic cup
String or yarn
Tape
Straw that bends
4 marbles or 2 AA batteries to use as wheels
Scissors
Rubberband
Book 
Week of Sept. 24 – Sept 30 - NO CLASSES  

Week of Oct. 1 - Oct. 7:  NO CLASSES
	
Week of  Oct. 8-Oct 14 - Make a Balloon Car 
Tube or water bottle or cardboard
	Empty toilet paper tube, disposable water bottle, or cardboard for body of car
	Balloon
	Cardboard circles or bottle caps for wheels
	Scissors
	Pencils or wooden dowels
	Tape
	Straw
	Rubberband

Week of Oct 15-20: -  Centripetal Force 
Balloon
Penny
plastic plate or heavy cardboard
             String
	3 clear plastic cups
	Tape
	2 ping pong balls
	Pencil
	
Week of Oct. 22- 28: – Make a Homopolar Motor
	AA battery
	Copper wire  - stiff but bendable
	Several small cylindical neodymium magnets about the same diameter as the battery


Week of Oct 29 – Nov 4: – Making a battery 
	Salt
vinegar
5-6 pennies
5-6 zinc washers (most metal washers are anodized (zinc plated)
Paper
cup
Pencil
Scissors
2 lemons or 2 potatoes (or one plus a knife to cut into 2 pieces)
Alligator clips or wire
Small hobby LED or voltmeter


 
Week of Nov. 5 – Nov. 11:  – Make an electroscope
Empty soda can or paper plate with clear drinking glass or clear jar with metal lid with 
             hole punched in the cap.
	Plastic cup
	Tape
	Aluminum foil – thinner is better
	Scissors
	Balloon
              Large paper clip
             Tape

Week of Nov. 12- Nov. 18:– Bernoulli Effect – 
	2 empty soda cans
	2 mugs that soda cans fit into – preferably the same size as each other
	Paper
	Scissors
	2 Straws that bend prefereably
	2 Balloon
             String 
	Tea light and lighter or matches	
	Ping pong ball
	Hair dryer
	Duct tape
             Cup with water
	Funnel or top of water bottle with hole in cap
	
Week of Nov 19- Nov 25:  Pasta rocket – hybrid engine 
Glass mason jar or baby food jar with lid
Nail to make a hole in metal lid
round pasta – ziti
match
hydrogen peroxide
yeast


Week of Nov 26 – Dec. 2   – All About Pressure
	Empty soda can
	Box of dixie bathroom cups – only one will get ruined
	Shallow bowl of ice water
	balloon
	Water bottle with cap  
	Scissors or nail to make a hole in the water bottle
	Glass of water
	Note card big enough to cover the opening of the glass
	

Week of Dec. 3- Dec. 9 – Paperclip Pendulum
	Many paperclips of the same size
	A ziplock bag 
	Pennies for weights
	String
	Stopwatch

Week of Dec. 10 – Dec. 16 –  chanuka no class

Week of Dec 17 – Dec 23:  – Seeing and hearing waves 
	Template of a cylinder shape – will be provided
	Scissors
	Rubber bands of different lengths and thicknesses
	Pencil 
Printout of Black and White Stripes – will be attached
Shoebox or plastic cup


Week of Dec 24 – Dec 30 – STEM challenge:  Building a bridge with paper and a paperclip
	Piece of computer paper
	Scissors
	Two paperclips
	Bag of pennies
	
Week of Dec. 31- Jan 6: –  Boats and Buoyancy
Aluminum Foil
Bowl or dishpan filled with of water
Lots of pennies for adding weight

Week of Jan 7- Jan. 13– Momentum
	Paper or cardboard
	Scotch tape
	3-4 Ping pong balls
	3-4 Golf balls 

Week of Jan 14 – Jan 20 - Center of Mass
	Pencil
	Stiff Wire
	Corks or potato or clay
	Forks
	Bottle
	Toothpick
	Toy/object/clay to suspend from wire
        	Robot picture printed out on cardstock (will be attached in a classroom post) -  
                    colored in if you want.   
       	Two coins (pennies)
      	Tape	
	Empty soda can


Week of Jan. 21 – Jan 27: – Combustion 

	Hardboiled egg or water balloon
	Glass bottle with opening a little smaller than the egg
	Paper
	Match or lighter
	Glass
	Shallow bowl of water
	Tea light

Week of Jan 28  - Feb. 3:  NO CLASS

Week of Feb. 4 – Feb. 10– Total Internal Reflection
	Glass
	Small ziplock bag that will fit inside the glass when held flat.
	Paper
	Permanent markers
	Water
	Penny or other coin

Week of Feb 11 – Feb. 17: – Convection Currents
	2 clear bottles of the same size
	Two different color of food coloring
	Cold water to fill one bottle
	Warm water to fill the other bottle
	Note card or stiff cardboard – larger than openings of bottle
	Paper
	Scissors 
	String
	Desk lamp or small candle

Week of Feb. 18 – Feb. 24:   – Making a Bimetallic Strip
	Aluminum foil
	Printer paper
	Scissors
	Glue
	Candle
	Lighter or matches
	Optional: other material sheets (plastic, copper, etc.)
	
 
Week of Feb. 25 – Mar. 2– Make a Compass
	Bowl
	Water bottle cap
	Water
	Paper clip
	Magnet

Week of March 3  – March 9: – Paper Rocket Design
	Two sheets of paper
	Scissors
	Pencil
	Drinking straw
	Ruler

Week of March 9 – March 16: – How Fast Will it Fall? (Terminal Velocity)
	2 sheets of paper (computer paper is fine)
	1 coffee filter (or paper cupcake holder)
	Stopwatch
	Meter stick or tape measure
	Calculator

Week of March 17 – March 23: - Why Flaps and Folds Matter on Paper 					Airplanes
	Sheets of paper 
	Ruler
	Scissors
	Something to measure distance

Week of March 24 – March 30:  – Make a Hovercraft
	Pop-top lid from a water bottle or dishsoap
	An old CD or DVD or small plastic disposable plate
	Medium sized balloon
	hot glue or duct tape
	Large flat surface or kitchen counter

Week March 31 – April 6 : – Roto-Copter
	Paper
	Scissors
	Timer
	Penny
	Paperclip 

 
Week of April 7- April 13: – Rubber Band -Powered Toys (Energy Transformations)
	Empty soda can, or empty cardboard can with plastic cover
	Scissors or nail – to poke holes
	Two Rubber bands
	Duct tape
	Two small paper clips
	Two toothpicks 
	Spool of thread (empty is better)
	4-5 washers
	Water bottle (alternative to spool)
	Straw (if using water bottle)
	String

Week of April 14 – April 20:  – Fidget Spinner Gyroscope
	String
	Pencil (straight normal number 2 pencil, not a mechanical pencil)
		Fidget spinner where you can expose the center hole
	Tape 
	Scissors

Week of April 21-April 27: NO CLASS

Week of April 28 – May 4: NO CLASS	

Week of May 5 – May 11: Simple Machines:  Levers
	Ruler
	Pencil or pen
	Weight of some sort like a ball of clay
	Optional: Spring Scale

Week of May 12 - 18:  Simple Machines: Pulleys
	Yarn or String
	Spools from ribbon or thread
	Paper clips
	Place to hang pulleys (cabinet or tape to table top)
	Weight to lift 
	Option 2: Piece of thick foam board or cardboard and some straws or 						wooden dowel

Week of May 19-25:  Simple Machines - Gears
	Pictures of the gears printed on cardstock OR Corrugated Cardboard and cut out cardboard circles.
	Scissors
	Tape or glue
	2 long pins or toothpicks
	Foam or cardboard