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Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• Eyewitness Chemistry by Ann Newmark

Materials

Common Materials

• safety goggles (kit)
• scissors
• glue stick
• ruler
• calculator
• periodic table of elements (kit)
• watch or timer
• dynamometer (kit)
• 250-ml beaker (kit)
• construction paper (kit)
• hole punch

Lesson 1

• plastic milk jug
• funnel (kit)* (1.1 - optional)
• pan
• pot holder or oven mitt

Lesson 2

• compass (kit)
• blank paper

Lesson 3

• aluminum foil (kit)
• copper wire (kit)
• quarter, dime, or nickel
• rock
• play dough (kit)
• small pan
• thermometers (kit)

Lesson 5

• wooden cube (kit)
• saucepan
• permanent marker
• 3 irregularly shaped objects (such as small toys)
• candle wax (kit)
• heat source
• large cups (kit)
• large transparent container (such as a two-liter bottle with the top cut off)

Lesson 7

• measuring cups
• oven mitt or potholder
• salt
• small cups (kit)
• sugar
• tablespoon
• tea light candle (kit)
• test tube clamp (kit)
• test tube holder (kit)
• test tubes (kit)

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used