Energy

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• Energy: 25 Projects Investigate Why We Need Power & How We Get It by Kathleen M. Reilly

Materials

Common Materials

• scissors
• clay (kit)
• colored pencils
• glue or tape
• tape
• string (kit)
• vocabulary cards from Lesson 1
• alligator clips (kit)
• insulated wire (kit)
• paper cups (kit)
• pencil

Lesson 1

• index cards (kit)

Lesson 2

• cardboard box
• 3 beads (kit)
• cap from a pen or thin marker
• large paper clip (kit)
• matches
• pinwheel template (kit)
• sharpened pencil (kit)
• tea candles (kit)

Lesson 3

• toilet paper tube* (3.4 - optional)
• sandpaper (kit)
• white paper
• non-galvanized nail (kit)
• LED bulb (kit)
• marker
• cardboard* (3.4 - optional)
• bar magnet* (3.4 - optional)
• 4 lemons
• AA battery (kit)
• copper squares (kit)
• iron filings (kit)
• knife
• galvanized nails (kit)

Lesson 4

• small motor (kit)
• solar cell (kit)
• propeller (kit)

Lesson 5

• push pin (kit)
• straw (kit)
• pinwheel from Lesson 2
• index card (kit)
• dowel rod (kit)
• aluminum pie pan (kit)

Lesson 6

• ruler
• tennis ball (kit)

Lesson 7

• materials depend on demonstration* (7.1 - Option 1)
• large paper or poster board* (7.1 - Option 2)
• art supplies* (7.1 - Option 2)
• colored pencils or markers* (7.1 - Option 2)

Lesson 8

• colored pencils or other art materials
• camera or video camera
• poster board* (8.3 - Option 2)
• voice recorder* (8.3 - optional)

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