Forces of Nature

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• The Gripping Truth about Forces and Motion by Agnieszka Biskup

Materials

Common Materials

• marbles (kit)
• science journal
• tape
• drinking straws (kit)
• scissors
• colored pencils or markers
• additional marbles* (2.2 - optional)
• additional marbles* (6.5 - optional)
• hardcover book
• small bucket (kit)
• string (kit)
• piece of paper
• butter knife

Lesson 2

• 10 quarters
• aluminum foil
• clothespin (kit)
• hole punch
• large rubber band (kit)
• note cards (kit)
• paper clips (kit)
• plastic wrap
• ruler
• sandpaper (kit)
• variety of shoes
• vegetable oil
• wax paper (kit)

Lesson 3

• wooden cylinder (kit)
• hammer
• pencil
• paper bowls (kit)
• balloons of different shapes and sizes (kit)
• 2 chairs
• 2 empty soda cans
• rock, magnet, or other weight that will fit in a soda can
• toy cars (kit)

Lesson 4

• 2 balls of the same size
• balls of different sizes
• metal cookie sheet
• feather (kit)* (4.3 - Option 1)
• foam dart gun * (4.2 - optional)
• sheet of paper* (4.3 - Option 1)

Lesson 5

• ruler (kit)
• plastic bowl half filled with sugar
• protractor (kit)
• books

Lesson 7

• film canister (kit)
• milk carton
• boiled egg
• apple
• Alka-Seltzer tablet
• safety goggles (kit)
• small duffel bag or backpack

Final Project

• poster board* (Final Project.Option 1)
• markers and other art supplies * (Final Project.Option 1)

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