Equipment Kits for Checkout

EQUIPMENT & KITS FOR CHECKOUT

West Georgia Youth Science and Technology Center

Below is a list of equipment & kits available for checkout with a short description for your convenience. Many of these kits can be adapted to multiple grade levels. Feel free to adapt the kit to fit your needs and remember the lesson plan that goes along with the kit is optional and is meant to be adapted. To submit a checkout request, please scroll down and complete the Google Form including your name, school, email, phone number, and equipment and dates needed.

Please request equipment at least two weeks in advance to assure equipment reaches you by your needed date. If you have any questions, please contact West GYSTC at cfonteno@westga.edu or (770) 328-8530.

Please Note: Deliveries will take place at the beginning of the month and pickups will take place at the end of the month. Cleaning and disinfecting of kits & equipment will take place the fourth week of the month. Please reserve what you need for the month and at least two weeks in advance.

Life Science Kits

Best Beak- Students will explore the needs, characteristics, and evolution of birds. This kit is fun, students have different “beaks” to pick up seeds.

From Tadpole to Frogs- Students will use thumbprints to create an illustration of the growth and change of a frog as it goes through its life cycle.

Design A Spiderweb- Students will use materials to create a model spider web that spans the gap needed for the best hunting.

Flower Dissection- We supply the tape, Forceps, magnifying glasses and flower diagram. Please supply your own fresh flowers.

Glo-Germ Activity- Students will recognize the importance of them wash their hands before meals and after using the restroom. Students will learn proper hand washing procedures. Students will understand that germs can be spread.

Animal Sort - Students will sort an assortment of animals any way they like and explain how they are grouped.

Parts of a Plant- Students will learn about the parts of a plant as they create and connect plant parts.

Pollination- “A sticky situation”- Students learn how pollination works by using Cheetos to simulate pollen. Please supply your own Cheetos.

Habitat and Food Chain- Students will explore habitats, basic needs, and the food chain through hand puppets or dress up.

Life Science Equipment

Cell Models
Desktop Microscopes
Digital Microscope

Magnifying Glasses
Microscope Slides with cover slips

Physical Science Kits

Alka Seltzer Rockets- Students will have a blast sending a film canister blasting off. Great Experiment for changing variables and demonstrating chemical reactions and Newton’s 3rd law.

Barbie Bungee- Using Barbies, G.I. Joes, and rubber bands, students will determine how many rubber bands it will take for Barbie or G.I. Joe to fall from a predetermined height to have a thrilling, yet safe fall (scatter plots and line of best fit applicable).

Cool Circuits-Student will explore the Science behind Circuits! Lay down a puzzle card, solve the challenge by making a loop and watch the board light up!

Bernoulli Ball- A hairdryer demonstrates air pressure by moving a ping pong ball toward a target. (requires outlets)

Drops on a Penny- Students put as many drops of water on a penny as the can before the bubble pops.

Snap Circuits- Students will learn about electronics through using and exploring solderless snap-together Electronic Components.

Gliding Spiders- Students will be parachute engineers and design a "gliding spider" parachute and test designs to help the spider fall at slower or faster rates.

Racecar Magnets- Make the racecar follow the track using a magnet.

Splash of Color- Combine art and science by adding droplets of primary colors to mixing cups to create rainbow colors.

Hydrogels Exploration- Students will observe the physical properties of matter and explore a polymer.

Life Vest Challenge- Students will develop a personal flotation device or life vest out of everyday materials that will provide enough support to float an unopened can of fruit or vegetables for at least 1 minute (Engineering/STEM Challenge).

Magnificent Magnets- Students will explore and observe Magnetic Attraction in order to identify objects that are magnetic and non-magnetic. Many different types of magnets to be used with your lessons.

Newton’s 1st law of Motion-Inertia Challenge with Yellow Rings, bottle and hex nuts.

Newton's 1st Law: Plastic Spoon Catapult- Students will learn about Newton's 1st Law by constructing a catapult.

Do You Hear What I Hear? Sound-
Students will investigate how sound is made. Kit includes Sound Waves, Seashell Sounds, Xylophone- Xango Bottles, Singing Water Goblets, Chicken Plucker Cup, The Doctor is In! (Stethoscope Experience), Echolocation-"It's a Bat Thing!", Mystery Sound (What do you hear?), Palm Pipes, Singing Sound Tubes, Cardboard Kazoo, Tin Can Telephone, Tuning Forks & Resonance Chamber, Underwater Sounds, Born Whackers & Sound Vacuum.

Design A Windmill- Students will use Paper Cups to design a Windmill and learn about Environmental Engineering.

Simple Machine Levers: Flip That Spoon- Explore forces and levers by making a spoon flip into a cup.

Sink or Swim: Will it Float?- Students will classify objects according to their physical attributes- buoyancy.

Static Electricity- Students will play with static electricity using a static wand and salt, tinsel/foil, and foam and "fur".

Stomp Rockets 1: Rocketry- Students discuss how different variables affect the distance traveled by a stomp rocket

Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion- Observe Newton’s third law of motion while testing the balloon rockets with the different types of string and friction.

Newton's 3rd Law of Motion: Mini Hover Crafts- Students will use CD's and balloons to make mini hover crafts.

Light & Color- Students discover light and how light interacts with objects. Contains prism glasses, prisms, 3D glasses, UV dector, etc.

Light, Color, & Mirrors- Students complete several activities in which they will learn and explore Light, Color, & Mirror Reflection.

Science or Magic-
Students will explore the "magic" that is science. The student will keep a paper towel dry after that paper towel is submerged in a bowl of water. This kit focuses on how gasses take up space between materials and substances.

Physical Science Equipment

Bell Jar with Air Compressor

Energy Transfer- Ice Melting Blocks

Leaf Blower & Hover Board

Smashing Steel Spheres

Micro Electrolysis Machines with Multi- Voltage Power Supply

Motors & Handcranks

Van de Graaf Generator

Spring Scales

Earth & Space Science Kits

Constellations- Students will be introduced to some star patterns and physical attributes in the night sky by making a model of a constellation of their choosing. Glow in the dark beads included.

Constellation Luminaries- Students will create a constellation Luminary by using push pins through paper for stars and adding a battery operated candle in the cube.

Shake, Rattle and Roll-
Students will design a building structure to withstand the effects of an Earthquake.

Sun, Earth, and Moon System- Earth and moon models; lights for making shadows

Weather- Students will explore and learn how to read a thermometer measuring different substances.

Solar System- Demonstrates distance from planet to planet from the sun.

Table Top Fossil Dig- Students will explore fossils while digging through sand.

Survive the Quake- Students will build a structure to withstand the shaking base.

Earth Science Equipment

Fossil Collection
Rock Identification
Rocks from Georgia
Minerals from Georgia
Shark Teeth Exploration

Technology Or Engineering

Edison Robots
Sphero Minis and Ipads
Sphero and Ipads
Ozobots Kit
Bee-Bots
Botley Robots
Star Lab
Keva Planks
Tangram
Binary Code Stem Challenge
Plant Construction
Makey Makey
Creative Geometry Buttons-
Students will explore colorful Geometry Buttons to match, coordinate colors, study patterns, create shapes, in order to create an assigned geometric picture.
Kid K'NEX Building Set-Students will use the Kid K'NEX rod and connector building system to design and engineer structures.
Picasso Magnetic Tiles-
Students will build structures by aligning Picasso Magnetic Tiles together to create individualized designs.
Small Puzzle Pieces (Plus Plus)-Students will construct and design their own creations using Plus Plus Small Puzzles pieces.
Solarize A Classroom- Email your interest and we can discuss requirements.

Need a Literacy and STEM Night for your families at your schools? Ask about the Literacy & STEM Night Program sponsored by the Carrollton Civic Women's Club. Email at cfonteno@westga.edu.