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.
Equipment & Kits Catalog for Checkout:
| Kindergarten | SKP1.c | Sink or Swim: Will it Float? | Students will classify objects according to their physical attributes- buoyancy. |
| Kindergarten | SKP1 | Creative Geometry Buttons | Students will explore colorful geometry buttons to match, coordinate colors, study patters & create shapes in order to create an assigned geometric picture. |
| Kindergarten | SKL1.a, b | Animal Sort | Students will classify animals based on similar characteristics. |
| 1st Grade | S1P2.a, b | Magnificent Magnets | Students will explore magnetic attraction in order to identify objects that are magnetic or not. Many different types of magnets will be included. |
| 1st Grade | S1L1.a | Parts of a Plant | Students will identify and label the parts of a plant. |
| 1st Grade | S1E1 | Bee Bots | Four Bee Bots and chargers can be checked out. Weather and Space Bee Bot Cards will be available in kit. |
| 1st Grade | S1P1 | Ozobots | Four Ozobots, Four packs of markers, & Codes can be checked out. Refer to https://ozobot.com/educate-3/lessons/ for ideas and lessons. |
| 2nd Grade | S2P1 | KEVA Planks | Students can use KEVA planks to design structures and then rearrange to make new and different structures including shapes. |
| 2nd Grade | S2P2 | 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. |
| 2nd Grade | S2L1. | Pollination: A Sticky Situation | Students learn how pollination works by using Cheetos to simulate pollen. Please supply your own Cheetos. |
| 2nd Grade | S2L1.a | From Tadpole to Frog | Students will create a life cycle of a frog by using their own fingerprints. |
| 3rd Grade | S2E2 | Star Lab | Star Lab can be checked out once completing the profesional development. Email cfonteno@westga.edu with questions. |
| 3rd Grade | S2E3 | Plant Construction | Students will combine the parts of a plant to build a complete plant. Students will then have the option to design a garden. |
| 3rd Grade | S3E1 | Minerals From Georgia | Students will learn about properties of minerals and classify minerals based on testing. |
| 3rd Grade | S3E1 | Rocks From Georgia | Students will learn about properties of rocks and classify rocks based on observable features. |
| 3rd Grade | S3E2 | Fossil Collection | Students will observe and identify fossils and describe conditions required for fossilization. |
| 3rd Grade | S3E2 | Table Top Fossil Dig | Students will become a Paleontologist by excavating, classifying and identifying fossils. |
| 3rd Grade | S3L1 a,b,c | Best Beak | Students will investigate how the structure of beaks helps the animal live and survive and how we as engineers can use those designs to solve everyday problems. |
| 3rd Grade | S3P2 | Race Car Magnets | Students will explore with magnets making the race car follow the track. |
| 4th Grade | S4E4 a,b,c,d | Weather | Students will practice reading a thermometer measuring the temperature of different substances. |
| 4th Grade | S4P2.a | Do You Hear What I Hear? | Students will use various items to investigate sound (palm pipes, tuning forks, boom whackers, etc.) |
| 4th Grade | S4P3 | Bernoulli Ball | Students will observe how air pressure works on an object by making a ping pong ball "float" from the air pressure of a hair dryer. |
| 4th Grade | S4P3 | Flip That Spoon | Students will explore levers by making a spoon flip into cup using another spoon. |
| 4th Grade | S4P3 | Alka Seltzer Rockets | Students will observe a chemical reaction with citric acid and sodium bicarbonate is placed in water producing bubbles of carbon dioxide gas. |
| 4th Grade | S4P3 | Simple Machine Levers: Flip That Spoon | Students will explore forces and levers by making a spoon flip into a cup. |
| 4th Grade | S4E1 | Solar System | Students can demonstrate distance from planet to planet using the models provided. |
| 5th Grade | S5E1 | Survive the Quake | Students will build a structre to withstnad the shaking base (Four Sets) |
| 5th Grade | S5P1 | Drops On A Penny | How many drops of water can you drop on your penny? Observe surface tension, cohesion and hydrogen bonds. |
| 5th Grade | S5P2 | Van De Graaff | Students will explore static electricity and observe electrons repel each other and move to different objects. |
| 5th Grade | S5P2 | Snap Circuits | Students will create circuits snapping conductors, loads and energy sources together while learning the basics of electronics. |
| 5th Grade | S5P2 | Static Electricity | Students will explore with static electricy using a static wand with salt, tinsel/foil, and foam/fur. |
| 5th Grade | S5L3. a | Cell Models | Students will explore the organelles of plant and animal cells using the set of foam plant cells and animal cells. |
| 5th Grade | S5L3 | Microscopes | Students can explore the unseen world using 6 digital microscopes and set of slides. |
| 5th Grade | S5L4.a,b | Glo Germs | Students will use “Glo Germs” to investigate microorganisms. |
| 6th Grade | S6E2 | Sun, Earth & Moon Systems | Students will model the relationship between the sun, earth, and moon using the materials in the bin. Lights are available to show shadows on Earth. |
| 6th Grade | S6E5 | Minerals From Georgia | Students will learn about properties of minerals and classify minerals based on testing. |
| 6th Grade | S6E5 | Rocks From Georgia | Students will learn about properties of rocks and classify rocks based on observable features. |
| 7th Grade | S7L2 | Cell Models | Students will explore the organelles of plant and animal cells using the set of foam plant cells and animal cells. |
| 7th Grade | S7L2 | Microscopes | Students can explore the unseen world using 6 digital microscopes and set of slides. |
| 8th Grade | S8P5 | HoverBoard & Leaf Blower | Students will understand airpressure when learning the mechanics of a hoverboard while riding it. |
| 8th Grade | S8P2 | Newton's 1st Law of Motion | Students will be challenged to complete an Inertia Challenge with Yellow Rings, bottle and nuts. |
| 8th Grade | S8P2. d | Ice Melting Blocks | Students will discover the different rates at which materials can conduct heat. (1-black aluminum block 1- black high density foam block) Used for teacher demonstration. |
| 3rd-5th Grade | CSS.KC.3-5.2 | Sphero Minis (will need own device) | Four Sphero Mini's, charging cords and cases can be checked out to use with your devices. Will need Sphero EDU app. |
| CSS.IDC.K-2.4 | Bee Bots | Students will explore algorithms and learn basic concepts of computer programming and coding. | |
| CTAE-FS-4 P | Kid K"nex Building Set | Students will use their creativity to build and design challenges. | |
| CTAE-FS-4 P | Picasso Magnetic Tiles | Students will use their creativity to build and design challenges using magnets. | |
| CTAE-FS-4 P | Tangrams | Students will work with shapes to design a final product. | |
| CTAE-FS-4 P | Small Puzzle Pieces (Plus Plus) | Students will use their creativity to build and design challenges. | |
| MGSE6.SP.4 | Barbie Bungee | Create a bungee line for Barbie that will give her a thrilling, yet SAFE, fall from a chosen height. Next, plot your data on a number line or graph. | |
| All Grades | Solarize A Classroom | The SAC can be scheduled to be set up at your school by completing the professional development. Please reach out to cfonteno@westga.edu. | |
| 1st Grade | S1P1 & LIteracy | Brown Bear: Light & Color Exploration | Students will explore the physics of adding and subtracting colors. |
| 2nd Grade | S2P2 & Literacy | Forces Make Things Move: Motion Exploration | Students will observe balanced and unbalanced forces with manipulativesh=. |
| ENGR-EC2 & Literacy | Goldie & The Three Bears: Build A Bed | Students will design a bed with certian criteria and constraints. | |
| Kindergarten | SKL1 & LIteracy | Hidden Worlds: Microscope Exploration | Students will learn the use of the microscope to make it possible to see fine details of orginary organisms. |
| 5th Grade | S5P2 & Literacy | How Does My How Work: Electricity | Students will explore with circiutry using a Snap Circuit Set. |
| 1st Grade | S1P2 & LIteracy | Magnet Max: Magnet Mania | Students will observe how magnets attract and repel each other. |
| 4th Grade | S4E1 & Literacy | I Am The Solar System: Spinning Space | Students will build a solar system using the gears included. |
| ENGR-EC2 & LIteracy | Not A Stick: Pipe Cleaner Imagination | Using a pipecleaner, students will design creations other than just a stick. | |
| 3rd Grade | S3E1 & Literacy | Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, & Rough: Rock Classification | Students will explore rock's physical attributes and classification. |
| Kindergarten | SKP1 & Literacy | Who Sank The Boat: Sink It! | Studens will determine the physical attributes of different objects to predict if the objects will sink or float. Next, the objects will be tested. |
| 4th Grade | S4E4 & Literacy | The Weather/El Tiempo: Weather & Measurement | Students will take readings from science tools such as thermometers and graduated cylinders. |
