The Age 9-11 - Semester 1 - Science Kit provides specialized materials for hands-on investigations in units Energy, Biomes, and Living Seas. These activities help children separate white light into rainbow colors, compare how force and distance affect work, identify trees by their leaves, and investigate organisms in freshwater habitats.

Engage Your Child with a Hands-on Science Curriculum

This kit includes over 70 materials used in experiments throughout the semester. Here are a few examples your child will complete.

• Discover How White Light Creates a Rainbow: Your child uses a glass of water, mirror, light, and white paper to separate white light into visible colors. By forming a hypothesis and recording observations, your child discovers that white light contains many colors.
• Explore How Force and Distance Affect Work: Your child moves objects of different weights and distances, then uses the results to calculate work. Comparing the measurements demonstrates that work depends on both the force applied and the distance an object moves.
• Identify Trees by Their Leaves and Needles: Your child observes trees outdoors, then traces, draws, and classifies their leaves or needles. Comparing these features helps your child distinguish between deciduous and coniferous trees found in different forest biomes.
• Investigate Life in a Freshwater Habitat: Your child collects small water samples from a pond, stream, or river and examines them with a petri dish and magnifying glass. Identifying organisms develops careful observation while connecting animal life to freshwater habitats and water quality.

A Complete Hands-On Science Experience

Hands-on science can require families to gather specialized supplies for different investigations. This kit provides materials used throughout the semester’s activities, reducing preparation and helping parents focus on guiding observations, comparisons, measurements, and scientific conclusions.

The following items are included in this kit. This list is subject to change.

• 12" dowel rods
• 3" x 3" cardboard
• alligator clips
• battery
• buzzer
• cardboard
• citric acid
• clay
• clear cups
• coal
• color wheel
• dark cloth
• digital scale
• dowel rods
• flashlights
• gears
• glass jar
• graduated cylinder
• lids
• magnifying glass
• marbles
• matches
• mirror
• motor
• note cards
• paper clips
• periodic table of elements
• piece of cardboard
• piece of white paper
• piece of wood
• red, blue, and green cellophane
• red, blue, and yellow food coloring
• rubber bands
• ruler with a groove in the middle
• solar panel
• steel wool
• straws
• string
• tea candle
• thermometer
• twist ties
• wooden coffee stirrers
• balloon
• coffee filter
• construction paper
• cork
• eye dropper
• fish page
• food coloring
• handheld mirror
• paper bowl
• paper circle
• petri dish
• pipe cleaner
• plastic bag
• plastic bottle
• push pin
• rectangular box
• rubber band
• ruler
• squirt bottle
• squirt-top lid
• thread
• tissue paper
• 2 thermometers
• 5 colors of construction paper
• card stock
• clear plastic cups
• dirt
• modeling clay
• pan
• thin sponge