Intermediate Science:

Grades 4 to 6, Intermediate Science
Intermediate Science Curriculum Textbook

Kit Contents

  • Red food coloring *
  • Yellow food coloring
  • Modeling clay *
  • 3 colors of modeling clay
  • Salt (½ cup) *
  • Baking soda (2 tablespoons) *
  • Sugar (1 ¼ cups) *
  • 8 marbles *
  • Tornado tube
  • Teaspoon glitter
  • 5' string
  • 12" thread
  • Plastic wrap (cover large bowl)
  • Plastic wrap (cover baby food jar)
  • Toothpick
  • Rubber band
  • 2 Pennies *
  • Handful of soil
  • Handful of sand
  • Handful of fine gravel
  • Sedimentary rock sample
  • Metamorphic rock sample
  • 7 - #8 nails
  • 4 Kleenex tissues
  • Teaspoon of aluminum sulfate (Alum)
  • Tablespoon of aluminum sulfate (Alum)
  • Soft pencil
  • 48 craft sticks
  • 15 craft sticks
  • 22 toothpicks *
  • Concave lens
  • Wooden sewing *
  • 5' of fishing line
  • 120 inches of string
  • 8" of sting and 2' of string
  • 12" of thread
  • 24" of thread
  • 2 light bulbs with sockets *
  • 5 wires w/ alligator clips *
  • Compass
  • 3 feet of copper wire *
  • Steel nail *
  • Small bar magnet
  • 3 - 3"x3" squares of colored cellophane (red, blue, green)
  • Mineral #1
  • Mineral #2
  • Mineral #3
  • Mineral #4
  • Mineral #5
  • Vinegar *
  • Magnifying lens *
  • Thumbtack
  • Iron nail
  • Streak plate
  • Microscope slide
  • Bag of iron filings
  • Cut plastic pipette
  • Hex nut
  • 1/3 cup sandy soil
  • 1/3 cup clay soil
  • 1/3 cup clay, sand, gravel mixture
  • 3 tablespoons of fine dirt
  • Teaspoon of aquarium gravel
  • 4oz. baby food jar with sodium silicate
  • Sulfate crystal mixture
  • Petroleum jelly
  • Rubber band
  • 2' of string
  • 2 plastic containers with lids
  • Paper plate
  • Flashlight *
  • Diffraction grating glasses
  • Filter paper
  • Planting pot
  • Potting soil
  • Blind fold (bandana)
  • Test tube *
  • Black felt-tip pen *
  • Plastic sandwich bag
  • 2 resealable sandwich bags
  • Large baggie with tie
  • Pipe cleaner
  • Large brown paper bag
  • 2" x 2" x 1" piece of wood
  • Piece of cloth
  • 2 ping pong balls *
  • Small toy fish
  • Sheet of aluminum foil
  • ¼ cup washing soda
  • 10 paper clips *
  • Potting soil
  • Candle *
  • Biconvex lens *
  • 9" white balloon
  • Cotton ball
  • Cork
  • Paraffin
  • Piece of balloon
  • Cooking oil *
  • Rubbing alcohol
  • Glycerin
  • 40 large paper clips
  • 24" thread
  • 3 - 9" balloons
  • 10 UV light-changing beads
  • 2 teaspoons of instant tea
  • Luminol solution
  • Diluted bleach solution
  • Wintergreen lifesavers
  • Iodine solution
  • Popper *
  • Balloon race car
  • Large super ball
  • Small super ball
  • Golf ball
  • Index card
  • Compact disc
  • 2 "C" Batteries *
  • Toy car
  • Thin metal rod
  • 2 craft sticks *
  • 5 straws *
  • 4 pipettes (droppers) *
  • 2 pairs of gloves *
  • 9 plastic spoons *
  • 6 sheets of white paper *
  • 4" x 7" piece of posterboard
  • 4 small coffee filters
  • ½ sheet of black construction paper
  • Teaspoon talcum powder
  • ¼" x 7" strip of paper
  • 2½ " x 2½ " square of white paper
  • Dishwashing detergent
  • Teaspoon of citric acid
  • 1" thick piece of steel wool
  • Copper chloride solution
  • 4 Alka seltzer tablets
  • Shampoo
  • Borax
  • Washing soda
  • Bleach
  • Acid-base indicator strips
  • Boric acid
  • Sugar cubes
  • Teaspoon of sand
  • 10-15 grams of ammonium nitrate
  • 10-15 grams of calcium chloride
  • 4" string
  • 10 washers *
  • 4 - 3" x 3" black construction paper
  • 5" x 16" colored cellophane
  • 5" x 6 ½" cardboard
  • 1 large sheet of white tissue paper
  • 3 ½" x 3 ½" piece of tissue paper
  • 2 - 6" x 6" squares of white paper
  • 1 - 12" x 12" square of white paper
  • 21 plastic cups *
  • 4 paper cups
  • 15 dominoes