Welcome to InSpace

 

1. 30 cm ruler? a metre stick? a surveyor's tape or chain? a flexible tape?
2. When would you use a litre carton? a half-litre? a four litre container? a measuring spoon? a measuring cup?
3. When would you use balances? scales?
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A variety of ramp building materials, such as:

• carpet samples
• pink foam
• foam wrap
• wood
• plywood
• rubber treads
• PVC-white
• PVC-black
• brick
• masking tape
• gutter
• Ramp Builders activity sheet

Sink or Float?

A variety of ramp building materials, such as:

• carpet samples
• pink foam
• foam wrap
• wood
• plywood
• rubber treads
• PVC-white
• PVC-black
• brick
• masking tape
• gutter
• Ramp Builders activity sheet

You will also need to gather objects for students to roll down their ramps, such as MatchBox cars. You may want to provide colored stickers (or something similar) for the students to mark the distance the objects travel off of the ramp. Students will also need tools with which to measure the distance, such as rulers or cubes (cm).

Sky 1: Objects in the Sky

Water 1: Water and Ice

Materials:
One per group of 3 students:

• ice
• clear plastic cups
• clear plastic container of a different shape or size

One of each:

• ice cube tray
• access to a freezer
• timer

Water 2: Disappearing Water

Water 3: Melting and Freezing

Materials:

• Ziploc baggies
• water/ice
• chocolate chips
• margarine
• paper towels
• scale/balance

Weather 1: Weather Patterns

Materials for optional weather station:

• Several weatherproof boxes
• Thermometers
• A glass beaker (or any straight-sided glass that can be marked with a measuring scale)
• Coat hanger or wire (bent to make a holding rack)
• Hammer and nails (to secure the rack)
• A long wooden dowel (about the size of a broom stick)
• An aluminum pie plate
• A 12-inch long piece of wood (a sturdy ruler would work)
• A metal washer
• Glue
• Small saw (or serrated knife)
• Wire (for mounting)
• Scissors (strong enough to cut aluminum)

Weather 2: What's the Season?

Materials:

• A collection of dress-up clothes (include both warm-weather and cold-weather clothes)
• What’s the Season? student sheet
• Colored pencils
• Rulers
• Scissors

A Colorful Hypothesis

 

 

Materials

 

• Food coloring (red, blue, yellow)
• Tap water
• 6 empty, clean baby food jars (or similar clear containers)
• 3 eye droppers
• Rimmed cookie sheet
• Colored markers (at least 8 colors)
• Plastic spoon
• Sponge for clean up
• Print out: A Colorful Hypothesis Observation Chart (640KB PDF)

Spool Racer

Materials Needed

• spool
• rubber band
• metal washer
• pencil
• tape
• toothpick

Under Construction

Materials and Tools: digital camera; chart
paper; classroom blocks and gathered building
materials such as cardboard boxes (all sizes); pieces
of cardboard; paper cups; wrapping paper tubes,
yardsticks, or dowels; modeling clay; sand; string;
clothespins; newspaper

For the Build a Boat Area
• clean recycled materials for building
toy boats: small plastic food
containers, lids, trays, and bottle caps;
foam water “noodles” sliced into
discs; etc.
• craft sticks or coffee stirrers
(for masts)
• paper rectangles and triangles
cut from colorful magazine pages
(for sails)
• waterproof modeling clay and masking
tape (for attaching masts and sails)