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Northeast Georgia Youth Science & Technology Center

Teacher Resources

 The following resources are available for check out for a two-week period.  Please call ahead for availability and to reserve your materials.  Teachers must pick up and return these resources to the NEGYSTC center located in the Collins Lodge Build. at North Georgia Technical College in Clarkesville.  Resources may be mailed, if possible.

 

AV EQUIPMENT   SOFTWARE & CDs   VIDEOS/DVD   NASA VIDEOS   LASER DISCS

AIMS   ARCHEOLOGY & HISTORY   ASSESSMENT   ASTRONOMY   CRIME LAB

CHEMISTRY   EARTH SCIENCE   ENVIRONMENTAL   ESOL   GENERAL  GEMS HUMAN BODY

LIFE   MAGAZINES/NEWSLETTERS   MATH   PHYSICAL   TEACHING STANDARDS TEACHING STRATEGIES  SCIENCE FAIR  SCIENCE FOLDABLES  SCIENCE PARTIES   WINDOWS ON SCIENCE   CHILDREN'S LITERATURE   SCIENCE EQUIPMENT   KITS & GAMES  MATH EQUIPMENT   BULLETIN BOARDS   ARCHEOLOGY EQUIPMENT   FREEBIES!

AV EQUIPMENT:

1 Pioneer Laser Disc Player

1 Telex MagnaByte LCD Projection Panel

1 Bretford portable screen

1 LCD portable converter

1 Sharp LCD projector

 

SOFTWARE & CDs:

Amazon Trail                                        Project WILD Outdoor Wildlife Leadership School

Dangerous Creatures                            Directory of Ga. Environmental Education Provider

American Girls Premiere                       The Family Doctor

Around the World in 80 Days               Ocean Explorer

What’s the Secret?                               Explore Sapelo

Hiking Trail Wildflowers                       Nature’s Symphonies – Amazon Concert

6th Grade Adventures                           Sea So Serene

Geo-Media I & II                                 The Sounds of Nature

Disney Print Studio                               Spanish Now                           

Lotus Smart Suite                                 Space Weather

Making Sun-Earth Connections Space Weather Information & Resources

Waters to the Sea – The Chattahoochee River with Activity Guide

Native Milkweed Species                     Origami Craft Studio

 

VIDEOS/CD-ROMs/DVDs:

Composting                                          Ferngully

Deep Sea Dive                                     Jurassic Park

Science Olympiad                                 Smoky Wildflowers

Astronomy Village                                Soque River Diary

Holbrook Travel Educ. Adven.               Journey North

2 - Challenge of the Unknown               The Monarch: Butterfly w/o Borders

A Home for Pearl                                 Saving the Monarchs

2 - The Search for Solutions                  The Butterfly King

Nature Galapagos                                 Time & Time Again- recycling

Live Reef Fish Trade – interview           Collecting Plastics for recycling

Marine Science Field programs Dolphins with Robin Williams

Chemists in the Classroom                    Don’t be Afraid of the Doctor

Saving Rainforests is for the Birds         An Eternal Imprint in Our World

Magic School Bus:                                Toys in Space

Flexes Its Muscles        

Gets Ants in Its Pants   

Gets Lost in Space      

Goes To Seed

Hops Home

Project WILD: Exploring School Nature Areas

Where Bears Belong:  Black Bears in Georgia

Whitetail Deer:  Creatures of the Woods

Robust Redhorse:  The Mystery Fish (fish thought to be extinct is rediscovered in GA)

Challenge of Manufacturing/Engineering

The Busy, Busy Planet – saving resources

The Challenge: Kids Introduction to Engineering

Electricity:  Power for Life

Electrical Safety Tips with Safety Man

The Shocking Truth – electricity and safety

Louie the Lightning Bug:  Play it Safe Around Electricity

The Incredible Classroom Eggsperience

From the Hen House to Your House

Global Change – video conference, environmental

Building Homes for Bats

Private Life of Plants – six videos (@ 50 min.)

Branching Out, Putting Down Roots, The Birds & the Bees, Plant Politics, Living Together, It’s a Jungle Out There

Kids Explorer:  Flight; Origins; Science, Sound & Energy; Prehistoric Animals;

How Things Work

Rediscovering Biology:  Genomics (30 min., Grades 9-12)

Tallulah Gorge DVD

A Private Universe/Minds of Our Own DVD

Cumberland Island

FOSS:  Magnetism and Electricity

PBS:  Discovering Simple Machines, Matter and Its Properties, The Nature of Electricity, Motion, Earth Science Essential Series

Eyewitness Videos:  Volcanoes, Mountain, Rocks and Minerals

Tell Me Why:  Gems, Metals and Minerals

Waters to the Sea:  The Chattahoochee River CD-ROM

The World of Monarch Butterflies Power Point Presentation

The Water Sourcebooks for K-12 CD-ROM

River Stories DVD

 

 

NASA VIDEOS:

Transformations of Flight – 5 min. (Gr. K-3)

Living in Space – 10 min. (Gr. K-4)

Our Solar System – 29 min. (Gr. K-4)

Go for EVA! – 14 min. (Gr. K-8) – how spacesuits protect astronauts

Geography from Space – 14 min. (Gr. K-8)

Astrosmiles – 24 min. (K-12) – life aboard the Shuttle

Reaching for the Stars – 13 min. (Gr. 3-12)

Newton in Space – 12 min. (Gr. 5-8)

Toys in Space – 17 min. (Gr. 4-8)

Space Basics – 20 min. (Gr. 5-8)

Universe – 27 min. (Gr. 7-11)

Hurricane Below – 15 min. (Gr. 7-10)

Tornado Below – 14 min. (Gr. 7-10)

Our Star the Sun – (Gr. 7-12)

Flight of Apollo 11 – The Eagle Has Landed – 30 min. (Gr. 7-12)

 

LASER DISCS:

History in Motion: Milestones of the 20th Century

Kinder Ventures:  Feed Me!, Out & About!

Windows on Science: Vol. 1, 2, 3 for Primary grades

Windows on Science:  Earth, Life, Physical for 4-6 grades

FOSS:  Animals, Electricity & Magnetism, Energy (Sound, Light, Heat), Geology, Human Body

Understanding Earth: A Geology Program

The Visual Almanac

 

TEACHER RESOURCE GUIDES:

 

Activities Integrating Math & Science (AIMS)

  • Fall Into Math & Science (Gr. K-1)

  • Glide Into Winter (Gr. K-1)

  • The Five Senses (K-1) (English/Spanish Edition)

  • Spring into Math & Science (K-1) (English/Spanish Edition)

  • Under Construction (Gr. K-2)

  • It’s About Time (K-2) 

  • Primarily Physics – English & Spanish (Gr. K-3)

  • Critters (Gr. K-6)

  • Cycles of Knowing and Growing (Gr. 1-3)

  • Awesome Addition & Super Subtraction (2-3)

  • Bats Incredible (Gr. 2-4)

  • Water Precious Water (Gr. 2-6)

  • Hardhatting in a Geo-World (Gr. 3-5)

  • Jaw Breakers and Heart Thumpers (Gr. 3-5)

  • Overhead and Underfoot (Gr. 3-5)

  • The Budding Botanist (Gr. 3-6) (English/Spanish Edition)

  • Fabulous Fractions (3-6)

  • Marvelous Multiplication and Dazzling Division (4-5)

  • Weather Sense:  Moisture (Gr. 4-5)

  • Weather Sense:  Temperature, Air Pressure, and Wind (Gr. 4-5)

  • Out of This World (Gr. 4-8)

  • Electrical Connections – English & Spanish (Gr. 4-9)

  • Finding Your Bearings (Gr. 4-9)

  • Microworld Adventures (Gr. 4-9)

  • Soap Films & Bubbles (Gr. 4-9)

  • Down to Earth (Gr. 4-9)

  • Machine Shop (Gr. 5-9)

  • Math + Science – A Solution (Gr. 5-9)

  • Pieces and Designs – English & Spanish (Gr. 5-9)

 

Archeology & History

Jamestown Archeology (Gr. K-6)        

The Wright Brothers – Centennial Flight (K-12)

President’s Day & Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Gr. K-3)

American Girls (Gr. 3-5)                                   American Girls Party Book (Gr. 3-5)

America at School (Gr. 3-5) – integrates Social Studies, Lang. Arts, and Literature

Ancient Science: 40 Time-Traveling, World-Exploring, History-Making Activities for Kids

Colonial America (Gr. 4-8)

Daily Life in a Victorian House (Informational)

Daily Life on a Southern Plantation 1853 (Informational)

An Introduction to Williamsburg (Informational)

Cherokee Plants:  Their Uses – a 400 Year History

 

Assessment

Assessing Student Understanding in Science

Everyday Assessment in the Science Classroom

Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards

Authentic Assessment

Assessing Hands-On Science

 

Astronomy/Space

NASA Educator Resource Center (preK-12) – wide variety of lesson plans, videos,

     software, slide programs, posters, lithographs, etc., free of charge

NASA Teacher Guides:

3, 2, 1 . . . Lift Off! (PreK-2)

Amateur Radio in Space (K-4)

Planet Earth (K-4)

Space Food & Nutrition (K-8)

Project Stellar (K-12)

Rockets (K-12)

Living in Space (1-3)

Student Glovebox (5-8)

Exploring Meteorite Mysteries (5-12)

Exploring the Moon (5-12)

Looking at Earth from Space (5-12)

Microgravity (5-12)

Suited for Space Walking (5-12)

Planetary Geology (5-College)

Learning to Fly:  The Wright Brother's Adventure (6-9)

Teachers & Students Investigating Plants in Space (6-12)

Amusement Park Physics with a NASA Twist (7-9)

Astronomy Village:  Investigating the Universe (9-12)

A System in the Sky (Gr. 2-5)

GEMS Earth, Moon, and Stars (Gr. 5-8)

GEMS Messages from Space:  The Solar System and Beyond (Gr. 5-8)

NASA From Ship to Shuttle: The Orbiter Naming Program (Informational)

The Night Sky Book (Informational)

 

Crime Lab Science

Crime Scene Investigations for Elementary Grades

Crime Scene Investigations for Grades 6-12

GEMS Crime Lab Chemistry (Gr. 4-8)

Forensic Laboratory Science and Detective Mystery Writing (Gr. 4-8)

GEMS Mystery Festival:  Who Borrowed Mr. Bear? (Gr. 2-3)

                                   The Case of the Missing Millionaire (Gr. 4-8)

GEMS Fingerprinting (Gr. 4-8)

Forensics in the Classroom (Gr. 6-12)

 

Chemistry

Essential Chemistry: Key Laws & Uses Summarized

Kitchen Chemistry (Gr. K-3)

Chemistry for Every Kid (Gr. 2-6)

Crime Lab Chemistry (Gr. 4-8)

40 Low-Waste, Low-Risk Chemistry Labs (Gr. 9-12)

Make a Giant Classroom Periodic Table of Elements

 

Earth Science

See also Astronomy/Space and Environment Resources

Geology Rocks:  50 Hands-On Activities to Explore the Earth (Gr. K-8)

The Best of The Mailbox – Weather (Gr. K-3)

The Earth Science Book:  Activities for Kids (Gr. 3-8)

Understanding Earth with laserdisc (Gr. 3-12)

TOPS Learning Systems:  The Earth, Moon & Sun (Gr. 3-10)

GEMS Stories in Stone (Gr. 4-8)

Investigating Science with Dinosaurs (Gr. 4-12)

GEMS Life Through Time (Gr. 5-8)

GEMS Ocean Currents (Gr. 5-8)

GEMS Plate Tectonics:  The Way the Earth Works (Gr. 6-8)

GEMS River Cutters (Gr. 6-8)

TOPS Learning Systems:  Scale the Universe (Gr. 5-12)

TOPS Learning Systems:  Rocks & Minerals (Gr. 7-12)

A Golden Guide to Weather (Informational)

The Snowflake:  Winter’s Secret Beauty (Informational and Pictoral)

First Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals

Smithsonian Guide to Rocks and Minerals

 

Environmental/Conservation Science

Project Learning Tree (PreK-8) English and Spanish

PLT Energy & Society:  Activity Guide, Music CD and Dance Video (PreK-8)

Animal Tracks (Gr. K-12)

Costal Connections Field Trip Guide (Gr. K-12)

Georgia’s Adopt-A-Stream (Gr. K-12)

Magic from the Woods (Gr. K-12)

Natural Selections: A Guide to Great Science & Nature Outings in Georgia (Gr. K-12)

Project WILD (Gr. K-12)

Project WILD Aquatic (Gr. K-12)

Project WILD Teacher Resource Guide:  Intro. To Georgia’s Natural History (Gr. K-12)

Sapelo Island: Georgia’s Costal Treasures (Gr. K-12)

Unearthing Nature’s Magic (Gr. K-12)

Beautiful Junk II (Gr. K-5)

National Park Service Activity Guide (Gr. K-5)

Elementary Energy & Environment Science Activities (Gr. K-2, 3-4, 5-6)

The Water Sourcebook (Gr. 3-5)

Cumberland Island Activity Guide (Gr. 5-8)

Wildlife Forever (Gr. 3-6)

Give Plants A Voice! Endangered Plants of Georgia (Gr. 4-8)

GEMS Environmental Detectives (Gr. 5-8)

Planet Under Pressure (Gr. 9-12)

Managing Timber and Wildlife in the Southern Piedmont (Gr. 9-12)

PLT Solid Municipal Waste (Gr. 9-12)

PLT Focus on Risk (Gr. 9-12)

PLT Forest Ecology (Gr. 9-12)

PLT Focus on Forests (Gr. 9-12)

 

ESOL

Learning English Through Science (Gr. K-12)

 

General Science

Black Achievers in Science

Explorer’s Activity Guide (Gr. K-5) – Plants/Growing&Changing/Sound&Light/Weather

File Folder Games (Gr. K-3)

Science Wizardry for Kids (Gr. K-5)

Science Process Skills (Gr. K-5)

Super Science Sourcebook II (Gr. K-5)

Big Book of Science Foldables (Gr. K-6)

Full Option Science System (FOSS) (Gr. K-6)

Science Is. . . A source book of fascinating facts, projects and activities (Gr. K-8)

Magic and Showmanship for Teachers (Gr. K-12)

The Science Book for Girls (Gr. 2-6)

1001 Ways to Explore Science & Nature (Gr. 2-6)

202 Oozing, Bubbling, Dripping & Bouncing Experiments (Gr. 2-6)

203 Icy, Freezing, Frosty, Cool & Wild Experiments (Gr. 2-6)

The Best of Wonder Science (Gr. 3-8)

The Complete Book of Science (Gr. 1-2, 3-4)

Science Experiments for Elementary Grades

All About Science Fairs (Gr. 3-12)

Ten-Minute Activities (Gr. 4-6)

Big Book of Science Foldables (Gr. 6-12)

Integrating Instruction in Science (Gr. 6-12)

Science Across the Curriculum (Gr. 6-12)

Science Projects: A Modular Approach (Gr. 9-12)

 

 GEMS:  Great Explorations in Math & Science

Bubble Festival (Gr. K-6)

Bubbleology (Gr. 5-8)

Crime Lab Chemistry (Gr. 4-8)

Earth, Moon, and Stars (Gr. 5-8)

Environmental Detectives (Gr. 5-8)

Fingerprinting (Gr. 4-8)

Life Through Time (Gr. 5-8)

Messages from Space:  The Solar System and Beyond (Gr. 5-8)

Mystery Festival:  Who Borrowed Mr. Bear? (Gr. 2-3)

                          The Case of the Missing Millionaire (Gr. 4-8)

Ocean Currents (Gr. 5-8)

Plate Tectonics:  The Way the Earth Works (Gr. 6-8)

River Cutters (Gr. 6-8)

Stories in Stone (Gr. 4-8)

Treasure Boxes (Gr. K-3)

 

Health/Human Body

Keeping Healthy (Gr. K-3)

The Brain and Central Nervous System (Informational)

The Heart and Circulatory System (Informational)

 

Life Science

Exploring with Wisconsin Fast Plants (Gr. K-12)

Life in the Salt Marsh (Gr. K-12)

Tales of Whales, Turtles, Sharks, and Snails (Gr. K-5)

Biology for Every Kid (Gr. 2-6)

Monarchs in the Classroom (Gr. 3-6, 7-9)

TOPS Learning Systems:  Animal Survival (Gr. 3-8)

GEMS Life Through Time (Gr. 5-8)

Wowbugs:  New Life for Life Science (Gr. 5-12)

Animal:  Visual Guide to the World’s Wildlife (Identification and Informational)

Field Guide to Birds of North America (Identification)

All Color Book of Butterflies (Identification and Informational)

A Golden Guide to Butterflies & Moths (Identification)

Peterson’s First Guides:  Caterpillars (Identification)

Wildflowers of North America (Identification)

Flowering Shrubs (Identification)

Native Trees of Georgia (Indentification)

North Carolina Native Plant Propagation Handbook (Informational)

 

Magazines/Newsletters

Activities Integrating Math & Science (AIMS) (Gr. K-12)

(Issues: 2002-Present, 95-96, 94-95, 93-94, 92-93, 91-92, 90-91, 89-90, 87-88)

The Search for Solutions Teaching Notes (Gr. K-12) (Issues 1-18)

Science & Children (Gr. K-4) (Issues:  2002-Present, 99-00)

Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies-OBIS (Gr. 4-8)

Science News (Issues: 2000-2001) (Informational)

Science Olympiad (Issues: 1996 & 1999 Div. B Gr. 6-9; 1999 Div. C Gr. 9-12)

 

Math

Math, Literature, and Unifix (Gr. K-3)

Hands-On Math (Gr. K-1, 2-3)

GEMS Treasure Boxes (Gr. K-3)

GEMS Frog Math:  Predict, Ponder, Play (K-3) – Literature Connections

Math for Kinesthetic Learners (Gr. K-5)

Tangram Block Explorations (Gr. 1-4)

Fractions with Tangrams (Gr. 1-4)

The Best of The Mailbox – Math (Gr. 1-3, 4-6)

Math for Every Kid (Gr. 2-6)

Out & About Math – (Gr. 3-4, 5-6)

How to Solve Word Problems (Gr. 4-5)

Math – The Write Way (Gr. 4-5)

The Challenge of the Unknown video & guide (Gr. 6-12)

 

Physical Science

The Wright Brothers – Centennial Flight (K-12)

Targeting Students’ Science Misconceptions:  Physical Science Concepts Using the Conceptual Change Model

Simple Machines (Gr. K-3, 1-3, 4-6)

Teach with Energy (Gr. K-3, 4-6)

Physics for Every Kid (Gr. 2-6)

All About Energy (Gr. 3-4)

Energy Facts & Impacts (Gr. 5-8)

Physical Science You Can Handle (Gr. 6)

Physical Science (Gr. 6)

Science Projects in Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (Gr. 6-12)

Experiments: Properties of Gas & Heat Energy (Gr. 7-12)

Hands-On Physics Activities (Gr. 8-12)

 

Teaching Standards

National Science Education Standards

Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy

Atlas of Scientific Literacy

Science for All Americans

Science Matters:  Achieving Scientific Literacy

Making Sense of Secondary Science:  Research Into Children’s Ideas

NSTA Pathways to the Science Standards for Elementary, Middle, and High School

Science Curriculum Topic Study:  Bridging the Gap Between Standards and Practice

 

Teaching Strategies

Designing Professional Development for Teachers of Science and Mathematics, 2nd Ed.

Learning Science and the Science of Learning

Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards

Classroom Instruction that Works

The First Days of School

How People Learn

Nurturing Inquiry

Creating Scientific Communities in the Elementary Classroom

Tips for the Science Teacher:  Research Based Strategies to Help Students Learn

Working on the Work

 

Science Fair

Science Fairs Plus:  Reinventing an Old Favorite (K-8)

Science Projects in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

 

Science Foldables

Make a Giant Classroom Periodic Table of Elements

Big Book of Science Foldables by Dinah Zike (Gr. K-6, 6-12)

 

Science Parties (Gr. 3-8)

Adventurous Adventures – team work, communication, and problem solving

Bubbles to Bernolli –

science & history, Victorian Age, water treatment, radiation, bubbles, Bernolli’s Principle, machines, optical illusions

Drips, Drops, & Dunk – A Water Party

Harry Potter Wizards Use Magic, Muggles Use Science-

chemistry, optical illusions, astronomy, genetics, measurement, etc.

“I Spy” – mystery based party with a “whodunnit?” theme

Spooky, Slimy Science – chemistry

Thanksgiving – Native Americans, soup, apples, dyes, cranberries, toys, etc.

Winter – Christmas, reindeer, Hanukkah, logic, snowflakes, chemistry, classification

Zip, Zoom, & Splat – motion, forces, gravity

 

 

Windows on Science Kits with Laser Discs

Kinder Ventures:  Feed Me! – investigating the needs of living things

Kinder Ventures:  Out & About! – exploring plants, animals, and the environment

Volume 1 (Gr. 1-3):  Basic Science Processes/Plants/All About Me/Animals/Our World

Volume 2 (Gr. 1-3): 

Bubbles/Earth in Space/Weather/Surface Features/Fossils & Dinosaurs/Earth’s Resources

Volume 3 (Gr. 1-3):

Popcorn/Matter & Energy/Motion & Forces/Work & Machines/Sound/Light/ Electricity & Magnets

Earth Science (Gr. 4-6)

Life Science (Gr. 4-6)

Physical Science (Gr. 4-6)

 

CHILDREN’S BOOKS:

Archeology & History

African-American History Activity Guide

American Girls Series – including pastimes, short stories, etc.

American Kids in History Activity Guides:        

Colonial Days, Pioneer Days, Victorian Days, Civil War Days, Wild West Days

Colonial Kids Activity Guide

Robinson Crusoe

Astronomy/Space

Magic School Bus:  Lost in the Solar System              

                                 Out of This World (space rocks)                      

My First Book About Space                                        

What’s Out There?

It’s Fun to Know! The Moon

The Sun

 

Earth Science

Be Your Own Rock & Mineral Expert  The Big Rock

Dig into Rocks                          Magic School Bus:  Inside the Earth

Digging up Dinosaurs                            Magic School Bus:  In the Time of the Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs that Ate Meat                                   Science Close-Up:  Minerals

Earth Materials                                     Volcanoes & Earthquakes

Fossils Tell of Long Ago                                   Were Dinosaurs Good Parents?

Herman & Marguerite: An Earth Story  What Happened to the Dinosaurs?                   

Look Inside the Earth                                       It’s Fun to Know! Dinosaurs

Rocks in His Head                                            Let’s Go Rock Collecting

If You Find a Rock                                           Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

The Pebble in My Pocket                                 The Jewel of Friendship

Hands-On Projects About Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils

 

Environmental/Conservation Science

Because a Little Bug went Ka-Choo!                Saguaro Moon: A Desert Journal

Magic School Bus:  At the Waterworks            What is a Desert?

The Great Kapok Tree

 

Life Science

A Day in the Life of William Bray Goat             My Feet

A Three-D Look at Oceans                             Ocean Facts

Animals in Camouflage                                  Sea Creatures at your Fingertips

Caterpillar Caterpillar                Secret Worlds Hidden By Darkness – animal adaptations

Cell Wars                                                      Squeaking Bats

Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones                        The Ear Book

Dangerous Animals                                        The New Baby

Finally, I’m a Doctor                                       The Secret Garden

From Caterpillar to Butterfly                             The Tiny Seed

Germ Patrol                                                    The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Getting to Know the Whales                              Under the Sea

Growing Vegetable Soup                                  Watchful Wolves

Humphrey the Lost Whale                                 Whales

The Egg                                                          The Ladybug and Other Insects

Over in the Garden (insects)

Magic School Bus: Gets Ants in Its Pants                      Whales & Dolphins

Magic School Bus: Hops Home (animal habitats)           It’s Fun to Know! Whales&Dolphins

Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body                   What’s in a Doctor’s Bag?

Magic School Bus: On the Ocean Floor                        Where Butterflies Grow

Magic School Bus:  A Book About Coral Reefs            Wild Animal Baby

Magic School Bus Plants Seeds:  A Book About How Living Things Grow

I Didn’t Know That!  Wolves Howl at the Moon and other amazing facts about creatures of the night

Math

Monster Math School Time                  Shapes, shapes, shapes

Parts Make Up a Whole                       Shapes to Find and Learn

How Tall, How Short, How Far Away?

 

Misc.

 

Can’t You Sleep Little Bear?                            The Everything Kids’ Mazes Book

Honeybears’ Book of Opposites                       The Forest Has Eyes – optical illusions

“I Spy” – A Book of Picture Riddles                 The Popcorn Book

My Favorite Foodles                The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

Parade                                    

 

Physical Science

Bear Shadow                                                   Metal

Experiments with Magnets                                Shadow

Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue?                      Why Doesn’t the Earth Fall Up?

First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane

 

Physical World Theme Library (Grades 1-3)

Contains 6 Big Books, 6 Teacher Guides, 6 six-packs of Student Books, 6 Cassette Tapes

Titles include:  How We Use Electricity, Sound, What is Matter?, Properties of Materials,

Push and Pull, Sink or Float?

 

Physical Science Theme Library (Grades 3-5+)

Contains 6 Big Books, 6 Teacher Guides, 6 six-packs of Student Books

Titles include: Energy on Earth, Discovering Electricity, The Wonder of Light,

Forces and Motion, The World of Matter, The World of Sound

 

Science Process Skills

Thinking Like a Scientist Theme Library (Grades 1-3)

Contains 6 Big Books, 6 Teacher Guides, 6 six-packs of Student Books

Titles include:  Being a Scientist, Investigating Your Backyard, Kitchen Science, Let's Experiment, A World of Change, Investigating Rocks, Exploring Everyday Wonders,

Popcorn Science

 

Weather/Seasons

Air Is All Around You                          Pumpkin Pumpkin

Apple Picking Time                                          Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter

Circle of Seasons                                              Stranger in the Woods – winter, animals

Fall is Here! I Love It!                          Sunshine Makes the Seasons

Feel the Wind                                                   The Cloud Book

Hide and Seek Fog                                           The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree

Johnny Appleseed                                            Too Many Pumpkins

Why Do Animals Sleep Through the Winter?

Snowflake Bentley

 

SCIENCE EQUIPMENT:

Presto popcorn popper             10 Tinker Toy sets                   

Tornado tube                                        9 safety goggles           

Electrostatic Generator             15 Spring scales          

Silk plants                                             16 thermometers

10-gallon aquarium                               8 rubber mallets

Mirage                                                 15 hand lenses             

Mesh tent                                             1 Magi-scope

Star Station                                          1 Badminton set           

Simple machine models             1 horseshoes set

Laser                                                    Rock samples                                      

Baleena the Whale                                Magnets                                  

Butterfly tower                          Mirrors

Butterfly garden school kit                     Stopwatches                                                    

Liquid Nitrogen Dewar                         Tuning forks

Giant Cigarette Model                          Second-Hand Smoke Demonstrator

2 Mini-microscopes, 60-100x               Wave motion demonstrator

Motion Machine demonstrator – magnetism

5 Mini-Power Town Demonstrators for kids

4 Electric Meters

Life -size Fossil Molds:  Dinosaur tracks, Dinosaur claw, Ammonite, T. Rex tooth, Trilobite,

 Megalodon shark tooth

6 Fossil Collections                               Dig A Dinosaur Skeleton

1 General Fossil Collection                   Fossil Hunt Kit

Luster, Streak, and Scale of Hardness Collections

10 Rock & Mineral Student Collections            1 50-specimen rock collection

 

SCIENCE KITS & GAMES:

Energy Matters kit                                Energy Environmental game

Get Focused Eye kit                             Ant farm kit

Rock kit                                               Fossil kit

Stomp-rocket Kit                                 Natural Gas Fun & Safety Kit (K-3, 4-6)                    

Starwatcher’s Decoder Set                   Shells kit

FOSS Modules: 

Balance & Motion (1-2), Earth Materials (3-4), Magnetism & Electricity (3-4), Measurement (3-4), Food & Nutrition (5-6), Models & Designs (5-6), Variables (5-6)

Giant floor puzzles: 

Ocean Friends, Butterfly life cycle, The Rainforest, The Pond, Our Solar System, Simple Machines, World Map, Dinosaurs

Environmental Teachers Corps Kits: 

Environmental Park (K-1), Hop into Habitats (K-1), The Triple "R" Ranger (Recycling) (K-1), My Friend in the Backyard (1-2), Renew Our Rivers (2-4), Air, Air, Everywhere! (3-4), Water Wise (3-4), Revealing Resources (4-5), Know Your Resources (4-5), Energize Me! (5-6), Clean Air Grand Prix (6-8), Energy and Air (5-8)

 

MATH EQUIPMENT & GAMES:

30 Geometry sets                     30 sets of tangrams

1 Place Value game                  2 Time & Money Bingo

1 Multiplication & Division Bingo

 

BULLETIN BOARD SETS:

Parts of a Tree                          Fall Things                    Science Tools & Techniques

Clouds                                     Simple Machines          Dinosaurs

The Solar System                     Recycling                      Magnets & Electricity

Endangered Rainforests            Heat, Light & Sound

 

ARCHEOLOGY/HISTORY EQUIPMENT:

5 weaving loom sets                  1 Clues from the Past – using artifacts

American Girls puzzle                           Discovering the Past through Archeology

Various American Girls craft book kits              Jamestown Archeology video

Various American Girls posters & wall chart set            History in Motion laser disc

5 boxes for Archeology simulation game            Colonial Life Bulletin Board Set

 

Freebies!

Chattahoochee River Posters                                        Find Out Why? flyers

NASA Posters, lithographs, teacher guides                   Coastal posters

Germ Patrol books                                                       Plus much more!

 

For more information on these resources, please contact your Regional Coordinator:

 

Paige Carithers

Northeast GYSTC

P.O. Box 65

Clarkesville, GA  30523

(706) 754-7851

FAX (706) 754-7853

negystc@northgatech.edu