List of Materials Needed for this Course

Georgia Perimeter College

Books

Conceptual Physical Science by Hewitt, Suchocki, and Hewitt, third edition, Pearson Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-321-05173-4

Practice Book for Conceptual Physical Science by Hewitt, Suchocki, and Hewitt, third edition, Pearson Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-321-05181-5

Laboratory Manual for Conceptual Physical Science by Hewitt, Suchocki, and Hewitt, third edition, Pearson Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-321-05180-7.

Other Materials

Items that you may need to use from your school science lab, or which you may need to purchase from a science supply house are highlighted. Other things are common household items, office supplies, hardware store items, or Radio Shack items that you should be able to obtain easily. Hopefully you can borrow most of these things or find them around the house, or your middle school science lab.

If you have difficulty locating items, or if they are cost prohibitive (more than about $30 for an item), let us know and we will see if we can come up with a substitute activity. I can see several of these labs which may prove difficult to do, so we will work with you to figure out something else if you have difficulty locating everything.

We may be able to have an "open lab day" at GPC Clarkston for you to come and do the labs with odd chemicals or lots of lab equipment.

Examples of Science Supply Houses:
     American 3B Scientific, Tucker, GA http://www.a3bs.com/
     Arbor Scientific http://www.arborsci.com/
    Edmund Scientific http://scientificsonline.com/
    Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories http://sciencekit.com/

Week	Lab Activity	Materials needed
Week 1	Making Cents p. 3	10 pennies balance graph paper
	Go!Go!Go! p. 5	constant velocity toy car with batteries - order from Arbor Scientific, $8.00 butcher paper, wrapping paper, or other paper in a roll without perforations tape stopwatch meter stick graph paper
	Pulled Over p. 13	about 2 m of twine table 3 textbooks
	Measurement assignment	toy car (powered by rubber band or spring) meter stick or ruler or tape measure graph paper
	Motion assignment and projectile motion activity	table ball meter stick or ruler or tape measure masking tape to mark position calculator
	Forces and motion hands-on activities	(optional demonstrations) two solid balls of different masses (can be different sizes) such as marble and billiard ball an inclined surface other balls hammer and feather to drop (do this outside over the ground) bathroom scale (can be put onto inclined plane to see weight change) coin, drinking glass and index card hammer and nail spring scales (like you might hang to weigh a fish) balloon, paperclip, soda straw, string, tape
Week 2	Bouncy Board p. 17	table meter stick 30-40 cm of weak string, such as mailing parcel twine various masses (1 kg, etc. - perhaps canned food or other household items)
	Rolling Stop p. 19	a 2 meter ramp, tilted up 0.5 m high steel ball (a marble might work) meter stick carpeted floor or a piece of carpeting
	Reaction Time p. 21	dollar bill centimeter ruler
	Bulls Eye p. 25	steel ball 1/2 inch or larger empty can meter stick stopwatch a means of projecting the steel ball horizontally at a known veolcity (spring gun, ramp, or other device) - Arbor Scientific $14.00 Marble Projectile Ramp with Ball
	Work, energy and power activities	(optional activities) flight of stairs meter stick or ruler or tape measure bathroom scale, or know your weight in pounds and convert to kilograms calculator foam pipe insulation and marbles to build a roller coaster
	Gravity	(optional activities) paperclip thread magnet
Week 3	Temperature Mix p. 39	3 styrofoam cups 1 liter container that you can pour water into (such as a bowl) thermometer with markings in Celsius pail of cold water pail of hot water
Week 3	Specific heat capacities p. 43	hot plate metal specimens beaker tongs stryofoam cups balance thermometer
Week 4	Batteries and bulbs p. 59	2 D-cell batteries 4 connecting wires (insulated wire of some type) 2 flashlight bulbs (1.5 or 2.5 volt) 2 miniature bulb sockets that fit the flashlight bulbs
	An open and short case p. 63	2 D-cell batteries 5 connecting wires (insulated wire of some type) 2 flashlight bulbs (1.5 or 2.5 volt) 2 miniature bulb sockets that fit the flashlight bulbs DC ammeter (0-5A) or multimeter
	Magnetic personality p. 75	3 bar magnets iron filings paper a magnetic field projectual (iron filings suspended in oil, and encased in plastic) - I think this one is optional
	Motor Madness p. 83	hand-held generator (Genecon or equivalent) - Arbor Scientific $19.95 connecting wires about 50 cm of lead-free solder 2 collar hooks or 2 10-cm lengths of lead-free solder about 30 cm of 1/4 inch diameter wood dowel support rod with base and right angle clamp 2 bar magnets (strong alnico magnets recommended) small block of wood about 2"x2"x1" 2 rubber bands 2 D-cell batteries
	Electric charge and electric force	balloons empty aluminum soda can string
Week 5	Sound Off p. 91	Stereo radio, tape, or CD player with two moveable speakers, one of which has a DPDT (double pole double throw) switch or a means of reversing polarity - would computer speakers work?
	Pinhole camera p. 95	shoebox with lid 25-mm converging lens glassine paper such as an envelope from the post office aluminum foil masking tape
	Mirror, Mirror on the Wall p. 97	large mirror like a full-length mirror common in homes or clothing stores ruler masking tape
	Sound assignment	Stopwatch Tape measure with meters (or meter stick) Masking tape Hammer Metal lid or pan
	Electromagnetic Wave Assignment	paper, pencil, calculator clear dish to be used on overhead projector water toothpick aluminum soda can spoon or ruler in clear glass of water
	Optics assignment	washable ink marker curved reflectors (spoon, mylar balloon, Christmas ball ornaments, cheap convex mirrors, makeup mirror)
Week 6	Oleic Acid pancake p. 101	tray water chalk dust or talcum powder eyedropper (can be found at medical supply store) oleic acid solution (5 ml oleic acid in 995 ml of ethanol) 10 ml graduated cylinder
	Chemical personalities p. 113	thermometer with cork holder ring stand with two clamps hot plate 250 ml beaker 500 ml beaker large test tube boiling chips glass stirring rod well-plates (ceramic or glass) eyedroppers microspatula evaporating dishes ice medium test tube with stopper various elements and compounds ?? methanol iodine crystals sucrose crystals acetone (fingernail polish remover) steel wool cupric sulfate pentahydrate crystals 10% sodium carbonate solution 10% sodium sulfate solution 6 M HCl Luminol crystals sodium perborate crystals
	Density Demonstration - Floating Cans	10-gallon aquarium (or other clear container for classroom demonstration) Assorted soft drinks in 12 ounce cans 8 gallons of water
Week 7	Salt and Sand p. 125	various samples of salt and sand (about 10 grams each) safety goggles various pieces of lab equipment, depending on the procedure you choose
	Sugar Soft p. 127	9 inch plastic pipette 1/2 inch nut sugar solutions (4%, 8%, 12%, 16%) 50 ml graduated cylinder ruler with centimeters graph paper various soft drinks
	Bubble Round-up p. 131	baking soda vinegar two 250ml Erlenmeyer flasks 1000 ml beaker 2 rubber stoppers, one with a glass rod inserted through it tubing with a paperclip inserted in one end ring stand with clamp safety goggles
	Molecules by Acme p. 133	molecular modeling kits (or styrofoam balls and dowels or gumdrops and toothpicks?)

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List of supplies is from lab manual.

Page created by Pamela J.W. Gore
Georgia Perimeter College,
Clarkston, GA

Page created May 22, 2007
Modified May 28, 2007