This lab kit, designed to accompany Apologia's Exploring Creation with Zoology 1, contains the items you need to complete each experiment and activity--all in one convenient location! Using the items in this kit, students will be able to see caterpillars grow into butterflies, observe ants in a homemade ant farm, and display interesting insect specimens. It is certain to enhance students’ learning experiences by ensuring that all hands-on activities can be successfully completed (without a scavenger hunt before each one!). And you'll be saving money, since items won't need to be purchased in bulk (for example, buying an entire box of cheesecloth when only a small 6x6" square is required)! Items are packaged in individual lesson packs for ease of use. See the following table for a list of items included in this lab:
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - This kit contains small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
LESSON 1: 4 Straws, Cup, Pen, Cardboard, Clay, (Save for Lesson 8), Tape Measure, Clear Tape, Scissors, Construction Paper, White Paper
LESSON 1: (Items You Provide) Water, Long-Arm Stapler
LESSON 2: 2 Outlines of a Bird, 2 Bamboo Skewers, Hanging Wire, Plastic Bag, Sunflower, Bird Seed, Wild Bird Seed, Mesh Bag for Suet, 2 Identical Saucers, (Used as Identical Bird Feeders;
Save for Lesson 3)
LESSON 2: (Items You Provide) Adult with a Knife, Ingredients for Suet, (See book for details.), Stove, Pot, Stirring Spoon, Freezer
LESSON 3: Umbrella, Cooking Oil, Feathers, 2 Saucers, (Use from Lesson 2), Magnifying Glass
LESSON 3: (Items You Provide) Water
LESSON 4: Chicken Bone, Red & Blue Bowls, (to be used as bird feeders), Scale
LESSON 4: (Items You Provide) Bird Seed, Cow Bone
LESSON 5: String, Real Estate Advertisements, Cotton Balls
LESSON 5: (Items You Provide) Mud, Twigs, Grass, Leaves, Materials for making a bird house (See book for details.)
LESSON 6: Pencil, Deep Bowl
LESSON 6: 5 Eggs, Bright Lamp with the shade removed, Darkened Room, Large Box or Low Table
LESSON 7: Square-Inch, Math Manipulative, Blindfold, Cotton Balls, Notebook Paper (From your binder)
LESSON 7: (Items You Provide) 20 different agents with characteristic smells
LESSON 8: Masking Tape, Strapping Tape, Corrugated Cardboard, Paper Plate, Wax Paper, Plaster of Paris, Paintbrush, Tea Bags, Toothbrush, Clay (Use from Lesson 1) Notebook Paper, (From your Binder)
LESSON 8: (Items You Provide) Photo of a family member about whom the student knows little, but someone else knows well,Hardboiled Egg, Water
LESSON 9: Spoon,Table Salt, Paper Towels, Plastic Container for insect home, (Save for Lesson 13), Bowl, (Use from Lesson 6), Jar for Catching Bugs, Magnifying Glass
LESSON 9: (items You Provide) 2 Live Insects, Dead Insect, Water
LESSON 10: Bug, Display Box, Jar for insect, relaxer, Sand, Disinfectant Wipes, (Instead of using Lysol in your relaxer jar,, just lay one on top of the sand),Cardboard Square, 2 Cups (Used in place of soup cans), Nail, Cheesecloth, 2 Small Boards, Magnifying Glass
LESSON 10: (Items You Provide) Dead insects, Water, Fruit, Meat, or other insect bait
LESSON 11: Large Glass Jar, (for ant farm), Plastic Bottle, (Used in place of soda can), Jelly, Honey, Cheesecloth, 2 Rubber Bands, Sand, Large Paper Plate, Piece of Sponge, 5 Small Paper Plates, Black Construction Paper, Jar for Catching Bugs
LESSON 12: Needle, Small Square of Toilet Paper, Small Shovel, Styrofoam Cups to collect dirt, Funnel, Bowl, (Use from Lesson 6), Jar for Catching Bugs, Scissors
LESSON 12: (Items You Provide) Banana, Water, Lamp with the shade removed
LESSON 13: Spray Bottle, Plastic Container with Lid (Use from Lesson 9)
LESSON 13: (Items You Provide) Tall Drinking Glass, Smalll Spoon, Water, At least one Cricket, 4 Materials to test, Knife, Fresh Potato
LESSON 14: Mail-in Certificate for Caterpillars, Hanging Wire, Netting, Sugar, Clean Lid from Jar, (Use one from a jar used in previous lessons) Cotton Balls, Rubber Band
LESSON 14: (Items You Provide) Potted Plant that the caterpillar likes to eat, Water