Educational Hands-On Kits

Educational Hands On Kits
 
Kits can be used by: 
teachers, afterschool providers, summer day camp personnel, homeschool families and 4-H clubs
 
CHECK OUT POLICY
  • Call two weeks in advance to reserve kit.
    Kits may be checked out for up to three weeks.  View the dates kits are available: Educational HandsON Kits Check-out Calendar
  • A $30 annual membership fee, per school building, provides access to all kits.  The following organizations have already paid the 2007-2008 annual fee:
    ·   Cedar Rapids Home School
    ·   Ely Public Library
    ·   Four Oaks
    ·   Isaac Newton School
    ·   Marion Home School
    ·   McKinley School
    ·   St. Matthew's School
    ·   Summit School
  • If your organization has not paid, download and complete the Annual Membership Form and mail to us with your annual fee.

  • Contact Lynne Rechterman, larecht@iastate.edu or Cheryl Collins, collinsc@iastate.edu  at the Linn County Extension Office to reserve/check-out a Kit.

  • Upon completing a kit, fill out a Linn County 4-H Statistical Report, available to you as an editable Microsoft Word document or Adobe PDF file, and return to Linn County Extension along with kit.

You can download and print an Educational HandsON Kits Brochure for a complete listing of kits or you can scan through the list below. 

Clover Kids Kits 

• Be Smart with Money

• Chemical Reactions          

   Make crystal garden

 Citizenship

 Dig Those Dinosaurs

• Entomology

• Experiencing Disabilities

 Experimenting with the Five Senses

• Fiber and Fabric Fun

• Have you Eaten a Flower Today

   Fruits, Vegetables and Plants

• I Am Special

• Japan

   Understanding Different Cultures                         

• Making Air Work

• Nature Fun

• Our Feathered Friends

• The Wonder of Water

 

4-H Kits
• Recharge
Nutrition and Physical Activity
• Invent
African American Inventors and Inventing 
           
 

Classroom Science Kits

(Grades 3-5)

 Air Pressure

 Density/Surface Tension

 Electricity

 Friction

 Magnet

 Math

   Real Life Activities

 

Wonderwise Kits

(Grades 3-8)

Wonderwise introduces you to women who have made science their career.  Wonderwise kits provide a comprehensive instructional package that includes a video, activity book, and CD-ROM.  With these kits, leaders and youth explore the world of scientists and discover together the fun of learning about science.

 African Plant Explorer

 Genetic Counselor

 Parasite Sleuth

 Pollen Detective

 Rainforest Ecologist

 Sea Otter Biologist

 Space Geologist

 Urban Ecologist

 Vet Detective

 

Super Science Kits

(Grades 3-12)

 Astronomy

  Exploring the Universe

 Bridges and Structures 

 DNA Extraction Kit

 DNA Fingerprinting

 Food in Space NASA

 GPS - Ready to Navigate

 Robotix

 Rockets Away

 Toys in Space

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/17/2005
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  • Marion, IA 52302
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