Science Trunks

NCSD Science Trunks

Dear Educator,

The Casper Planetarium can provide you with a collection of marvelous hands-on Math and Science trunks. Each trunk contains all the needed items as well as the teacher's guides. Trunks are from a variety of suppliers as indicated in the "Type" column. If you click on the Name of the trunk it will take you to a page where you can read an advertisement about the trunk.

Kit Grade Level	Type	Content	Trunk Name	Matches NCSD # 1 Essential Curriculum	Status	Teacher Comments
Pre - K	GEMS	Life Science	Hide a Butterfly	2	In
Pre - 1	GEMS	Life Science	Eggs, Eggs, Everywhere	K	In
Pre - 1	GEMS	Life Science	Ladybugs	2	Out
Pre - 1	GEMS	Life Science	Penguin and their young	K	In
K - 1	Delta	Life Science	From Seed to Plant	1	Out
K - 3	GEMS	Life Science	Buzzing a Hive	2	Out
K - 1	Delta	Earth & Space Science	Finding the Moon	2,4	Out
K - 2	GEMS	Earth & Space Science	Sifting through Science	K	In
K - 3	GEMS	Earth & Space Science	Treasure Chest	K,1,2,3	Out
K - 3	NSRC	Physical Sci & Technology	Magnets and Motors	4	In
K - 6	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Bubble Festival	1	In
K - 3	GEMS	Sci Reasoning & Technology	Frog Math	K,1,2	Out
K - 4	GEMS	Sci Reasoning & Technology	Group Solutions	K,1,2	Out
K - 6	GEMS	Sci Reasoning & Technology	Build it! Festival	2,3	In
K -1	DSM III	Physical Sci & Technology	Sunshine and Shadows	2	Out
1 - 3	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Involving Dissolving	2,3	In
1 - 3	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Matter: Solid, Liquid, Gases	2,3	Out
1 - 3	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Liquid Explorations	2,3	Out
1 - 3	GEMS	Chemistry	Secret Formulas	2,3	Out
1 - 4	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Mystery Festival: Mr. Bear	2,3,4	In
2 - 3	DSM III	Sci Reasoning & Technology	Length and Capacity	4	In
2 - 4	GEMS	Life Science	On Sandy Shores	5	In
2 - 6	GEMS	Life Science	Aquatic Habitat	5	Out
3 - 4	FOSS	Sci Reasoning & Technology	Measurement	2	In
3 - 4	FOSS	Physical Sci & Technology	Magnetism and Electricity	4	Out
3 - 6	Delta	Life Science	Human Body	3,5	Out
3 - 6	FOSS	Life Science	Human Body	3,5	In
3 - 6	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Electric Circuits	4	In
3 - 6	Delta	Physical Sci & Technology	Simple Machines	3,6	In
3 - 5	GEMS	Sci Reasoning & Technology	In All Probability	3,4,5	In
3 - 5	GEMS	Earth & Space Science	Space Science	3,4,5	In
4 - 8	GEMS	Sci Reasoning & Technology	Quadice	5	In
4 - 8	GEMS	Life Science	Finger printing	4,5,6,8	In
4 - 8	GEMS	Life Science	Microscopic Explorations	4,5,6,8	In
4 - 8	GEMS	Earth & Space Science	Stories in Stone	4,5	In
4 - 8	NSRC	Earth & Space Science	Weather	4,5	In
4 - 8	GEMS	Chemistry	Crime Lab Chemistry	4	In
4 - 8	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	More than Magnifiers	4,5	In
4 - 8	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Oobleck	6	In
4 - 8	GEMS	Chemistry	Of Cabbages and Chemistry	6	In
4 - 8	GEMS	Chemistry	Vitamin C Testing	4	In
5 - 6	FOSS	Earth & Space Science	Environment	5	Out
5 - 6	FOSS	Earth & Space Science	Solar Energy	6	In
5 - 8	GEMS	Earth & Space Science	Ocean Currents	5,6	In
5 - 8	GEMS	Earth & Space Science	Earth, Moon and Stars	4	In
5 - 8	GEMS	Earth & Space Science	Environmental Detectives	5	In
5 - 8	GEMS	Earth & Space Science	Messages from Space	4, 5	In
5 - 8	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Bubble-ology	5	In
5 - 8	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Color Analyzers	3, 4	In
5 - 8	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Mystery Festival: Felix	5	In
5 - 8	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Paper Towel Testing	6	In
5 - 6	FOSS	Sci Reasoning & Technology	Variables	5,6,7	In
5 - 8	GEMS	Sci Reasoning & Technology	Math around the world	5 ,6,7	In
6 - 12	GEMS	Life Science	Animal Tracks	2	In
6 - 8	GEMS	Earth & Space Science	Acid Rain	5	In
6 - 8	Delta	Chemistry	Matter and Change	6	Out
6 - 8	GEMS	Earth & Space Science	Convection: A Current Event	6,7	In
6 - 8	GEMS	Earth & Space Science	Invisible Universe	4	In
6 - 8	GEMS	Earth & Space Science	The Real Reason for the Seasons	4	In
6 - 8	GEMS	Chemistry	Chemical Reactions	6	Out
6 - 8	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Discovering Density	6	In
6 - 8	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Dry Ice Investigations	6	In
6 - 8	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Height-o-Meters	6	In
6 - 8	FOSS	Physical Sci & Technology	Magnetism & Electricity	4	In
6 - 8	Delta	Physical Sci & Technology	Newton's Toy Box	6	In
6 - 12	GEMS	Physical Sci & Technology	Water Rockets	6	In
6 - 8	GEMS	Sci Reasoning& Technology	Learning about Learning	3,5,6,8	In
6 - 8	FOSS	Physical Sci & Technology	Force and Motion	6	In
6 - 8	Delta	Nature and History of Science	Famous Scientists	6	In
6 - 8	FOSS	Earth and Space Science	Weather & Water	6	In
7 - 8	GEMS	Earth & Space Science	Global Warming	5	In
7 - 8	FOSS	Chemistry	Chemical Interactions	6	Out

Let us know if there is a topic that you are interested in that is not included here.

Each trunk can be checked out for one-month; free of charge. If you'd like to check out a trunk, please contact Michele Wistisen at the Planetarium.

Contact information:
577-0310
Michele_Wistisen < at >ncsd.k12.wy.us

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Last update 9/9/08

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Matches NCSD # 1 Essential Curriculum

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