DeSTEMber 2019 – Week 3 Materials List

DeSTEMber

Activities for the week of December 15th – 21st

We are so excited for our third week of DeSTEMber!

Each Sunday we will post the materials list for the upcoming week:

12.15 Spectroscope
12.16 Houston Zoo – Black Bears
12.16 Sturdy Shoes
12.17 Density Rainbow
12.18 Thread the Needle
12.19 LED Bracelets
12.20 Paper Rockets
12.21 Lunar Orbiter

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12.15 – Spectroscope

Add materials to your Amazon shopping cart

  • Blank or old CD
  • Paint (optional)
  • Paper towel roll tube
  • Pencil
  • Precision knife and/or scissors
  • Small piece of cardboard or cardstock
  • Tape

12.16 – Houston Zoo – Black Bears

Add materials to your Amazon shopping cart

  • Dry erase markers
  • Envelopes
  • Pictures of bears and bear sign
  • Set of food cards
  • Thumb tacks
  • White board with stand

12.16 – Sturdy Shoes

Add materials to your Amazon shopping cart

  • Computer or smartphone with internet
  • 2 5 x 5-inch pieces of fabric
  • 3-ounce paper cup
  • Pencil
  • Piece of paper
  • 2 5 x 5-inch pieces of plastic wrap
  • 2 pipe cleaners
  • Rock with rough edges (a rock wall or something similar can be substituted)
  • 2 5 x 5-inch pieces of rubber glove material
  • Scissors
  • Small stuffed dog (one paw should fit inside paper cup)
  • Stickers/markers for decoration
  • Tape (packing tape is best, but any kind works)

12.17 – Density Rainbow

Add materials to your Amazon shopping cart

  • Baster
  • 6 cups or glasses
  • Food coloring (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple)
  • 1-cup measuring cup
  • Plastic test tube
  • Spoon
  • Sugar
  • Teaspoon
  • Water

12.18 – Thread the Needle

Add materials to your Amazon shopping cart

  • Modeling clay
  • Pencil (or dowel)
  • Washer with a hole that is a little larger than the pencil’s diameter (so the pencil can fit through it)

12.19 – LED Bracelets

Add materials to your Amazon shopping cart

  • 3V coin cell battery (CR 2032)
  • 5mm LED light
  • Pipe cleaner
  • ¾ x 1 ½-inch rectangle of craft foam
  • Scissors
  • Small binder clip
  • 2 x 2-inch square of craft foam

12.20 – Paper Rockets

Add materials to your Amazon shopping cart

  • Clear tape
  • Pencil
  • Plastic bendy straw
  • Printed Rocket Template (see below)
  • Scissors
  • Stickers or washi tape for decoration

12.21 – Lunar Orbiter

Add materials to your Amazon shopping cart

  • Foam shapes
  • 2 googly eyes
  • 2 index cards
  • 6 x 6-inch piece of aluminum foil
  • 2 pipe cleaners
  • Plastic spoon
  • Scissors
  • Small box (~ 3 x 3 x 3 inches)
  • Tape