Equipment to have with you for the session:
We will be making our own fieldwork equipment. Please don’t go out on a special shopping trip to get any of these items, use items from around the prep room, home, garden, garage or recycling.
List A – pick one item from list A
Item 1
- 1 plastic beaker or disposable cup (tumbler size) or any smooth sided plastic pot (~300-400ml capacity)
- 3 stones/pebbles of a similar size, the stones should be between mini-egg and crème egg sized
- 1 plastic Tupperware or takeaway container lid approx. twice the size of the plastic beaker’s diameter
- 1 gardening trowel
- 1 palm sized rock/stone or similar sized heavy, non-perishable, object
Item 2
- 1 piece of bubble wrap, roughly 50cm by 100cm, but any size is fine.
- 1 roll of Sellotape, packing tape, Gaffa/duct tape or insulating tape
- 1 small sign or post-it note saying ‘science activity in progress’ in waterproof ink (optional)
Item 3
- 1 piece of cardboard box ~30cm x 30cm square e.g. a pizza box lid.
- 1 palm sized rock/stone or similar sized heavy, non-perishable object
- 1 permanent marker pen or biro
List B – pick one item from list B
Item 4
- 1 clean, transparent thin plastic pot with tight fitting air tight lid e.g. hummus or dip pot
- 2 straws, bendy plastic ones are preferable but other straw types will work
- 1 small elastic band or thin hair band or 5cm length of insulating tape
- 1 large marble sized piece of blue tack or plasticine, or ~10cm length of Gaffa or insulating tape
- 1 piece of 5cm by 5cm square of muslin cloth, tights/stocking material or similar weighted fabric
- 2 grains of rice
- 1 pair pointed scissors or a sharp pencil
Item 5
- 1 metal coat hanger or an old broken racket of any type with the strings removed (e.g. badminton, tennis)
- 1 plastic carrier bag with no holes in or an old, thin pillow case
- 1 stapler (if using a plastic bag) or a needle and strong/embroidery thread (if using a pillow case)
