Course Materials

Your online school will provide the following materials:

School Supplied Resources:

1. SAS inSchool
   In your lesson you will find an introduction to the SAS lesson and a link.
   
   Please check with your instructor for your school's access information for this resource.

2. United Streaming

• No Password required.  You should gain access directly to the video clip.
• Contact your instructor if you have difficulty.

Students are expected to supply:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer is the suggested browser for best visualization and functionality; other browsers will do also.

• word processor

• Paint/Drawing Program

• PowerPoint or another presentation program would be useful, but it is not required.

• reliable computer and Internet access

• plenty of paper and ink cartridges for computer printing

• Storage devices such as floppy or zip disks for saving your work.
  NOTE: It is not recommended to save on your computer hard drive because computers can crash and work can be lost.

• 2-3 inch, 3-ring binder. Try to get the kind with a clear covering so you can insert a title page

• Subject separators or tabs to divide your notebook into 8 sections (one for each module).

Lab Materials
To avoid delays working through a module you should acquire these materials prior to entering each module.

Module 1
1.05 Scientific Method Lab Activity
Materials:

• 5 different foods from your fridge or pantry. (Pick a variety….vegetables, fruits, etc) Foods need to be the same size and they need to be room temperature (let them sit out for several hours so that they warm up).

• Clear cup or glass

• Bottle of hydrogen peroxide (from local store)

• Paper and pen

• Watch with second hand (optional)

Module 2
2.04 Nature’s Way: Recycling

• A clear glass

Module 3
3.05 Cell Transportation Lab

• raw egg

• string or thread or yarn

• ruler

• white vinegar

• tap water

• jar with a lid (like a mayonnaise jar -- something big enough to put the egg in.)
  Optional:  Karo or pancake syrup

Module 4
4.05 Build a Teen

• two coins

4.06 – Honors Lab
Students!  Please go to this lab to determine materials needed.  There are suggestions on many of the supplies.

Module 5
5.01 Fossils

• small package of Plaster of Paris
• (you can find this in the arts section of department stores, like Wal-Mart and Target, or at any craft store.)

Module 6
6.08 Growing a Fungus: Yeast

• A teaspoon measure
• A permanent marker
• Active dry yeast (used in baking bread—do not use quick-rising varieties.)
• 2 empty & clean (14-20 oz.) soda bottles
• 1 (14-20 oz.) Coke- open and allow to go flat overnight
• 1 (14-20 oz.) Fruit Juice- uncarbonated (make sure all your bottles are the same oz.)
• Water
• Sugar
• 4 identical round, thin latex balloons—"water balloons" are slow to expand. Non-Mylar® "helium-quality" balloons give good results. But, water balloons will work.
• String or yarn
• Ruler

Module 7
7.03 Reproduction of Plants

• large flowers (ex. A lily is a great flower for this activity. Azaleas and hibiscus work well too.)
• cutting board
• scalpel, single-edged razor blades, or small sharp kitchen knife
• magnifying glass
• a camera (may be used in 7.04 too)

Module 8
None

The cell interactive elements were developed by TERC, Inc., 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, as part of the Science for Today and Tomorrow (SfTT) project (funded in part by the National Science Foundation, Grant ESI-0101791). All opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funders.