Science Kits - SUP - Science United Project

Science United Project has distributed more than

science kits to classes with refugee students in Greece since 2016

ScienceKitsforDislacedStudents_Infographics_Sep2023 by Katerina Tsikalaki

Since 2016, we have distributed more than 22,000 of our science kits to teachers of 16 organizations in camps and community center's and 3 public schools, in Athens, Ioannina, Ritsona, Oinofyta, Malakasa, Thessaloniki, Samos, Lesvos, Kos, Theva, Andravida, Kilkis, Drama, Larisa and Volos.

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Force and Motion Unit

Kit 1: Car and ramp

Students get a small toy car and place weights inside a cup on top and measure the distance it travels with the varying weights.
Students can also test to see how the incline of the ramp effects the distance the car travels.

Mathematics: Students measure distance using standard or non-standard units of measurement (depending on their age.) Students analyze the measurement by finding the difference (6-8 yrs. old), calculate the average from three trials (9-12 yrs. old), or graph on XY axis (13-18 yrs. old)

Kit 2: Balloon Hovercraft

Students create their own hovercraft and then test it by timing the amount of time in motion with a stopwatch

Mathematics: Students measure time using provided stopwatches. Students analyze the data by finding the difference (6-8 yrs. old), calculate the average from three trials (9-12 yrs. old), or graph on XY axis (13-18 yrs. old)

2. Students observe how the balloon hovercraft moves on different surfaces to learn about friction

Kit 3: Pom-Pom Catapult

Students build their own catapult and design a paper target. They launch pom-poms at the target and add up their amounts

Mathematics: Students can be challenged to get their pom-pom to the largest number (5-7 yrs. old), add the numbers together using age appropriate amounts (6-10 yrs. old), build numbers from digits on target to learn place values (6-12 yrs. old) multiply numbers from the target to find greatest value (8-16 yrs old)

Magnetism & Electricity Unit

Kit 1: Magnetism
Students learn about magnetic forces, North and South poles, and build a magnet fishing pole to test objects to see which are attracted to the magnet

Kit 2: Magnet Field Frame
Students learn about magnetic fields by placing a magnet close to iron filings

Kit 3: Testing for Insulator and Conductors
Students build a circuit with a LED and coin cell battery, label the parts of a circuit, and hypothesize/test objects to see which objects are conductors or insulators

Kit 4: LED Flower
Students build a LED Flower circuit using a LED with leads and coin cell battery. Students are asked to explain how energy travels (reinforces activity 2)

Kit 5: Paper Circuits
Students create a circuit with conductive copper tape, a LED, and coin cell battery. Students explain how energy travels and why the copper tape works as a conductor (reinforces activity 2)

Biology Unit

Kit 1: CD Case Greenhouse

Students observe a bean that has been soaked in water and one that has not. Students observe how the two beans are similar and different. Students share ideas as to why one bean is different than the others. Students dissect the bean and learn about different parts and their functions. Students learn about what plants need to grow. Students construct a greenhouse using a CD case, soil, and beans.

Mathematics:

Using a standard or non standard ruler, students will measure and construct age appropriate graphs to demonstrate the bean plants growth graph (bar graphs or line graphs)

Kit 2: Hanger Balances

Students construct a balance using a hanger, paper plate, string, and straw. Students measure the mass of test objects using non-standard units of measurement (paperclips)

Mathematics:

Students can find the mass of objects that correspond to their understanding of counting and numeracy (for example student who are 5 years old should only measure objects that have a mass of 9 paperclips or less).
Students measure the mass of 5 beans soaked in water and 5 beans that have not been. Student calculate the difference to find the mass of the water absorbed by the beans (number of paper clips). This can also be completed with sponges that have been soaked in water and those that have not (7-10 years old).
Students find the mass of the different test object and create equations (1 block + 2 metal rings= ___glass beads + ___beans) to solve (9-16 years old).

Kit 3: Paper Microscopes

Students construct a microscope using paper, LED light, concave lens, and water. The observe how the water magnifies the object placed on the slide below.
Students can find different objects around their classrooms to build slides with and draw what they observe.

Force and Motion Unit

Magnetism & Electricity Unit

Biology Unit

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