"Franklin's" Forecaster Kit
Bar Code: 1328
Description: This kit teaches students how to record daily
weather observations on a chart and how to describe weather
conditions from day to day in comparative terms. The kit includes
basic weather measuring instruments. (i.e. barometer, thermometer,
rain gauge, etc.)
Inventory:
1 container of materials
- Cotton balls (130)
- Crayons (16)
- White glue 1-1/4 oz.
- Construction paper (50)
- Pipe cleaners 12" (30)
- Rubber band #33 1 oz.
- Stars 1/2" (500)
- Stirrer stick
- Styrofoam 3.75x.75x5"
- Masking tape 3/4x60 yd
- Transparent tape roll
- Balsa wood sticks 12x1/2x1/4" w/hole
- "The Many Lives of Ben Franklin" book
- Clear plastic bottle 16 oz.
- Metal can 250 ml w/o lid
- Polytop cap w/spigot for bottle
- Muslin cloth 10x36"
- Netting cloth 10x36"
- Wool cloth 12x24"
- Cloud chart
- Aluminum foil pan 31x22x3cm
- Nickel plated scissors 100 mm
- White cotton shoelace
- Metal thermometer form -10û to 230û F
- Teacher's guide
- Tissue Paper Pkg/20 asst. colors
URL:
http://rpsec.usca.sc.edu/TravelingScience/franklins_forecaster.html
(May 1999)
Copyright © 2001 by the Board of Trustees of the University
of South Carolina.
Ruth Patrick Science Education
Center
Center of Excellence in Educational
Technology
University of South Carolina
Aiken
471 University Parkway
Aiken, SC 29801
803-648-6851