Secondary School Materials for a Classroom

4.16 Year B Materials List

Secondary School Materials for a Classroom

General Supplies and Furniture

Community meeting space - chairs in circle or multi-level platforms

Conference table for 15 students for seminars, lesson where note taking is needed

Small group project tables for 4-5

Individual spaces - desks, Back Jacks, low beach chairs with writing board

Lockers for student personal belongings

Easel type white board with large tablet paper

Book shelves for resource books (I have 10 6-ft.)

Small, slanted shelves for paperback novels and videos

Low shelves for science material, general supplies, and art supplies

Plastic rolling shelves for storage of project materials

Paper cutter

Easel type white boards with tablets

Podium

VCR/DVD player

Camcorder

Camera

CD/tape recorder

Tapes/CD’s for transitions and background music

Learning with Mozart to environmental music - non vocal

Computers and computer tables

Software - word processing, internet hook up

Inspirations software

Timeliner software

Per student materials

1 3” binder to store completed work

1 1-1/2” binder for portfolio

1 Mead zippered binder

3 blue spirals graph preferred for Pre Algebra and Algebra

3 red spirals

calculator

5 black Clic pens

5 red Clic pens

5 pencils

flash drive

anthology books - see language

novels - see language

handbook- written by teacher

ring for vocabulary cards

15 sheet protectors

protractor

compass

Paper Supplies

lined paper

graph paper

blank paper

colored copy paper - my colors and amounts per year are the following

contracts, record keeping - cream - 25 sheets per student

language - pastel pink - 50 sheets per student

math - pastel blue - 50 sheets per student

personal world/health - orchid- 50 sheets per student

social world/social studies - pastel green - 50 sheets per student

natural world/science - pastel yellow - 50 sheets per student

Spanish - salmon - 50 sheets per student

poster boards

newsprint

markers - thick and thin

carousels

colored pencils

scissors

rulers

hole puncher

tape dispenser

pencil sharpener

file container for student files

Language

Dictionaries

Visual reference books

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy0-395-65597-8

Dictionary of Word Origins

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Bartlett’s Familiar Quotes0-316-08277-5

Almanacs

The Macmillan Visual Almanac0-02-861247-7

The Macmillan Visual Dictionary0-02-528160-7

English Simplified – Addison Wesley LongmanISBN 0-673-98261-0

Writing

Write Source 20000-669-38624-3

General Language Resources

Professional Literature, in order of suggestion:

The Power of Grammar by Mary Ehrenworth
Shades of Meaning by Donna Santman
Assessing Writers by Carl Anderson
For a Better World: Reading and Writing Social Action by Randy and Catherine Bomer

Texts for lessons:

The Reviser’s Toolbox by Barry Lane

Oliver Button Is a Sissy by Tomie DePaola

William’s Doll by Charlotte Zolotow

The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson

“Alone” from Days With Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

Eats, Shoots and Leaves (picture book version) by Lynne Truss

The Stolen Part and Other Stories by Liliana Heker (also available in Spanish)

“The Stolen Party”

A Puerto Rican in New York by Jesus Colon

Ch. 30: “Little Things Are Big”

Sixteen edited by Donald Gallo

“Priscilla and the Wimps” by Richard Peck

When I Was Your Age, vol. I edited by Amy Ehrlich

“Everything Will be Okay” by James Howe

Dancing Pink Flamingoes by Maria Testa

“Family Day”
“A Cousin Thing”

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

“No Speak English”

Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros

“Eleven”

Connections edited by Donald Gallo (look for it used on Amazon.com)

“Moonbeam Dawson and the Killer Bear” by Jean Davies Okimoto

Where to start when building your classroom library:

A great place to look for books for adolescents: Young Adult Library Services Association: Let your students use this website to look for books to request for your library.

Great authors for adolescents:
Jacqueline Woodson
Joan Bauer
Francesca Lia Block
Chris Crutcher (great for boys who like sports, but definitely geared towards 8th graders who are strong readers)
Gary Paulsen
Nikki Grimes
Sharon Creech
Walter Dean Myers
S.E. Hinton
Lois Lowry
Gail Giles
Gary DeSoto
Christopher Paolini
E.R. Frank

Suggested read-aloud novels and the issues they address:

Addressing homophobia, coming of age, appreciating writing, teen male narrator: From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson

Learning about issues in Israel and Palestine: Habibi by Naomi Shihab-Nye

Loss of a parent or adjusting to new places: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Hearing the sound of beautiful language: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

leadership, power, community: Lord of the Flies by William Golding

self-reflection, learning from big mistakes: Whirligig by Paul Fleischman

almost any short story from the aforementioned anthologies

Literature

Anthologies – Houghton Mifflin800-462-6595 or

Cycle 1At Odds*ISBN 0-669-32113-3

Cycle 2Lean on Me*ISBN 0-669-32112-5

Cycle 3A Place at the Table**

Cycle 4Changes and Choices*ISBN 0-669-32109-5

Cycle 5Future Directions*ISBN 0-669-32114-1

Audiotaped version of this series .ISBN 0-669-32190-7

(available through Houghton Mifflin)

** A Place at the Table is a free publications from Teaching Tolerance, 400 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104. There website is located at

Novels

C1:

Animal Farm by George OrwellISBN 0-451-52634-1

April Morning by Howard FastISBN 0-553-27322-1

Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li JiangISBN 0-06-446208-0

Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness OrczyISBN 0-451-52315-6

C2:

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingISBN 0-399-50148-7

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyISBN 0-345-34296-8

1984 by George OrwellISBN 0-451-52493-4

Invitation to the Game by Monica HughesISBN 0-671-86692-3

C3:

Breaking Barriers, Jules ArcherISBN 0-670-83104-2

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, E. GainesISBN 0-553-26357-9

Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Pattillo BealsISBN 0-671-86639-7

Gandhi, Loius FischerISBN 0-451-62742-3

Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez

*Add contemporary about gay rights

C4:

The Jungle by Upton SinclairISBN 0-451-52420-9

We Shall Not Be Moved by Joan DashISBN 0-590-48410-9

Counting on Grace by Elizabeth WinthropISBN 0-553487833

*Add 1 more—recent about industrializaton/labor, outside U.S.

C5:

I Am David by Anne HolmISBN 0-15-205160-0

Parvana’s Journey by Deborah EllisISBN 0-88899-519-9

We Just Want to Live Here by Amal Rifa’I and Odelia AinbinderISBN 0-312-31894-4

Parallel Journeys by Eleanor AyerISBN 978-0-689-83236-9

Math

Cycle based MS math curriculumStephanie Romero ()

Chemistry Ion ChipsWards

Intro to Covalent MoleculesWards

Negative snake game

Colored bead box

Balance scale (2 choices)

Swedish fish, peanut M&Ms, gum drops, scale

Knobbed cylinders

Metal insets, compass, straight edge

World map with vertical latitude lines, atlas, laminate, poster board

History of Math materials (not complete kit)HMC

Health

Reality Babies800-830-1416

Video tapes – yoga and tai chi

Relaxation tapes – nature music, visualization, progressive relaxation

Books on Drug Education

Books on Sexuality

Creating Peace, Building CommunityISBN 1-878227-46-7

Peace Education Foundation

1900 Biscayne Boulevard

Miami, FL33132-1025

800-749-8838 or amazon.com

The Heroic Journey ISBN 1-56976-033-0Zephyr Press

PO Box 66006

Tucson, AR 85728-6006

Dr. Seuss The Butter Battle BookISBN 0-394-86580-4

Book and/or video (Cycle 5)

Cipher in the Snow (video)

Social World

All cycles

Schoolhouse Rock Silver AnniversaryEdition

The American Nation Prentice Hall

A World History textbook

Suggested support materials

History of US series 1-800-458-4849

Perspectives on History series

The Civil War: The Gray 1-878668-84-6

The Civil War: The Blue 1-878668-83-8

Iron Horses Across America 1-878668-36-6

The Age of Technology 1-878668-64-1

The Manhattan Project 1-878668-41-2

The French and Indian War 1-878668-82-X

The Vietnam War 1-878668-61-7

World War I 1-878668-91-9

World War II: On the Homefront 1-878668-60-9

World War II: The European Theatre 1-878668-76-5

World War II: The Pacific Theatre 1-878668-86-2

Forward into Light: The Struggle for Woman’s Suffrage 1-878668-25-0

The Underground Railroad: Life on the Road to Freedom 1-878668-27-7

Principles of Democracy: 1-878668-53-6

The Constitution and Bill of Rights

Cycle 1

Books on the American Revolution

Cycle 2

CIA Factbook

Pocket US Constitutions Cato Institute

1000 Mass Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20001

800-767-1241

Cycle 3

Sneeches by Dr. Seuss

The Shadow of Hate (video) Teaching Tolerance Series 334-264-0268

400 Washington Ave. fax 334-264-7310

Montgomery, AL 36104

“The Power of One” video local video store or

Books needed

Science Explorer – Motion, Forces and Energy and teacher resource book

Science Explorer – Electricity and Magnetism and teacher resource book

Suggested

DK Eyewitness Science Series

Force and Motion1-879431-85-8

Electricity1-879431-82-3

Energy1-56458-232-9

Matter1-879431-88-2

DK Eyewitness Dictionary of Physics0-7894-0239-4

Atom Building BoardFrey

Inclined to Roll

skateboard

protractor

flat board, about 1.5 m long

small piece of sturdy cardboard

supports to prop up the board (books, boxes)

two stopwatches

meter stick

masking tape

Stopping on a Dime

wooden meter stick

2 stop watches or watches with second hands

tape measure

Sticky Sneakers

three or more different types of sneakers

spring scales, 5N and 20N

mass set(s)

large paper clip

tape

balance

Forced to Accelerate

skateboard

string

several bricks or other large mass(es)

meter stick

masking tape

spring scale, 5N

stopwatch

Building a Galvanometer

compass

small spool of magnet wire (#28 or finer)

piece of thin, stiff cardboard

Design and Build a Magnetic Paper Clip Holder

2 bar magnets

masking tape

container of 150 regular size paper clips

an assortment of types, shapes, and sizes of magnets, including two bar magnets and two ceramic magnets

modeling clay, string, and other materials to build a paper clip holder

Constructing a Dimmer Switch

d-cell battery

masking tape

flashlight bulb in a socket

thick lead from mechanical pencil

uninsulated copper wire, the same length as the pencil lead

rubber tubing, the same length as the pencil lead

1 wire, 10-15 cm long

2 wires, 20-30 cm long

2 alligator clips

The Versorium

foam cup

aluminum foil

scissors

plastic foam plate

wool fabric

pencil

paper

Electric Motor Activity

Science Kit & Boreal Laboratories sciencekit.com/electric-motor-discovery-kits/p/Igoo24321/

Tonawanda, NY/San Luis Obispo, CA800-828-7777

St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada800-387-9393

Project – Rube Goldberg Device

balloons

straight pins

various items to build device with

Cycle 2

Books needed

Science Explorer – Chemical Building Blocks with teacher resource book

Science Explorer – Chemical Interactions with teacher resource book

A Guide to the Elements – Oxford Univ. PressISBN 0-19-512708-0

Suggested

DK Eyewitness Visual Dictionary of ChemistryISBN 0-7894-0444-3

DK – Eyewitness Science – ChemistryISBN 1-56468-232-9

Materials

Periodic Table from website

Matter cards(Elementary material)Montessori Services

EM68 Matter & Energy

Melting Ice

Thermometer

2 plastic cups, ~200 mL each

2 stirring rods, preferably plastic

ice cubes, about 2 cm on each side

warm water, 40 - 45 C

stopwatch or timer

Making Sense of Density

balance

water

paper towels

wooden stick, ~ 6 cm long

ball of modeling clay, ~ 5 cm wide

crayon with paper covering

graduated cylinder, 100 mL

It's a Gas

strong plastic syringe (with no needle), at least 35 cm3 capacity

modeling clay

4 books of uniform weight

Isolating Copper

glass jar, about 250 mL

two paper clips

wires with alligator clips

or battery holder with wires

copper chloride solution (0.6M), 50 - 100 mL

6-volt battery

index card

Copper or Carbon? That’s the Question

1.5 V dry cell battery

200-mL beaker

stopwatch

flashlight bulb and socket

3 lengths of insulated wire

thin copper wire with no insulation, about 5-6 cm long

2 graphite samples (lead from a mechanical pencil),

each about 5-6 cm long

hot plate

water

Shedding Light on Chemical Bonds

2 1.5V dry cell batteries

small beaker

plastic spoon

sodium chloride (salt)

small light bulb and socket

4 lengths of wire for connections

with insulation scraped off ends

100-mL graduated cylinder

additional substances

Comparing Atom Sizes

drawing compass

calculator

periodic table of the elements

Design and Build a Polymer Package

Water

Hand lens

Weights

Scissors

Packaging tape

Thermometer

Balance

Hot plate

Clock or timer

20 beakers/pastic cups

iodine solution

cookies or hand builded eggs

polymers used in packaging

Cycle 3

Books needed

Science Explorer – Motion Forces and Energy with teacher resource book

Science Explorer – Sound and Light with teacher resource book

Integrated Science Laboratory Manual, 2000 (Prentice Hall)0-13-436369-8 (Student)

0-13-436370-1 (Teacher)

Suggested

DK Eyewitness Science Series

Light1-879431-79-3

Materials

Integrated Science Laboratory Manual

Prentice Hall Science Explorer

800-947-7700

ISBN 0-13-434370-1

Can you Feel the Power?

calculator

stopwatch

board, (2.5 cm x 30 cm x 120 cm)

8-10 books, each ~ 2 cm thick

meter stick

Soaring Straws

scissors

marker

balance

rubber band

metric ruler

masking tape

3 plastic straws

meter stick

empty toilet paper tube

Build Your Own Thermometer

bowl of hot water

bowl of ice water

water of unknown temperature

tap water

500-ml beaker

clear glass juice or soda bottle, 20-25 cm

plastic dropper

cooking oil

modeling clay

metric ruler

fine-point marker

Just Add Water

4 foam cups

hot tap water

scissors

beaker of water kept in an ice bath

2 thermometers

balance

pencil

Properties of Waves

meterstick

ruler

masking tape

plain brown paper

paper cup

pencil

string

graduated cylinder, 100-ml

water

stopwatch or clock with a second hand

marker

Plane-Mirror Images – Integrated Science Laboratory Manual, 2000

cardboard (~30 cm x 30 cm)

unlined paper

small mirror and support

metric ruler

3 straight pins

protractor

Bouncing Sound

two paper towel tubes

cookie sheet

mirror

cushion

one 12” x 18” piece of fabric/cloth

one 12” x 18 “ piece of construction paper

a clock or watch that ticks loudly

class set of protractors

Making Waves

water

plastic dropper

metric ruler

paper towels

modeling clay

cork or other small floating object

ripple tank (aluminum foil lasagna pan with mirror at the bottom)

Tuning forks – Integrated Science Laboratory Manual, 2000

2 tuning forks, 320 Hz

400 mL beaker

water

rubber band

resonance tube

Cycle 4

Books needed

Science Explorer – Motion, Forces and Energy and teacher resources book

Integrated Science Laboratory Manual0-13-436369-8 (Student)

(Prentice Hall)0-13-436370-1 (Teacher)

Videos

Schoolhouse Rock Science1-56949-410-X

Simple Machines videoPrentice Hall/Pearson Education

ISBN 0130503673

800-848-9500

Advanced Work

Physical Science Instructional Fair1-56822-144-4

Suggested books

The Way Things Work0-395-42857-2

The New Way Things Work0-395-93847-3

Can You Work More Efficiently

Heavy string (not rope) 65 cm

4 thin wooden rods

7 cm, 14 cm, 14 cm, 20 cm

heavy book

stopwatch

Inclined Plane

Wood board 1m by 15 cm

Spring balance

Small wood block with eye hook

String

Meterstick

Ring stand and large ring

Clamp

Levers

Wooden meterstick

Spring balance

String

1 kg mass

fulcrumright angle prism-Wards

Wheel & Axle

Fishing line or string

Stopwatch

Washers

Book

Pulleys as Simple Machines

2 single pulleys

2 double pulleys

nylon fishing line

ring stand with large ring

spring balance

1 kg mass

Quiz Board

box of copper brads

sheet of cardboard

13 pieces of copper wire with alligator clips, insulated, 20-22 gauge, 10 inches long

pair of wire cutters

battery with battery clip

bulb and socket

Series & Parallel Circuits

KitBook-The Electric Circuits

OR

Advantages of Series and Parallel Circuits

Building Electric Circuits

Delta Education WW111-2976

800-442-5444

Can You Make Electricity From Spare Change

several pennies

vinegar

paper towel

aluminum foil

salt

cup of warm water

multimeter

Build a Generator

Neo/Sci kit – Cool Circuits

How to Make a Transformer

Cardboard paper towel tube

Multimeter

Battery

2 – 4 ft insulated copper wires

LEGO Educational building kit 9686

Cycle 5

Books needed

Science Explorer – Environmental Science with teacher resource book

Materials

Green Dreamsnationalgeographic.com – free online article

What Now? Our Feverish Planet Badly Needs a Cure.

Time.com – free online article

The Truth About Hydrogenpopularmechanics.com – free online article

Readings on Hydroelectric Power

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

Wm. McDonough/Michael Braungart

ISBN-13: 9870865475878

Story of Stuff

Save the Earth

Jonathon PorrittISBN 1-878685-05-8

The LoraxISBN 0-394-82337-0

Important numbers/addresses

Pitsco

PO Box 1708

Pittsburg, KS 66762

800-835-0686

Nasco

PO Box 901

Fort Atkinson, WI 52528-0901

1-800-558-9595

Solar Hot-water Heater

10’ flexible black tubing Home Depot or Wards 15W1261

shallow cardboard box 12”x 18”

Flat Black paint or dark cloth

Window glass 12”x 18” Home Depot

Clothespin (spring-type)

Tape

2 empty cans or buckets

Electricity from Sunlight

Silicon solar cell