Lab-Aids: Energy Transfer - Waves, Sound and Light Kit In this series of activities students produce both longitudinal and transverse mechanical waves and compare their similarities and differences. As an introduction, students use water and springs to observe wavelength and frequency...
Lab-Aids: Modeling Stream Erosion and Deposition Kit Student groups use a LAB-AIDS‚® Mini Stream Table to investigate the dynamics of stream erosion and deposition. Using specially engineered materials students create, observe, describe, and interpret the erosional and depositional patterns created when...
Lab-Aids: Elements and The Periodic Table Kit This kit contains two activities. In Activity 1, students compare pre-selected data on physical and chemical properties of 14 elements and sort the elements into groups based on common properties. They then compare their...
Lab-Aids: Investigating Light - The Visible Spectrum (Station approach) Kit Working at this station, students use diffraction gratings and build a spectroscope to investigate the spectra of different light sources. They then gather evidence that shows that when different light sources...
Lab-Aids: Evolution - Examining Fossil and DNA Evidence Kit In Activity 1, students investigate how fossil whales provide a line of evidence in support of the theory of evolution. Students then apply the theory of natural selection to whale evolution, using...
Lab-Aids: Mini Stream Tables
LAB-AIDS Mini Stream Tables (includes stream bed, catch basin, stand and rainmaker). For use with‚ Modeling Stream Erosion and Deposition Kit LAB-442.
Lab-Aids: Investigating Selective Breeding Kit In this series of two activities students explore inherited traits. They use LAB-AIDS‚® simulated corn ears and Punnett squares to gather data on, interpret, and predict the probability of traits being passed from parent to offspring....
Lab-Aids: Investigating Light - Reflection and Mirrors (Station approach) Kit Working at this station, students use plane and curved mirrors to observe and measure the angles of incident and reflected rays. Using their data, students apply their understanding of Snell„¢s Law...
Lab-Aids: Forensic Science - Introduction to DNA Fingerprinting Kit Students get a real feel for what it takes to be a modern-day detective in this basic introduction to forensic science. The first activity begins with a crime scene and the identification...
Lab-Aids: Evolution - Examining Fossil and DNA Evidence Expand-A-Kit This EXPAND-A-KIT package when added to the base Evolution: Examining Fossil and DNA Evidence Kit LAB-903S (pictured) provides enough material for one additional group of 4 students. Developed by SEPUP. Content...
Lab-Aids: Differentiation of Cells Experiment Kit Cell Differentiation is a process by which development of a living organism is achieved. Through a series of progressive changes, a generalized cell transforms into a specialized cell. The more specialized the cell becomes; the...
Lab-Aids: Investigating Selective Breeding Expand-A-Kit This EXPAND-A-KIT package when added to the base Investigating Selective Breeding Kit LAB-905 (pictured) provides enough material for one additional group of 4 students. Content List: 2 sets of two LAB-AIDS Corn Ears (A and B)...
Lab-Aids: Introduction to pH Measurement Refresh-A-Kit Re-Supply for‚ Introduction to pH Measurement Kit LAB-80 (pictured). Content List: 1 Drop control bottle of Phenol red 1 Drop control bottle of Phenolphthalein 1 Drop control bottle of Bromthymol blue 1 Drop control bottle of...
Lab-Aids:‚ ABO-Rh Combination Blood Typing Kit This popular LAB-AIDS® combines all the features of the Basic Blood Typing (LAB-1-32) and the Rh Blood Typing (LAB-1A-32) with a specially designed Side Guide®. It provides information on several different subjects related to blood...
Lab-Aids: Rock Cycle Activity Kit The concept of the rock cycle is complex, including the formation and break down of rocks and the processes by which one type of rock can become another. This game illuminates and reinforces these ideas. Playing...
Lab-Aids: Classifying Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic Rocks Kit Why study rocks? This kit helps you answer this question while providing rock samples for study. A fictional scenario describes the alleged discovery of diamonds in a national forest by a pair of...
Lab-Aids: Strawberry DNA Extraction Kit Teach biotechnology without the technology in your classroom. A "low-tech" hands-on solution to presenting some high-tech topics. Extract DNA from strawberries and examine some physical properties. A complete classroom kit that provides everything necessary (except strawberries)...
Lab-Aids: Recyclable Plastics - Identification Using Relative Density and Flammability Kit Besides having students identify polymers, this lab activity can be used as an enrichment unit on density. Students use specially designed trays to identify recyclable plastics by determining their relative...
Lab-Aids: Modeling and Investigating Watersheds Kit This kit provides students with exclusive LAB-AIDS‚® Watershed models to help them explore the dynamics of watersheds. Despite the significance of watersheds, many students get few opportunities to explore this important aspect of topography and...
Lab-Aids: Kitchen Chemistry Kit This fun activity emphasizes experimental observation and scientific reasoning skills. The primary purpose of this Lab-Aid is not to identify the common kitchen chemicals, but to observe how they react. Students first explore some physical and chemical...
Lab-Aids:‚ Biology and Chemistry of Soil Experiment Kit Time to play in the dirt! Students use ordinary soil samples to conduct a thorough evaluation of soil. Simple, easy-to-follow techniques and staining procedures are introduced early in this series of activities. After...
Lab-Aids: DNA Staining Kit This highly engaging Lab-Aid is based on the Feulgen reaction where DNA in plant cells are stained purple for easy viewing. Students macerate, stain, and mount specially grown root tips (provided in the kit). Then, they locate...
Lab-Aids: Bacteria Study Kit Students conduct the classic Leeuwenhoek bacteria experiment in this individualized, self-paced kit. Paralleling methods performed over 300 years ago, students observe and identify bacteria using a microscope. MICROSCOPES ARE NEEDED. Scientific Concepts: Culture bacteria Prepare bacterial...
Lab-Aids: Properties of Acids and Bases Experiment Kit This Applied Science Concepts Kit provides a completely safe and convenient method for students to study, test, and observe the characteristic properties of acids and bases. Activities incorporate the LAB-AIDS‚® Chemplates‚®. This unique...
Lab-Aids: Cheese Making Kit Students will love making cheese using basic modern science concepts and one of the oldest scientific processes: enzymatic action. In this easy-to-do experiment, students first add viable, non-toxic bacteria to milk to adjusts the pH and enhances...
Lab-Aids: Force and Motion Kit The Force and Motion module, designed by professors at the University of Kentucky, provides concrete experiences and an inquiry-based route to learning about Newton's laws of motion. This modules activities are designed to build understanding of...
Lab-Aids: Plate Tectonics - Examining Evidence for Continental Drift Kit Student groups use SEPUP/LAB-AIDS‚® specially designed and annoted puzzle pieces representing the earth's continents to investigate the idea of continental drift. In part I, an exploratory activity, students attempt to fit...
Lab-Aids: Scientific Method Problem Solving Kit Instead of learning how to solve problems, students are all too often expected to simply do activities. In this creative problem-solving kit, students are presented with a situation that requires them to:‚ Analyze the situation‚ ...
Lab-Aids: Natural Selection Experiment Kit In the 1950s, Oxford University scientist Dr. Bernard Kettlewell studied the changes in England's peppered moth population. Over a hundred year time period, the population of peppered moth shifted from being primarily light-colored moths to dark-colored...
Lab-Aids: Identification of Chemical Reactions Kit Looking for activities that help students hone their deductive reasoning and observation interpretation skills? Then take a close look at this! Students first mix seven known solutions into any of twenty-one possible combinations, using standard...
Lab-Aids: Photosynthesis, Plants and Food Kit In the opening activity, student teams use LAB-AIDS‚® atom models to build carbon dioxide and water molecules then "react" them to form sugar and oxygen molecules. To reinforce and extend the concepts from the first...
Lab-Aids: Food Nutrient Analysis Kit - Bilingual English/Spanish This Lab-Aid is a variation of the Food Analysis kit (LAB-6). In this kit however, tests are performed using pure samples of the nutrients in order to standardize the tests. Working in teams,...
Lab-Aids:‚ Weather Forecasting Kit Students work together in teams to interpret weather maps from eight consecutive days. Each team initially interprets the map for a single day and constructs a weather report for that day. Teams assigned the same day then...
Lab-Aids: Examining Fossils Kit Fossils provide important evidence about changes on earth. This kit provides students with the opportunity to handle and examine eight different fossils from various localities and geologic ages. Fossils of species that are no longer living, as...
Lab-Aids: Energy Transfer - Motors, Generators and Sources of Electricity Kit Students explore the relationship between, and practical applications of, electricity and magnets. They use a battery, a magnet and a coiled wire to build a simple electric motor and then...
Lab-Aids: Heredity and Environment Kit By germinating hybrid tobacco seeds first in darkness and then in light, students make interesting observations using this challenging kit. Students set up controlled experiments that provide mathematical data to test their theoretical genetic hypothesis about...
