Materials List: Engineering in the World of Dr. Seuss

Each group needs:

  • scoop spatula, available online
  • LEGO mini-figure, available online
  • white LEGO brick base plate, available online 
  • swizzle sticks, available online
  • lab notebooks; one per student
  • hand lens magnifier
  • oral dispenser syringes, 5 ml, available online; at least 1 per group, but 50 per class is better
  • 5 clear plastic jars, 5 g, or cosmetic containers with lids
  • large poster board
  • safety goggles (for every student)
  • lab gloves
  • Material Costs List

To share with the entire class:

  • Bartholomew and the Oobleck, by Dr. Seuss; available on Amazon as a hardcopy, or free as a digital scan
  • digital scale that can tare with metric measurements, available online
  • small white plastic bottles for each substance (such as medicine bottles)
  • bottle labels
  • paper towels
  • Sun Laboratories Aloe Vera Gel, available online
  • disposal container labeled “Hazardous Waste”, about 1 L
  • white printer paper, one ream
  • substances for designing solutions for collapsing the oobleck; (it is fine if you cannot buy them all or there is a difference in brand, so long as there is a variety of substances)
    • sparkling water, 250 ml
    • iodized salt, 128 g (or 1 cup)
    • dry shampoo or baby powder, 1 bottle
    • foaming dishwashing or handwashing soap, 1 bottle (it is important for it to be a foaming soap so that its consistency is less viscous)
    • hydrogen peroxide, 500 ml (or 16 oz)
    • natural epsom salt, 128 g (or 1 cup)
    • cane sugar, 128 g (or 1 cup)
  • stack of sticky notes
  • digital camera or device with recording capability
  • computer or tablet access
  • Substance Translation Document (for the END of the entire activity)
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/uof-2354-engineering-world-oobleck-design-process