Each group needs:

• gel cups, 2 per group (see materials list for making gel cups below)
• craft materials:
• construction paper (several colors, 1 per student)
• construction paper scraps
• felt (several colors, ½ sheet per student)
• feathers (1 bag from craft store for whole class)
• pipe cleaners (1 bag assorted colors for whole class)
• markers
• crayons
• scissors
• glue sticks
• liquid glue
• glitter mixture (see activity Day 3)

To make gel cups (for entire class):

• ten clear disposable plastic cups, 250 ml (~9 oz.)
• craft sticks (to stir mixture)
• unflavored gelatin, 30 ml (~1 oz.) packet or box
• sugar, 240 ml (1 cup)
• boiling water
• plastic wrap
• permanent marker
• disposable gloves (for the teacher to prepare mixture)
• refrigerator

To share with the entire class:

Note: books may be found online, or through your school library or local interlibrary loan service.

• What to Do with a Problem by Kobi Yamada
• The Bacteria Book: The Big Book of Really Tiny Microbes by Steve Mould
• A Germ’s Journey by Thom Rooke M.D.
• The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
• chart paper
• markers
• unscented lotion, 240 ml (8 oz.) bottle
• multi-colored glitter (one small bottle)
• cotton swabs (2 per student)
• lab coats (if available)
• safety glasses
• microscope
• microscope slides (4 per group, or one per group if Day 5 is conducted as a whole-class activity)
• document camera (if microscopes are not available)
• disposable gloves
• cleaning supplies that students can use:
• hand soap
• hand sanitizer
• sanitizing wipes
• sanitizing spray
• baby wipes
• paper towels

Each student needs:

• lab notebook (composition book or spiral notebook)
• (optional) Vocabulary Cut and Paste Handout
• (optional) Gelatin Bacteria Recording Sheet (2 per student)
• Glitter Experiment Data Sheet
• (optional) Parts of a Microscope Sheet
• Engineering Design Process Cut and Paste Handout
• pencils
• crayons
• glue sticks
• scissors