Part 1:

Each student needs:

• Timeline of Climate Change Worksheet
• scissors
• (optional) glue
• (optional) piece of paper (to glue timeline events to)

Part 2:

Each student needs:

• Types of Separation Worksheet

Each group needs:

Distillation Activity

• 1 500 mL beaker
• 1 graduated cylinder
• 250 mL water
• 15 g salt
• 1 glass stirring rod
• 4 pH strips
• sheet of foil that fits atop the beaker
• hot plate
• 1 Styrofoam cup
• 1 digital scale
• 1 weigh boat
• 1 spatula

Crystallization Activity

• 2 clear plastic cups
• 50 mL water
• 10 g Epsom salt
• 10 g sodium carbonate
• 1 graduated cylinder
• 2 glass stirring rods
• 1 digital scale
• 2 weigh boats

Adsorption Activity

• 1 250 mL beaker
• 100 mL water
• 100 mL vegetable oil   
• 1 graduated cylinder
• 1 clean, absorbent sponge

Membrane Activity

• 1 plastic cup
• 50 mL water
• filter paper cut into strips (must be thicker than coffee filters; see example)
• 1 graduated cylinder
• red food coloring
• blue food coloring

Absorption and Stripping Activity

• 1 laptop or tablet
• 1 empty cup
• 1 cup of water
• 1 clean, absorbent sponge
• hands for squeezing

Extraction Activity

• 1 laptop or tablet

Part 3:

Each student needs:

• Separating Potting Soil for Vertical Gardens Worksheet

Each group needs:

• sieving trays of various mesh sizes
• funnels
• coffee filters
• beakers
• water
• sponges
• hot plates
• distillation kit (if available)
• cups
• scales
• pH strips
• neoprene clone collars (see example)