Cornerstone's Cycle 1 Base Kit provides durable goods to pass from class to class PLUS consumable materials for one class of 8 students and 1 tutor. See list of items below.
DISSECTION SPECIMEN UPDATE
Due to low inventories of owl pellets and crayfish, CC has decided on alternative activities in Weeks 9 and 10. The options for each week are:
Week 9: Crayfish or Grasshopper
Week 10: Owl pellet or Perch
With both crayfish and owl pellets now out of stock, our Cycle 1 Base Kit and Class Packs will include 9 grasshoppers (one for each student and tutor) along with 5 perch (4 for students to pair up and one for the tutor to lead the class). We are also including one each of our Grasshopper Dissection Guide and Perch Dissection Guide.
We recommend purchasing one Base Kit for each of the first classes doing science simultaneously in your community. Next, purchase as many Class Packs (LINK) as you have additional science classes that will follow afterward.
# science classes starting the day = # base kits
# additional classes doing science = # class packs
Examples:
You have a community with 24 students. One class begins the day with science and the other two classes follow after the first. You will purchase one Base Kit and two Class Packs.
You have a community with 48 students. Two classes will start the day with science activities, and the other four classes will follow after them. You will purchase two (2) Base Kits and four (4) Class Packs.
The Base Kit includes the following:
(Additional household materials will be required. See the free Materials List on our Learning Center Page.)
Week 1: Dual magnifiers (x9; also used in weeks 9, 10, and 11)
Week 2: No kit materials for this week
Week 3: Outdoor thermometers (x2)
Week 4: No kit materials for this week
Week 5: No kit materials for this week
Week 6: No kit materials for this week
Week 7: No kit materials for this week
Week 8: No kit materials for this week
Week 9: Preserved crayfish OR grasshoppers (x9), forceps (x9), wooden probes (x9), foam trays (x9), dissection scissors (x5), and dual magnifiers (x9; from week 1)
Week 10: Perch (x5), forceps (x5), wooden probes (x5), foam trays (x5), dissection scissors (x5; from Week 9), and dual magnifiers (x9; from week 1); perch dissection guide (x1 for tutor)
Week 11: Dual magnifiers (x9; from week 1)
Week 12: No kit materials for this week
Week 13: Fool's gold panning pack and modeling clay (2x 1-lb multi-color packs; use 2 sticks of one color)
Week 14: Mineral streak plates (x9), straws (x9), plastic cups (x18), and modeling clay (from Week 13; use 1 each of 3 colors)
Week 15: Plaster (approx. 1-pound bag), plastic cups (x9), craft sticks (x9), and modeling clay (from Week 13; any colors)
Week 16: Balloons (x9)
Week 17: No kit materials for this week
Week 18: No kit materials for this week
Week 19: Jar of Epsom salts (x1), microscope slides (pack of 12), plastic pipette (x1)
Week 20:Drawing compasses (x5)
Weeks 21-22: Deluxe Mineral Kit (x1) and Geology Test Kits (x2; also used in Week 23)
Week 23: Rock Kit (x1) and Geology Test Kits (x2; from Week 21-22)
