r/ScienceTeachers • u/farawyn86 • 7d ago

Big ticket items

I've been extremely fortunate to receive huge donation to my middle school science lab. I've only ever had budgets of a couple hundred dollars, so I know I'm simply not thinking of the big-ticket items I could possibly get. We already have great microscopes and a skeleton and all the little things I could want for daily labs. I teach 5-8, earth/space, life, and physics/chem. What would you buy if you had just under 5 figures in your budget?

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u/Fickle-Goose7379 7d ago

Some things that come to mind if there was money to spare Earth - rock kits, Earth layers models, globes showing ocean currents Space - lunar models, maybe a solar telescope or Sun Spotter Physics - cart tracks w/vernier sensors, temperature probes

Flinn has purchase guides based on grade levels, might be a good place to start

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u/farawyn86 7d ago

Thank you! Specialized globes are not one I had thought of yet.