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Wednesday, 20 March 2013
 Please order by KIT Number only.
All kits are shipped on a first come, first served basis.
Use the "Request Equipment" link to order.
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Small Glass Jars w/lids
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75 small glass jars (~15ml) with screwtop lids
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3’ long wind tunnel, with 6” x 6” test section, great for aerodynamics experiments
Note: It powers up but no testing of actual functionality could be made.
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3
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Mass Sets
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3 mass sets (~27 pieces total, from 10-1000g)
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Desiccation chambers
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1 large and 1 small glass desiccation chambers
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5
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2, 2kg Harvard Triple Beam Balances
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6
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Electrical Kit
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1 electrostatic fieldmeter, 5 transformers, 5 plug-in lightbulbs
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1’ x 4’ flammable goods storage cabinet
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2’ x 4’ tall flammable goods storage cabinet
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9
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10 Ammeters
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No wires included
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10
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Mass Sets
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5 mass sets, 10-1000g
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11
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Stormoscope Drum Barometer
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Vintage barometer set to read 29-31” mercury, great to show students history of equipment
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12
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Metal Filing/Bars
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4 boxes- These tiny filings/bars could be used in lieu of metal filings
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13
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Antique Super8 Film loops
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16 physics videos, Use these w/ instant movie projector. Demonstrate history of video
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14
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Light Kit
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Universal light Source, 2 color & light ed. Innovation sets, 5 Welch light boxes
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15
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6 Triple Beam Balances
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Black, wheeled, 5 shelves and plastic coated wires
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18
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Square Glass Slides
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20- 4” x 4” glass slides, great for larger wetmounts for dissection scopes
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20
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8 galvanometers
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No wires included
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21
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Electronic Meters
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Misc. electronic meters
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22
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10 Ammeters
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No wires included
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23
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10 Voltmeters
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No wires included
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24
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10 Voltmeters
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No wires included
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25
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10 Ammeters
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No wires included
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26
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10 Ammeters
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No wires included
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27
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10 Voltmeters
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No wires included
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28
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10 Ammeters
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No wires included
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29
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10 Ammeters
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No wires included
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30
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10 Voltmeters
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No wires included
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31
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Resistance meters
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20 various resistance meters
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32
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Resistance meters and capacitors
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20 various meters
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33
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Large Nalgene Graduated Cylinders
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4- 1000ml, 1-2000ml
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34
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Resistance meters and capacitors
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20 various meters
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35
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Small Dewar Flasks
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3- 500ml dewar flasks, great for demonstrations with N2(l)
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36
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Antique microscope
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In wooden carry case with interchangeable objectives
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37
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Tiny Resisters
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3 rolls, ~10,000 tiny resisters (160kOhm, 180kOhm, 1M8Ohm)
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38
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Calculator Tape rolls
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5 rolls, Use these long rolls for an evolution timeline activity
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39
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Nalgene Storage Bottles
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2- 2gallon
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40
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Wooden blocks + Cylinders
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100 small wooden blocks and cylinders, can use for measurement, masses, or density activities
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Nalgene Storage Bottles
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2- 15L
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43
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Nalgene Storage Bottles
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2- 15L
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44
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Pipet-Aids
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5 handheld, portable automatic pipetters
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45
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Audiogenerator & RLC Bridge
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Heathkits
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46
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Sieves
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3 Stainless Steel sieves
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47
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Flat-Table Jack
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This 2’ x 2’ jack can create a shelf or be used to demonstrate simple machines
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48
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Rocks & Minerals Kit
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~ 100 random samples + UV light source
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49
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Micropipette tips
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500- 1-5ml
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50
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Masses Set
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Misc sets of masses 10-1000g
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51
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Peg Boards
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15, 1 1/2 ” x 2”
Hang in room and use for pegs/storage, place at lab stations and carry materials in/out of lab area, place on smaller desks to create a larger work area for lab groups.
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Even though Illinois has several top engineering schools, it comes up short in the amount of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, graduates it produces....
Read the full story from Crain's
 Download the Technology Ecosystem in Illinois: 2012 report
 For more energy efficiency news visit the Connexion Green Scene
Friday, 14 December 2012
Please order by KIT Number only.
All kits are shipped on a first come, first served basis.
Use the "Request Equipment" link to order.
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order by
Kit#
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Items
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Quantities / Descriptions /
Ideas
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3’ long wind tunnel, with 6” x 6” test section, great for aerodynamics experiments
Note: It powers up but no testing of actual functionality could be made.
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Desiccation chambers
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1 large and 1 small glass desiccation chambers
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5
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2, 2kg Harvard Triple Beam Balances
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1’ x 4’ flammable goods storage cabinet
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2’ x 4’ tall flammable goods storage cabinet
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9
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10 Ammeters
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No wires included
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11
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Stormoscope Drum Barometer
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Vintage barometer set to read 29-31” mercury, great to show students history of equipment
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15
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6 Triple Beam Balances
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Black, wheeled, 5 shelves and plastic coated wires
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20
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8 galvanometers
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No wires included
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21
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Electronic Meters
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Misc. electronic meters
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22
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10 Ammeters
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No wires included
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23
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10 Voltmeters
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No wires included
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24
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10 Voltmeters
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No wires included
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25
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10 Ammeters
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No wires included
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26
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10 Ammeters
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No wires included
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27
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10 Voltmeters
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No wires included
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28
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10 Ammeters
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No wires included
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29
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10 Ammeters
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No wires included
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30
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10 Voltmeters
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No wires included
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39
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Nalgene Storage Bottles
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2- 2gallon
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Nalgene Storage Bottles
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2- 15L
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43
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Nalgene Storage Bottles
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2- 15L
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49
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Micropipette tips
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500- 1-5ml
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012
The Urbana-Champaign Senate has unanimously approved a proposal to create a Center for a Sustainable Environment, an umbrella organization that will lead campus environmental groups, academic units and the Office of Sustainability. The university will cover $450,000 annually for the center, with additional funding coming from the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund...
Read the full story
For more energy efficiency news visit the Connexion Green Scene
Thursday, 06 December 2012
School environments play an important role in the health and academic success of children. Children spend 90% of their time indoors and much of that time is spent in school. Unhealthy school environments can affect children’s health, attendance, concentration, and performance, as well as lead to expensive, time-consuming cleanup and remediation activities. To foster children’s health and academic achievement, healthy school environments should be addressed and integrated within the education system...
Learn more
Download the Sick Buildings, Sick Students Guide
For more energy efficiency news visit the Connexion Green Scene
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Please note the following:
- Please order by Kit number only.
- We only have one of any kit available.
- Kits are shipped on a first come, first served basis.
- As kits are ordered they will be lined out on this list signifying that they are no longer available.
- Some kit numbers are hyperlinked to display images.
- Please leave feedback.
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Additional Descriptions / Ideas
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1’ x 4’ Horizontal flammable goods storage cabinet
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1’ x 4’ Horizontal flammable goods storage cabinet
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2’ x 4’ Vertical flammable goods storage cabinet
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31
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5 gallon Nalgene cylinder
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Not graduated
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35
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4L Plastic Graduated Cylinder
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39
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Nalgene Storage Bottles
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2- 2gallon
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42
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2- 15L Nalgene Storage Bottles
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43
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2- 15L Nalgene Storage Bottles
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49
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500- 1-5ml Micropipette tips
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82
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Glassware
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5-2L flasks
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94
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15 Glass storage bottles
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Although no caps, great for storage.
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Friday, 26 October 2012
Two educational institutions in Michigan and one in Ohio are including energy-efficiency training as part of their energy efforts.Clinton-Massie Local School District in Clarksville, Ohio, will implement an energy conservation project with help from Energy Optimizers...
Read the full story
Review our energy education resources
For more energy efficiency news visit the Connexion Green Scene
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Like many of us who were children more than 30 years ago, Judy Wherry, principal of an environmentally themed LEED Platinum public school in Ontario, spent much of her childhood roaming in nature. "We saw the seasons change, and what came along with that, the snakes and bugs and birds," she says. But over the years, as a teacher and then as a principal, Wherry has observed a shift in how and where children spend their time. "Children have lost the connection with nature," she says...
Read the full "Cultivating the Next Generation" story
For more energy efficiency news visit the Connexion Green Scene
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
A professor and head of chemistry at the university has received a $390,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to test methods of coating solar panel films using nanoparticles from a chemical group called metal chalcogenides. The inexpensive films could be wrapped over everything from vehicles to buildings to gain maximum sunshine exposure and produce electricity...
Read the full story
For more energy efficiency news visit the Connexion Green Scene
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Sixteen-year-old Evergreen Park native K’Maja Bell offered an exclusive glimpse into a new e-book about the cosmos at the nation’s yearly gathering of the American Astronomical Society...
Read the full Chicago Sun Times story
For more energy efficiency news visit the Connexion Green Scene
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