100 Useful items for a science supply cabinet
I don't have a linen closet. If you come to my house, I won't be able to open one magically closet door and get you the towels and sheets you need.
Whew . . . that felt good to get off my chest.
Why don't I have a linen closet, you ask?
Because I stock my linen closet with science and homeschooling supplies - call it the hazards of the job.
It won't always be that way - one day my babies will graduate and I will ball as I put the towels and sheets back into the linen closet, but that's not what this post is about.
This post is about filling a shelf {or a closet} with science supplies.
In this month's homeschool science tip, I shared my number one tip for experiments - have the supplies you need on hand - and I suggested that you keep a science supply cabinet.
But what should you stock that cabinet with? Here are 100 ideas to get you started!
100 Useful items for a science supply cabinet
- 6-volt light bulb
- Alligator clips
- Aluminum pans
- Aquarium Tubing
- Balloons (Round, Tube-shaped, and with a globe on it)
- Bandana / Blindfold
- Batteries (6-volt, 9-volt, and D-cell)
- Beads
- Beady eyes
- Beans
- Bird Seed
- Blank Notebooks
- Blue Gel Glue
- Borax
- Bottle caps
- Bouncy balls
- Bubbles
- Buttons
- Candles
- Carbon Paper
- CDs
- Chalk
- Chocolate bars
- Chopsticks
- Clothespins
- Coffee Filters
- Colored Pencils
- Combs
- Compass
- Copper wire (Bare and Insulated)
- Corks
- Cotton balls
- Cups (Clear Plastic and Paper)
- Curling Ribbon
- Detergent (Powdered)
- Dimes
- Dissection Kit Tools
- Dowel Rods
- Dryer Sheets
- Epsom Salts
- Erasers
- Eye droppers
- Felt Squares
- Flashlights (Mini and Full Size)
- Foam balls
- Foil muffin cups
- Food coloring
- Forks
- Funnels
- Glitter
- Gloves
- Golf balls
- Hydrogen Peroxide
- Iodine swabs
- Iron nails
- Jars with lids (Plastic and Glass)
- Liquid Bluing
- Magnets (Bar, Horseshoe, and Neodymium)
- Magnifying Glasses
- Marbles
- Matches
- Measuring tapes
- Mentos
- Mirrors
- Mist bottle
- Modeling Clay
- Needles
- Paper clips
- Pebbles
- Pens
- Pencils
- Pennies
- Permanent Markers
- pH paper
- Pins
- Ping-pong balls
- Pipe Cleaners
- Plaster of Paris
- Plastic Baggies (Large and Small)
- Rock Salt
- Rubber bands
- Rubbing Alcohol
- Safety Glasses
- Slides with Cover Slips
- Sponges
- Spoons
- Steel Wool
- Straws
- String
- Suction Cups
- Tape
- Tennis balls
- Thermometers (Instant and Student)
- Test Tubes
- Toothpicks
- Tweezers
- Wooden Spools
- Wool
- Yarn
- Yeast
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