Materials and IT Support
Materials for Checkout
These materials can be checked out from a professional learning department staff member to a partner school. To request the use of materials, please email your name, school, district, the material requested, and dates needed (up to a week). School is responsible for pick up and return of the requested materials.
Kate Carlson, kcarlson@esu3.org; Dawn Ferreyra, dferreyra@esu3.org; Eileen Heller, eheller@esu3.org; Laurie Kerr, lkerr@esu3.org
Break Out Boxes
5 breakout kits
All 5 can be checked out, or just checkout a couple
Name Tents
20 dry erase name tents with mini markers and erasers
4 sets available
Stomp Rocket Kit
PVC pipe
White paper
2 liter pop bottles (supply your own for large group use)
Directions are included
Wind Tunnel Kits
Box fan
Large wind tunnel
Box of maker supplies and directions
2 kits available
Computational Thinking Bins
Computational Thinking Bins are stand alone, individual boxes, each containing an activity for groups of students that teaches a computing concept.
6 bins are available for checkout
We suggest to checkout all bins and have students cycle through each.
Water Kit
Contains 10 cups of magnet molecules
Lesson plans can be found here: https://www.3dmoleculardesigns.com/Teacher-Resources/Water-Kit.htm
A tub of binders is also available to demonstrate an erosion lesson
ESU #3 Guided Activities
Professional learning department staff members are available to co-teach or guide the following activities with partner schools. To request a program, please email your name, school, district, an overview of the activity, and dates needed (please contact staff members a month in advance).
Kate Carlson, kcarlson@esu3.org; Dawn Ferreyra, dferreyra@esu3.org; Eileen Heller, eheller@esu3.org; Laurie Kerr, lkerr@esu3.org
Micro:Bits
Dash and Dot Robots
Indoor Drones
Sphero Robots
Sphero Mini
Circuit Playground