Discovery Bottles

Discovery Bottles are soda bottles filled with various items to explore a scientific concept. Some of the bottles, such as the relaxation, glitter, corn syrup and wave bottle, also work in your "safe place" to calm students. You can use 1 liter or 20 ounce soda/water bottles. The mini water bottles also work well for little hands. Filler can be rice, sand, cut paper, gravel, salt, etc. After you close your bottle, hot glue around the lid. You can also wrap plastic tape to keep your students from picking at the glue. I store my bottles in a large shower caddy in my cabinet. I label the front so I know exactly what bottles are in which caddy.

Alphabet Bottle

  • Mini magnetic alphabet letters

  • Filler

  • Magnetic wand

 Corn Syrup Bottle

  • 1/4 full of corn syrup

  • 5-7 drops of food coloring

  • Plastic animal (snake, lizard, etc.)
All Eyes on Me

  • 1/4 full of corn syrup

  • 5-7 drops of food coloring

  • 5-7 goggly eyes

 Relaxation Bottle
  • Crayon shavings
  • 2/3 full of water

Use a pencil sharpener to make crayon shavings.
I Spy Bottle

  • Filler

  • 10 Small Objects

  • "I Spy" Sheet

 Teacher Tip: Create an I Spy sheet for your bottles! Before putting items in the bottle, carefully lay them on the copy machine glass. Cover them with a piece of paper and copy. You will have a sheet of the objects in the bottle for students to find.
Bubble Bottle

  • Squirt of dish soap

  • Water 2/3 full

  • Food coloring (optional)

 Static Electricity Bottle

  • Small styrofoam pieces

  • Tissue paper

  • Packing peanuts

  • Foam pieces
Wave Bottle

  • 5-7 drops of food coloring

  • 1/2 full of water

  • 1/4 full of oil (baby oil or cooking oil)

  

Viscosity Bottle

  • 1/4 full of hair gel

  • 2-3 marbles

  

Buoyancy Bottle

  • 2 balloons (slightly blown up, draw a face)

  • 3/4 full of water

  • 5-7 drops of food coloring

 Sink or Float Bottle

  • Objects that sink: pennies, marbles, rocks, etc.

  • Objects that float: styrofoam, foam, etc.

  • 2/3 full of water
Glitter Bottle

  • 2/3 full of water

  • Glitter

 Ooey Gooey Bottle

  • 1/4 full of corn syrup

  • 5-7 drops of food coloring

  

Magnetic Bottle 1

  • Pipe cleaners (cut in pieces)

  • Colored and plain paper clips

  • Filler

  • Magnetic wand

    

Magnetic Bottle 2

  • Iron Fillings

  • Sand

  • Magnetic Wand
Magnetic Bottle 3

  • Magnetic Bingo Chips

  • Filler

  • Magnetic Wand

 		Teacher Tip: Don't want to buy a magnetic wand? Make your own! Hot glue a button magnet on a jumbo craft stick. These are MUCH cheaper than the store bought wands.
Gone Fishin' Bottle

  • Small Plastic Fishing Set

  • Paper Clips

  • Sand

  • Magnetic Wand

 Hairy Harry

  • Clear Container

  • Face drawn on construction Paper

  • Iron Fillings

  • Magnetic Wand

You can usually find the clear containers at craft stores. They are sold to store beams in.
Marshmallow Mashers

  • Marshmallows

  • Marshmallow Masher (pump)

I bought Masher at www.stevespanglerscience.com.

Tornado Tube

  • 2 Bottles of Water

  • Tornado Tube Connector

I bought my tube at www.stevespanglerscience.com.

 


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