STEAM Kit Inventory (from least to most expensive)
Item inventories prepared by Novi Public Library Information Services Librarian, Sarah O’Brien ([email protected])
Kit: LEGO (2)
Contents:
Book
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Lego Chain Reactions by Pat Murphy & Klutz Labs
Book Lego Box
 6 red 1x12 bricks
 2 yellow 2x8 bricks
 2 black 2x6 flat bricks
 5 grey axle bricks
 1 white 1x3 wedge brick
 1 blue 1x2 brick
 2 long black posts
 1 short black post
 2 short grey posts
Extra Lego Bag
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150 Legos in Ziploc bag
Replacement cost: $50
Cost per kit: $20.95
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1 white double post joiner
1 grey post joiner
4 grey post bits
3 tan pegs
1 yellow wheel
1 black rubber tire
6 green beads
1 bobbin of black string
Kit: OPTICS (1)
Contents:
Optical Science Kit
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Instruction/activity booklet
Tracing paper
Lens
Rubber band
10 wooden beads
String
Blue straw
Mirror
3 translucent cells (red, green, blue)
Clear cell (diffraction grating)
Chalk
Book
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Explore Light and Optics! By Anita Yasuda
Replacement cost: $50
Cost per kit: $24.19
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Red top
Optical fiber
Modeling clay
Cup
5 mounting feet (red)
Pushpin
3D poster (elephants)
Flip-book paper sheet
Transparent film sheet
Town picture
Bag of 41 die cut pieces
Kit: ROBOT (2)
Contents:
Table Top Robot Kit
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Bot motor with lid
Lid/antenna screw
Wire antenna
8 legs
2 claws
Instructions
Bot uses 1 AA battery.
Book
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Robots by Melissa Stewart
Replacement cost: $50
Cost per kit: $24.96
Kit: ROVER (2)
Contents:
Solar Rover Kit
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Instructions
Chassis
Solar panel arm
1 long screw
1 medium screw
5 short screws
Soda can
Book
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The Mighty Mars Rovers by Elizabeth Rusch
Replacement cost: $50
Cost pert kit: $26.28
Kit: FORCES (1)
Contents:
Lakeshore Force and Motion Kit
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Instructions/activities booklet
Wooden card stand
4 experiment cards
2 start ramps
2 launchers
2 pompoms
2 force gauges
Book
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Experiments in Forces and Motion with
Toys and Everyday Stuff by Emily Sohn
Replacement cost: $50
Cost per kit: $35.60
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2 pieces of felt (blue and white)
2 jars
2 blue capsules
2 tape measures
2 pulleys
34 green marbles
String
Kit: CIRCUITS (2)
Contents:
Snap Circuit Kit
 2 instruction/experiment manuals
 Base grid
 2 battery holders (B1 and B2)
 6 1-snap wires
 9 2-snap wires
 4 3-snap wires
 2 4-snap wires
 1 5-snap wire
 1 6-snap wire
 1 7-snap wire
 Black jumper wire
 Red jumper wire
 Whistle chip (WC)
 Slide switch (S1)
 Press switch (S2)
 Photoresistor (RP)
 Red LED (D1)
 Green LED (D2)
 Speaker (SP)
 Music integrated circuit (IC)
 Alarm IC
 Space War IC
 Power amplifier IC
Requires at least 2 AA batteries.
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Motor (M1)
Red motor fan
100 ohm resistor (R1)
1K ohm resistor (R2)
5.1K ohm resistor (R3)
10K ohm resistor (R4)
100K ohm resistor (R5)
2.5V/0.3A light (L1)
6V/0.5A light (L2)
Antenna coil (A1)
Microphone (X1)
0.02muF capacitor (C1)
0.1muF capacitor (C2)
10muF capacitor (C3)
100muF capacitor (C4)
470muF capacitor (C5)
High frequency IC (U5)
PNP transistor (Q1)
NPN transistor (Q2)
Adjustable resistor (RV)
Variable capacitor (CV)
Replacement cost: $75
Cost per kit: $36.33
Kit: MICROSCOPE (2)
Contents:
Smithsonian Microscope
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Instructions
Microscope
Lens cap
2 specimen vials with caps
1 specimen container with lid
Pipette
Pointer
Mock scalpel
Mock spreader
Tweezers
Test tube
Plastic box
o Three prepared slides
o Six blank slides
o Smaller box with eight slide labels and eight
slide covers
Microscope requires two AA batteries.
AmScope Box
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25 prepared slides
Slide list
Replacement cost: $75
Cost per kit: $38.27
Kit:
MAGNETS (1)
Contents:
Magnetic Science Box
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3 balls (red, yellow, green)
27 tiddlywinks
Tiddlywinks board
Blue-coated copper wire
Green bar magnet
Silver post
Small red bar magnet
Red horseshoe magnet
Black ring magnet post
4 ring magnets (red, yellow, green, blue)
Box of magnetic filings
Instructions
Book
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Science Experiments with Magnets by Alex Kuskowski
Replacement cost: $75
Cost per kit: $40.09
Kit: BODY (1)
Contents:
Squishy Human Body
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Instructions
Organizer and activity sheets
Body shell (front and back)
Arm muscles
Leg muscles
Arm bones (upper, lower, hand)
Leg bones (upper, lower, foot)
Book
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Rib cage (front and back)
Pelvis
Skull (top and bottom)
Organs (brain, trachea, lungs,
diaphragm, heart, stomach, liver,
intestines, kidneys/bladder)
Tools (tray, forceps, tweezers)
DVD
DK’s First Human Body Encyclopedia
Replacement cost: $75
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The Magic School Bus: Human Body
Cost per kit: $45.40
Kit: DOT (2)
Contents:
Dot Wonder Workshop Robot
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Robot
USB connector cable
Quick start guide
User guide
Compliance documentation
Dot can be charged by connecting to a computer with the USB connector cable.
Users will need to download the Wonder app (free from the App Store or Google Play).
Dot will need to be updated periodically—the app will prompt the user to plug it in and
do so.
Replacement cost: $75
Cost per kit: $45.99
Kit: VR (2)
Contents:
TaoTronics 3D Virtual Reality Glasses
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Headset
Visor cover
Cleaning cloth
Bag
User’s guide
User must supply own smartphone.
The user will need to download a VR app to use the headset
with—the guide recommends Google Cardboard.
Books
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Virtual Reality by John Perritano
Digital and Information Literacy: Virtual Reality by Don
Rauf
Replacement cost: $75
Cost per kit: $47.69
Kit: SPACE (1)
Contents:
Planetarium Projector
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Projector base
Projector
Constellations projector cover
3 slide wheels
Instructions
Projector requires 3 AA batteries.
Book
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A Child’s Introduction to the Night Sky by Michael Driscoll
Replacement cost: $75
Cost per kit: $48.44
Kit: MAKEY (6)
Contents:
Makey Makey Kit
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Makey board
USB connector cable
7 white wires
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7 alligator clip wires
Instructions
Playdoh
Replacement cost: $75
Cost per kit: $53.23
Kit: CODING (1)
Contents:
Scratch Coding Cards
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Instructions
7 blue Animate Your Name cards
7 orange Race to the Finish cards
9 red Make Music cards
7 yellow Hide and Seek cards
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10 purple Create a Story cards
8 teal Dress Up Game cards
7 dark blue Pong Game cards
11 pink Let’s Dance cards
8 light blue Catch Game cards
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8 green Virtual Pet cards
Books
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Kids Get Coding: Coding, Bugs, and Fixes
Kids Get Coding: Learn to Program
Kids Get Coding: Online Safety for Coders
Kids Get Coding: A World of Programming
All by Heather Lyons and Elizabeth Tweedale.
Replacement cost: $75
Cost per kit: $56.91
Kit: DOODLE (2)
Contents:
Brush with Genius Set
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Instructions
Genius brush
Paint tray
Requires 2 AAA batteries.
Extra Art Supplies
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Paint tray and paintbrush
3 carpenter’s pencils
Pencil sharpener
Doodling Robot
 Instructions
 Robot
 3 markers (red, yellow, blue)
 3 extra nuts
Replacement cost: $100
Cost per kit: $62.63
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3 extra bolts
4 extra arm pieces
Requires one AA battery.
Kit: COLOR (1)
Contents:
Color Discovery Tubes
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3 color tubes
Instruction and activity booklet
Book
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Super Simple Experiments with Light
and Color by Paige V. Polinsky
Replacement cost: $100
Cost per kit: $68.94
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National Geographic Kids’ Ultimate
Bug-opedia by Darlyne Murawski
and Nancy Honovich
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DK Eyewitness Insect by Laurence
Mound (contains clip art CD)
DVD
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The Fascinating World of Insects
Replacement cost: $100
Cost per kit: $70.68
Kit: INSECTS (1)
Contents:
Bug Box
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Books
Bug guide
Magnifying glass
Tray of 10 bugs (wasp,
trigonophorus beetle, tesseratoma
beetle, teleogryllus cricket,
platypleura cicada, opisthoplatia
bug, mylabris beetle, scorpion,
lycorma beetle, gymnopleuris
beetle)
Liquid Discovery Tubes
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4 liquid tubes
Instructions/activities booklet
Book
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Liquids by Charlotte Deschermeier
Replacement cost: $100
Cost per kit: $77.04
Kit: LIQUIDS (1)
Contents:
Motorized
Solar
System and
Planetarium
Kit: SPACE (1)
Contents:
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planet orbs
Saturn’s rings
9 planet arms
Central light tower
Sun dome cover
Constellation dome cover
Power cord
Instructions
Tower requires 4 C batteries.
Books
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Out of This World: Planets by Aaron
DeYoe
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National Geographic Kids: Little Kids
First Big Book of Space by Catherine
D. Hughes
DVD
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National Geographic: A Traveler’s
Guide to the Planets (2-disc set)
Replacement cost: $100
Cost per kit: $78.48
Contents:
3D Dinosaur Skull
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Upper skull
Jaw
Base
Books
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National Geographic Kids Ultimate
Dinopedia
National Geographic Kids Little Kids
First Big Book of Dinosaurs
DK Smithsonian’s Dinosaur!
DVDs
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The Amazing World of Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
Replacement cost: $125
Kit: DINOSAURS (1)
Cost per kit: $95.16
Kit: LITTLEBITS (2)
Contents:
LittleBits Base Kit
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Battery
Power cable
Power bit
Light sensor bit
Dimmer bit
Bright LED bit
Motor bit
Motor extension
Button bit
Bar graph bit
Buzzer bit
2 wire bits
2 screwdrivers
Instructions
Replacement cost: $125
Cost per kit: $99
Kit: OZOBOT (2)
Contents:
Ozobot Kit
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Clear box with lid
Clear Ozobot
Black Ozobot
Bot holder plate
Yes/no/maybe/ask again OzoCard
Four-piece map OzoCard
Two Ozobot carrying pods (two dome tops, two twist-off bases)
Four OzoSkins (black, white, teal and yellow)
Two OzoUSBs
Quick start guide
OzoBots are compatible with some iOS and Android devices.
User may want to download Blockly app.
Replacement cost: $125
Cost per kit: $119.99