Trash_To_Treasure

When I was a kid, my favorite Sesame Street Character was Oscar the Grouch. I LOVE trash! And I hate to see perfectly good stuff go to the landfill. I would HATE it if anyone bought me these things; the point is to salvage stuff that would otherwise be headed to the trash!

Here's what I'd love, and what I'd do with it:


 * //Little Lego People// || We do lots of small-scale demonstrations, and the would help establish scale. ||
 * **Old CD players** || The motors inside make great toys when we study electrical energy. ||
 * //Peanut butter jars// || We use them as "fire extinguishers" when we study chemical energy. ||
 * **Old tools/kitchen gadgets** || We learn about mechanical advantage from these tools. ||
 * //Cat Litter Containers// || The squarish stackable containers are great in our storage cabinets. ||
 * **Tinkertoys & K'nex** || These toys are great for making models of many forms of technology. ||
 * //Wipes Containers// || These are great for organizing and distributing sets of lab materials. ||
 * **Aerosol Cans** || The warning labels and ingredients are a great intro to chemical energy. ||
 * //Old 9-volt batteries// || They are actually made of individual 1.5 v cells in series. ||
 * **Computer Mice** || Great studies in mechanical/optical/electrical transformations. ||
 * //Tennis Balls, Golf Balls// || Lots of motion studies start with worn out tennis balls and golf balls. ||
 * **20 oz Soda Bottles** || Our physics teachers use these for their Bottle Rocket project. ||

=Trash-To-Treasure Honor Roll= Thanks to these individuals who have given me cool trash that made me happy:
 * Mrs. G for an old hairdryer;
 * Mr. B for an old hand-held vacuum cleaner;
 * Chris W for a wireless mouse;
 * Kyle K for some sorting containers;
 * Noah F for a string of christmas lights;
 * Destiny G for some film canisters, for alka-seltzer rockets;
 * Kelly C for some strings of christmas lights;
 * Mrs. G for a great set of K'Nex parts;
 * Nakki for some computer parts, which could be perfect for a mini-hovercraft;
 * Glory for a computer mouse;
 * Mr. Q for an older GPS unit;
 * Christina for two strings of partly-dead christmas lights;
 * Mrs. F for an antique thermometer;
 * Wouldn't you like your name to appear here??