The staff of the SwISTEM Resource Centers at the University of Southern Indiana and Crane are happy to assist you in incorporating the use of equipment found through the lending service into your STEM classrooms. The following services are available to you free of charge as a SwISTEM patron.
Please contact your representative for more information.
We do have curriculum, User's Guides, instruction booklets, and video links for many products that we loan out. Most of these curriculum were developed by the manufacturer of the product.
Advanced Chemistry with Vernier
Beginner Electricity Kit Curriculum
Bicycle Wheel Gyroscope Instructional Guide
Bicycle Wheel Gyroscope Video Link
BricQ Motion Essential Getting Started Guide
BricQ Motion Prime Getting Started Guide
Density Identification Set Lab
Elementary Science with Vernier
Forces on Inclined Plane Demonstrator Instructional Guide
Forces on Inclined Plane Demonstrator Lab
Hot Wheels Speedometry Kindergarten Curriculum
Indi (Sphero) Educator Guide Book
Investigating Chemistry through Inquiry with Vernier
Investigating Environmental Science through Inquiry with Vernier
K-Nex Real Bridge Building Kit Teacher's Guide
K-Nex Real Bridge Building Kit Building Guide Book 1
K-Nex Real Bridge Building Kit Building Guide Book 2
K-Nex Introduction to Structures: Bridges Teacher's Guide
K-Nex Introduction to Structures: Bridges Building Guide
K-Nex DNA Model Kits Teacher's Guide
K-Nex DNA Model Kits Student Guide
K-Nex Forces, Energy and Motion Instructions
K-Nex Forces, Energy and Motion Teacher's Guide
K-Nex Maker Student Building Guide
K-Nex Simple Machines: Gears Teacher's Guide
K-Nex Simple Machines: Inclined Planes Teacher's Guide
K-Nex Simple Machines: Pulleys Teacher's Guide
Lego Coding Express Teacher Guide
Lego Coding Express Lesson Plans
Lego Learn to Learn Curriculum Guide
Lego Tubes Getting Started Guide
Magnetic Water Molecule Lessons
Middle School Science with Vernier
Mini-Launcher Instructions and Experiment Guide
Photogate Timer (Pasco) Manual
Series and Parallel Bulb Board Instructional Guide
Singing Rods Instructional Guide
Snap Circuits Extreme Circuit Curriculum
Snap Circuits Electricity Kit Curriculum
Straw Rocket Launcher Information Video
Straw Rocket Launcher User's Guide
Turing Tumble Educator's Guide
Washington Rock and Mineral Guide-- Brown Boxes
Washington Rock and Mineral Guide-- Red Boxes
Wooden Simple Machines Experiment Guide: Wheel and Axel
Wooden Simple Machines Experiment Guide: Pulley