08:03 – I got quite a bit done on the Life Science kit yesterday, including a rough TOC for the manual and a pretty good idea of what will be in the kit. Obviously, there’ll be changes to the TOC and the kit as I actually write the manual, but at least I have a jumping-off point. The main thing I have to remember is that I’ll be writing for 7th graders rather than high-schoolers.
As it’s currently configured, the kit is completely non-regulated for shipping purposes, and I intend to keep it that way. That means I’ll be able to ship these kits to Canada. More importantly, it minimizes the hazards for 13 year old students. There are sharp objects such as a scalpel, teasing needles, and so on, but none of the chemicals are particularly hazardous to handle. That means making some compromises in terms of what we can and can’t do in lab sessions, but the trade-off is worthwhile.