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Equipment Lending Service

Equipment Lending Service for PreK-12th Grade Educators

The SwISTEM Equipment Lending Service lends a large assortment of laboratory equipment and math/ science manipulatives to educators in southwest Indiana, Henderson County in Kentucky, and Gallatin and White Counties in Illinois. We currently have over 1,000 pieces of equipment available, and we are eager to help you develop creative ways in which you can keep your pK-12 students actively engaged in the STEM disciplines. Pick-up and delivery are available to all of the counties in the highlighted region located on the map, and this service is entirely free!  We deliver to your school or organization, and you can borrow materials for a 2-week lending period (1-week for Home School borrowers with a 7 item limit).  We also have many curriculum guides for our resources, so you don't have to be an expert in a particular STEM area to utilize our service.  

For interactive presentations on using our service:

SwISTEM Lending Service for Elementary Teachers

SwISTEM Lending Service for Middle School Teachers

SwISTEM Lending Service for High School Teachers

Quick Links

Procedures for Check-Out

Guidelines for Appropriate Use

SwISTEM Patron Form

Printable Inventory List

Equipment Links to Academic Standards

Heckman's Corner

Searchable Database

Online Reservation Form

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Contact us by phone or e-mail with any questions, to make equipment reservations, or to discuss ways to integrate our equipment into your existing lesson plans. 

Paige Walling, SwISTEM Equipment Lending Services Supervisor
Email:  pdwalling@usi.edu
Phone:  812-228-5008

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Equipment Lending Service

(812) 228-5008