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Kits For Kids
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Four kits from ScienceWiz™, all by Berkeley science-education whiz Penny Norman, Ph.D. The Magnetism kit features (22) activities and includes small magnets, iron filings, compass, and a small rubber duck! The Light kit has (25) projects, including a kaleidoscope, microscope and more. The Chemistry kit has (35) projects, and you get vials of sand and baking soda, pipets, test tubes, and a lot more. The Electricity kit has (18) projects, and comes with a motor, buzzer, LED and much more. You add some household items, and a "D" battery to all except the Chemistry kit. All are attractively boxed, with lavishly illustrated 30-48pp instruction books. Ages 5 to 10. (Light kit, ages 6 to 12.)
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93776 SCIENCEWIZ™ CHEMISTRY | |
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93773 SCIENCEWIZ™ MAGNETISM |
Electro-Magnetix"
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Forgive the misspelled title, this is one of the best educational kits that we have! Loaded with magnets, wires and a miscellany of other things (but no battery. 1x"D"!) it has everything needed to perform over 30 experiments, build games and generally have hours and days of educational fun! The thirty page illustrated instruction/explanation booklet is complete for self- instruction. Ages 8 and up will have a ball!
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88776 KIT ELECTRO-MAGNETIX |
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Catch Some Rays
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
And teach a kid (8 and up) the basics of solar power. This excellent educational kit from Elenco comes with (9) 0.5VDC solar cells pre-wired in sets of (3) and mounted in a 5" x 4" x 7/16" black-plastic frame with screw terminals on the bottom. The kit includes a 1.5VDC motor with leads and a mount, a fan blade and (4) plastic discs from 5/8" dia to 2" dia for mounting on the motor shaft, a 1.5V incandescent bulb with leads, a sound module with leads, and graphic cards to mount on the discs. Comes with a 14-page instruction/experiment booklet, including info on increasing voltage and amperage, powering battery charges, radios, games, etc. Lots of science project potential. "Heuristic as all get-out," Jarvis said when he saw it.
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92923 SOLAR KIT |
Float Like A (Graphite) Butterfly
Physics faculty alert: It's very small, but teaches a powerful lesson, this little diamagnetic-properties demo kit. You get (4) plated magnets, each 1/4" square x 3/32", and (2) 1/4" square pieces of graphite to float above them. The graphite may have slight chips along the edge but that won't affect the effect. Includes instructions/fact sheet.
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93630 LEVITATION DEMO |
You Wanna Get Physical?
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Children under 8 yrs. can choke or suffocate on uninflated or broken balloons. Adult supervision required. Keep uninflated balloons from children. Discard broken balloons at once.
You'll need this excellent set of physics experiments from Elenco, with 256 different ways to demonstrate force, motion, magnetism, pressure, heat transfer, electricity and electric motors, simple machines, water/air/gases, light, sight, sound and more. Includes too many parts to list and a very detailed 64pp instruction manual so that even dads who are stumped by the laws of nature can figure them out first. Designed for curious folks age 8 and up.
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93062 PHYSICS PHYSIQUE |
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Photovoltaics Made Simple
This basic solar-energy instruction kit has a 2-1/8" x 1-1/8" 1/2V solar cell, a small DC motor and a 4" dia diffraction-foil disc that will mount on the motor shaft. Includes an excellent instruction sheet. See you at the science fair.
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89353 SOLAR SCIENCE DEMONSTRATION KIT |
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Drop The Egg & Nobody Gets Hurt
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Physics meets Chinese soup? No, Professor Ein-O's 4-way Egg-Drop Science kit meets science fair project! Teaches kids shock-absorbing lessons about a parachute drop, balloon armor, a straw shell and a spine shield all with raw eggs. Includes everything you need except a little tape, some cotton or bubble wrap, and a few good eggs to be the subjects of the experiments. Comes in a plastic case with instructions.
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94303 PROFESSOR EIN-O'S EGG DROP EXPERIMENTS |
The Sky's The Limit
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
The Star Pilot" young scientist space kit is an illuminated viewer that introduces budding astronomers to a very realistic simulation of the night sky. Call it a practice telescope. Includes brightness and focus controls, ball compass, constellation trackball, 36-page manual, a 30" x 19 poster, a star chart, practice charts and more, including a card that entitles you to 40 minutes on-line at the website for the Slooh Observatories. Located all over the globe, they let you see the night sky of either hemisphere at any time of the day or night. Operates on (2) coin-cell batteries, included. For ages 10+.
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94329 STAR PILOT ASTRONOMY KIT |
Plaster Dinosaur Eggs
Laid by plastic dinosaurs, probably. Whatever the source, your plaster egg will be a 3-1/2" tall oval with a plastic dino skeleton embedded inside, waiting to be freed and assembled. You get a wooden chisel and brush for excavation and a small wooden stand to display the resulting T-Rex, triceratops, spinosaurus, brachiosaurus, stegosaurus, pterodactylus or velociratops, depending. We'll pick a pair because everyone likes a surprise.
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40272 DINOSAUR EGGS |
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DIY Piñata
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Half the party's in the prep! Plan your menu, bake the cake, and build your own dinosaur or pig piñata! Each kit comes with balloons to use as a frame, cardboard pattern pieces, colored tissue paper, stickers, some shredded filler paper, white glue, paints, a brush, and a cord to hang the piñata with. You provide the goodies to fill it, but the green dinosaur has (3) small rubber dinosaurs and the pink pig has (3) little rubber pigs for a bit of added fun. Finished piñata should be about 2 feet long. For kids eight and up with some adult help, or a little younger with mucho adult help.
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39662 PIG PINATA KIT |
Now You See It….
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Optics made easy. This Lab-in-a-Bag kit, called "Magic Lenses," uses magic and optical tricks as instructional devices in over (15) experiments for the budding scientist. Includes (2) polarizing windows, sun goggles, mica hunks, optical calcite, spoons, magnifier, cellophane tape, (4) sheets of acetate, and charts. Activities include refraction, polarization and colors. You add corn syrup, a black marker and household light sources.
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40406 MAGIC LENSES |
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