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Electric Motor and Magnet Kits
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
A trio of the best science education kits we have seen dealing with electricity, magnetism, motors and generators. The 44 page instruction booklets are educational and complete; state problem, approach and explain what is happening for a series of projects of graded difficulty. The Motor/Generator kit includes several introductory experiments on magnetism as well as six complete motor generator projects. The Electromagnet kit provides experiments including the building of an electromagnet, a doorbell chime, a telegraph, a relay and an electric catapult. The Levitation Set experiments with magnetic fields, gravity, and equilibrium; plus everything you need to build a magnetic levitation train! All are complete except for batteries. Strongly recommended for their quality, the accuracy of their science and the interest they will sustain. Ages 10-18.
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89339 ELECTROMAGNET KIT | |
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89714 MAGNET LEVITATION KIT | |
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89338 MOTOR/GENERATOR KIT |
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Tanks A Lot
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Well, a pair, but that's a lot in the tank biz. This very cool kit has translucent green plastic frames, pre-wired circuit boards and motor harnesses, and the result, despite the kit's misleading Titan Tank name, is TWO 5" square x 3" tall wireless remote-control tanks (with separate controllers) that fire invisible infrared bullets at each other, and reverse direction when hit. Plus, they light up and make tank noises. Each controller has (4) channels, so if you buy (2) sets of (2), everybody can play. Each tank will take (8) "AA" batteries that you'll supply, but remember that they light up and shoot rays and make noise and move around, so you're getting a lot of bang for your battery. Includes a 15pp manual and circuit boards that are already assembled, so anyone with a steady hand from, say, a nine-year-old to a WWII tank commander, should be able to assemble them.
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93057 TITAN TANK |
Build Your Own Crystal Radio
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
A good basic kit with everything you need to build a very simple crystal radio. This is not hi-tech hi-fi. Geared for ages eight and up, it is a complete kit with wonderfully straight forward instructions which walk the experimenter through hooking up tuning needle, crystal diode, and earphone, and experimenting to find useful antennas. (Sorry wire coil is already wound.) Excellent education, recreation and discovery device all at the same time. A simple kit with hours of fun in it.
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88028 CRYSTAL RADIO KIT |
Magic Rocks
Geology for those with short attention spans? The original Magic Rocks®, of course! Mix the solution in a jar of water, drop in the pebbles, and watch them grow into a forest of multi-color stalagmites. Growth starts in 10 minutes, is impressive in 30 minutes, and complete (up to 4" tall) in 2 hours. Extra credit if you can make it grow stalactites by gluing the pebbles to the bottom of a jar, then pouring the solution in and turning it upside down. Who knows? Maybe it will work. Comes with a set of marine decals to decorate the jar. Definitely not for use with living fish. For ages 10 and up.
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6207 MAGIC ROCK SET |
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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93777 SCIENCEWIZ™ ELECTRICITY | |
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93775 SCIENCEWIZ™ LIGHT | |
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93773 SCIENCEWIZ™ MAGNETISM |
Soil Test Kits
The budding home scientist and horticulturist will both delight in the ease with which this self contained soil test kit brings discovery. The kit measures not only ph., but also Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potash content and contains material for 40 tests. Since these are the essential ingredients affecting plant nutrition, we see a science project in the making: experimental plant growth in soils with different amounts of acidity and/or nutrients. From Luster Leaf(tm), the kit is entirely self contained and includes complete instructions for use and explanations. Be careful, please, the kit does have chemicals and should not be used by young children without supervision.
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88690 MULTI SOIL TEST KIT |
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Stompin' At The Savoy
Or maybe not. Hotel managers get funny about rocket launches, but this is NASA-level fun for the backyard, or maybe a cheap motel parking lot. The Stomp Rocket™ uses no batteries, fuel, diet cola or anything else but your feet. And good stomp on the 4" X 8" "Blast Pad" can get you 200 feet of lift at speeds up to 100mph. You get (4) bright yellow plastic rockets, 9" long x 7/8" dia, with soft, round nose cones (bulbs?) for safety's sake, and a tripod gantry. Fine adjustments even allow for accuracy contests. If the neighbors have really high roofs, or you manage to achieve orbit, we've got a (2) pack of replacement rockets.
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90325 REPLACEMENT ROCKETS | |
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89608 STOMPROCKET |
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Grow Your Own Butterflies!!!
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
More exciting than an ant colony! Prettier than tadpoles and frogs. The principle of this kit is the same as both. Buy the kit which consists of a growing/viewing chamber, food, and instructions. Send in the coupon (plus a small shipping charge) and receive (5) larvae and their food. In about (10) days the larvae will turn to chrysids and in another (7-10) days your beautifully marked butterflies will emerge from the chrysids. Truly entrancing and educational with extensive well written instructions/explanations of the phenomena you are observing. Highly recommended.
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88562 BUTTERFLY GARDEN |
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Gear Box
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
For the kid who's already a gearhead - or wants to be one! A Slinky Brand® kit that's All About Gears"! Big gears! Medium Gears! Small Gears! A total of (17) brightly colored plastic gears 1/2" thick and 2-12" to 4-1/2" dia, plus (1) motorized gear. All have magnetic bases and gear-ish decals. Includes a 10" x 13" metal work surface and a 20-page project manual to teach about power, drive and force, types, ratios, and trains! For ages 8 and up. Gear up to play with this kit by buying the (2) "AA" batteries it needs.
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93845 ALL ABOUT GEARS KIT |
Box of Rocks
About 40-50 highly polished stones, all shiny, translucent, or brightly colored, ranging from 3/4" long to 1/8" long. Great for mosaics, jewelry, or aquariums.
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90006 TUMBLED GEMSTONES |
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Sunshine On My Shoulders...
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 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.
makes me happy. It also gives me, and your favorite bright child, a head start on the energy future, as long as we both have this kit. The Tree of Knowledge® kit includes 150 experiments and activities in solar power, light rays, heat, lenses, mirrors, electrochemistry and more. It includes a 60pp manual plus myriad parts, including a solar cell, motor, parabolic mirror, LED, diode and resistor. Add a few common household items and kids 10 and over can start making the internal combustion engine obsolete.
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93601 SOLAR POWER KIT |
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