Hands-On Science Kits

• Prehistoric Dino Adventures: Kids identify popular dinosaur species, make their own footprint fossils, solve dino puzzles, and more with these hands-on preschool science activities!
• School-Ready Skills: Within the 24-page write-and-wipe preschool activity book, kids learn school-ready skills with the help of puzzling mazes, writing and sequence exercises, and all kinds of dino facts!
• Dig and Explore: This set's dual-function shovel and magnifier lets kids dig like real paleontologists, then see their discoveries up close!

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Product Dimensions 10 x 2.5 x 11 inches

 Manufacturer recommended age 8 years and up 

Manufacturer Thames & Kosmos

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Build all 5 Simple Machines at the same time! Students can construct, examine and explain simple machines to develop a deeper understanding of how they make work easier. • A 5-in-1 value! • Contains enough pieces to build a lever, pulley, inclined plane, wheel and axle, and wedge—all at the same time. • Modify machines with 4 included weights (two 5g and two 10 g) and 8 included rubber bands to explore effort, force, load, motion and distance. • Labeled pieces assemble easily and separate to store. • Set of 63 pieces includes Activity Guide. Additional Activity Card Set sold separately (Item #7077) Grades 4+ From Learning Resources. Learn More

PLEASE NOTE: Picture is of display.

You will receive ONE small plastic box with a variety of shells.

Not for children under 3 years old.

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PLEASE NOTE: Picture is of display.

You will receive ONE small plastic box with a variety of shark teeth inside.

NOT intetended for children 3 years old and under.

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(Bin measures 14.5" W x 10.25" L x 4.75" H)

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts.

Not for children under 3 yrs.

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Pretend you are a baker while engaging your sense of touch and smell with a bakery themed sensory bin! Play with scented dough, pom poms and cookie cutters to build fine motor skills and promote sensory development

Parents and children can enjoy hours of imaginative play together! Complete cognitive tasks found in the illustrated instructions like “Call out the colors of the items” to encourage thought, perception, and knowledge in your child

Place your self-contained bin on a towel to prevent mess while you are rolling, shaping and decorating with the included sensory materials!

Hands-on play is a great way to prepare your child for preschool! While engaging with Sensory Bin Bake Shop your children will learn to explore, create and engage

All sensory materials inside Creativity for Kids Sensory Bins are kid-friendly and non-toxic

When your family is done playing and engaging with the sensory bin, upcycle it by planting flowers or storing small toys and keepsakes inside, crafters can also recycle their bin to do their part in saving our Earth!

Creativity for Kids Sensory Bins are safety tested and recommended for ages 3+

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Includes 12"W x 4"D x 8"H clear plastic box with faux grass top, 3 clear-view compartments with aeration holes and magnification spots, and thermometers. Teaches decomposition, composting, life cycles, and environmental education. Teacher's guide with usage ideas, time lines, and science fair applications. Three separate, aerated compartments enable kids to view the entire decomposition process clearly and make side-by-side comparisons between different materials. Included thermometers demonstrate temperature changes during decomposition process. From Educational Insights. Ages 4+ Learn More

Learn the unique qualities of sedimentary rocks. Identify by color, texture, structure and the presence of minerals.

Features:

– Includes 15 rock specimens and 1 magnifying glass.

– Learning guide included.

– For ages 8+

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Each specimen is handpicked for exceptional color, texture and beauty. Features 12 large sedimentary rocks formed by layers of deposited matter over centuries Includes 4-color identification chart, self-adhesive labels, storage tray and guide packed with information Brings Earth science lessons to life for students Grades 3+ Learn More

Science Wiz- Gemstone Collection

Fossil Collection #3704 Sold Separately.

Science Wiz Volcanic Rock Collection not currently available.

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Grow giant crystals; Create frozen pours of crystal; Crystals can be reheated and reused dozens of times; Child-safe material; Instructions authored by Penny Norman, PhD. Ages 8+ Learn More

Relate rocks to the history of the planet -- It is written in the rocks! Connect the earth's crust to real rocks. Uses exciting eruptive experiments to foster comprehension 20 Activities: •Mold and slice open a model of the earth •Create a lava fountain to explore density •Spew your own volcano •Make your own pyroclastic eruptions •Discover which rocks will float and which will burn •Identify, break & display volcanic rocks •Sediment your own sedimentary rocks •Acid test rocks •Explore metamorphic rocks •Form fossils Ages 8 and up 56 page science book with materials Learn More

Blast off with Newton's laws of motion and prepare to excel in PHYSICS! Develop a fundamental understanding of inertia, the laws of motion, centripetal force, mass, weight, velocity and acceleration. Concepts are covered with time tested experiments and highly visual illustrations. This kit includes a balance scale for measuring mass, a stopwatch accurate to 1/100 of a second to clock speed and a jet car that really zooms. 24 Activities • Launch bottle rockets • Perform tricks with inertia • Stay in motion with a floating hover puck • Zoom a jet car • Build your own spring meter • Spin water upside down • Assemble and use a balance scale • Clock a race and accelerate, accelerate • Measure mass ScienceWiz Portal to Discovery for Physics Explore key ideas in physics by entering this ScienceWiz™ Portal. You will find animations and videos that bring the ScienceWiz™ Physics Book and projects to life. Explore intriguing videos and links to information that will amuse, astonish, enrich and extend the content in the book and kit. Enter the portal for the Physics Book and Kit . Ages 8+ 40 page science book with materials Major Awards • Dr. Toy's Best Toys Award • Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Toy Award • Creative Child Magazine Award Learn More

• Model and chart the phases of the moon
• Discover how moonlight is actually sunlight
• Learn 5 things you never knew about moon dust
• Impact your own craters
• Model layers of the moon
•  Eclipse a ball with a coin to understand solar and lunar eclipses

And much more!

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This should be one of your child's first science kits. The large, color coded magnets should be played with in Kindergarten. The first 15 activities explore which metals stick to magnets, magnetic poles, attract and repel, magnets through materials, and temporary magnets. The kits includes high quality, color coded, SAFE ceramic magnets. Activities in the first part of the book •Draw with iron filings •Discover what sticks to magnets •Levitate and bounce rings •Swim a duck •Make a temporary magnet •Detect iron •Go fishing •Play with magnetic poles Sometime between second and third grade children should revisit this book, repeat their favorite activities, and do the more advanced projects in the second part of the book. Ages 8 and up 40 page science book with materials Awards •National Parenting Magazine Award•Creative Child Magazine Award Learn More

Ages 7 to 12 40 page science book with materials A beautiful full color book guides children through hands-on experiments. The book nurtures a love of science with carefully crafted projects that work. Learn More

4 Major Projects to Build •A spinning motor •A clicking telegraph•A light flashing generator•A real radio. Ages 8 to 80 40 page science book with materials Major Awards •Scientific American Young Reader's Book Award •American Specialty Toy Association Award - Top Picks •National Parenting Magazine Award: Gold •Creative Child Magazine Award •Funded by the National Science Foundation and the Franklin Foundation Learn More

Thermodynamics here we come. Heat transfer is a hot topic, indeed. Explore how the use of thermometers led not only to the discovery of invisible light (infrared) but also to quantum mechanics!

• Point and measure temperature from floor to ceiling with an infrared thermometer
• Explore changes in state and record freezing and boiling points
• Capture your thermal thumbprint
• Measure the rising temperature of an oozing, snaking exothermic reaction
• Make your own heat pack
• Expand and contract and repair with heat
• Radiate, convect & conduct heat
• Learn about absolute zero
• Explore Herschel’s experiment with thermometers and the discovery of infrared light
• Measure black-body radiation and prepare to stumble into the ultraviolet catastrophe

For children ages 8 and up Includes a 40-page book & materials.

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Learn about global warming. Discover what energy is, how it is generated now and what choices await us in the future. Build a solar car and join the race to save the planet! 22 Activities •Build a solar racer •Launch a supercapacitor car •Make an electric car•Spin a flywheel generator •Build a battery to light an LED •Do a kinetic chain reaction •Store potential energy on your head •Discover how solar cells work •Focus the suns energy with lenses Ages 8 to 80 48 page science book with materials Major Awards •Dr. Toy's Top 10 Educational Toys, 2006 •Creative Child Magazine Award •A favorite with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO) Learn More

For ages 8 and up

Includes a 48-page science book with materials

Go from potato batteries to voltage piles to building electronic circuits!

• Build a LIE DETECTOR!
• Assemble and test a touch sensor
• Construct blinking and flashing-light circuits
• Make a potato battery and voltage pile
• Solve circuit puzzles
• Make a continuity tester
• Master circuits with a multimeter
• Explore Ohm’s Law

Build! Build! Build!

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The highly visual, step-by-step instructions enable young children to play independently. This children's classic with its touch of whimsy should be your child's FIRST electricity kit. 18 Activities; •Spin motors and pinwheels; •Light lights; •Buzz buzzers; •Send coded messages; •Test what conducts; Ages 5 to 10; 40 page science book with materials. Learn More

Central concepts in molecular biology become child's play in this cutting edge science kit. We are in the DNA age. Discoveries in molecular biology are among the most important scientific advancements of our time. Make the DNA revolution accessible! 18 Activities •Extract DNA from a fruit •Probe and spool real DNA •Build a double helix •Solve a chromosome puzzle •Is it a boy or a girl? •Do gene analysis •Extract your own DNA •Make forgery proof DNA ink For children ages 8 and up 40 page science book and kit Learn More

Science Whiz Crazy Chemistry Party Activity Kit. Make science a celebration. Designed for up to 5 children. Perfect for any parent planning a unique afternoon of play for elementary age children. *Capture CO2 explostions *Make candles *Hold a bulging penny contest *Learn the secrets of the upside down water trick *Sink and float balloons Ages 8 and Up. Learn More