Hands-On Science Kits

• How does a plane fly? How does electricity work? How do you create and launch paper airplanes? How does air pressure impact aerodynamics?
• Six projects provide hours of play, helps kids understand STEM and how the world works.
• FLIGHT DECK® was designed to allow kids to discover the science of electricity, physics and provide hours of play.
• The simple design and flexible application of parts allows for 6 unique projects.
  • Kids will build a paper airplanes and send them flying.
  • They will install a motor circuit and launch flying saucers.
  • Build a circuit that launches ping pong balls
  • Additional projects include creating artistic patterns on a spinning wheel and learning about air pressure by levitating balls over a fan.
• FLIGHT DECK® includes easy to follow directions that allow kids to work independently, build confidence, and learn how the world works.
• It's the ultimate STEM toy!

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This fun and simple kit lets you make fun crafts using flowers that you press yourself! Each kit contains a 4 inch flower press and components to make cards, bookmarks and trinket boxes to feature your pressed creations. Also includes glue, brush, double adhesive tape, ribbon and detailed instructions. Learn More

Connect all the wires and circuits to build a bird and tree frog rescue game to play with friends! Includes catapult rescuers and speed controllers. Build the science kit and play with the toy. Ages 8+ Connex is a series of educational science kits that provide useful knowledge about simple physics. Smartly designed, each Connex kit allows kids to snap the pieces together with ease and breeze. Simply snap all key components and modules together to start and pull apart once finished. Encourages kids to experiment on their own for additional learning. Best of all, each kit can snap to another to integrate functions and double (triple, quadruple) the fun! Learn More

Hold a 70-million-year-old fossil in your hand! Features 9 fossils chosen for their color, texture, and beauty. Also includes a 4-color identification chart, self-adhesive labels, handy storage tray, and an information-packed guide. Learn More

Children can see how Frogs change as they grow with Insect Lore’s Frog Life Cycle Stages. These oversized, anatomically correct figures have been accurately painted and sculpted to show the four stages of Frog development: spawn, tadpole, frog with tail and adult frog. This detailed, four-piece set is made of durable, flexible plastic and is fun and educational. Mix them up and encourage your child to place them in the correct order. Recommended for Ages 4 and up. Learn More

Familiar containers help students identify common liquid capacities. Supports life-skills activities, science experiments, classroom demonstration and individual exploration of liquid measurements and related topics. Includes gallon, half-gallon, quart, pint and cup pieces resembling household containers that students recognize. Features clear markings of equivalencies. Provides Activity Guide with conversion tables. 5-Piece set is made of sturdy plastic Grades PreK+ From Learning Resources. Learn More

The perfect introduction to building toys! Features sturdy plastic gear pieces that snap together and are compatible with all other Gears!Gears!Gears!® building sets. Encourages creativity while building fine motor skills in hands-on construction play. Learn More

Take to the skies with new STEM skills! Kids build early engineering and other essential STEM skills during every play session with FlightGears, one of the fun-filled Gears! Gears! Gears! building sets from Learning Resources.

Using sturdy plastic gears that twist, turn, and move, little engineers can follow along with building suggestions in the included activity guide, or design and build their own sky-ready flying contraptions.

Each vehicle can also incorporate accessories inspired by real flying machines; add a propeller to power imaginary flights, or snap on some wheels to make each landing safe and fun. No matter what shape their vehicles take, kids will also build critical thinking, fine motor, and other STEM skills every time they design a new vehicle.

Best of all, FlightGears' pieces work with all existing Gears! sets (#7219, #0509), which encourages open-ended play and offers kids endless ways to design, build, and adapt their flying creations

Ages 4 - 8.

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These machines really move! With the Gears! Gears! Gears! Machines in Motion from Learning Resources, kids engineer their own playtime fun with the help of creative, open-ended building activities.

Using the included instructions, kids can build their own versions of numerous different interactive machines and vehicles, many of which incorporate special parts including a wrecking ball, chains, pulleys, and wheels.

Turn out a tank with its own helicopter propeller, or craft a complex contraption that spins with the twist of a lever. Kids can also set the instructions aside and bring their own designs to life; thanks to their open-ended designs and interchangeable parts, every Gears! Gears!

Gears! set from Learning Resources encourages kids to discover their inner engineer and hone STEM skills such as critical thinking and trial and error.

Each set also works with other Gears! sets, a fact that increases the playability of every piece.

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Build new STEM skills with your own construction and destruction machines! Kids build critical thinking and other STEM skills during every play session with WreckerGears, one of the fun-filled Gears! Gears! Gears! building sets from Learning Resources. With the help of the set's sturdy, colorful plastic gears, kids design and build their best wrecking machines, complete with a wrecking ball, digger scoop, or other construction-inspired accessories. Build along with the designs in the included guide, or let your imagination run free with a twisting, turning original design of your very own! Whether they're building an imaginary fortress or knocking down a few pretend walls, kids will build early engineering, fine motor, and other vital STEM skills with each new imaginative machine. Best of all, WreckerGears' work with all existing Gears! sets, which encourages open-ended play and offers kids endless ways to design, build, and adapt their construction and destruction creations. Ages 4-8

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Watch the planets rotate just like they do in space with eight motorized planets and a glowing light-up sun. Turn off the lights and project a star show on the ceiling for the ultimate in-room space experience!

. •Teaches the fundamentals of planetary rotation around the sun

•Encourages interest in the solar system

•Promotes a love of science and exploration

•Perfect for STEM learning

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Ages 6 - 12

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Explore the amazing world of ants up close! Set includes everything kids need to raise an ant colony and watch as they work together to tunnel, eat, sleep, and more.
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• Introduces the amazing world of insects
• Encourages a love of life science
• Reqards kids' natural, scientific curiosity
• Prefect for STEM learning

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The Big Idea Watch ants work - 24/7 - with nutrient-rich farm gel that doubles as food and color-changing LEDs that light up the night!

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• Introduces the amazing world of insects
• Encourages a love of life science
• Rewards kids' natural, scientific curiosity
• Perfect for STEM learning

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Includes ant habitat with 3 magnification spots; cool, color-changing LED lights with on/off switch; and air vent that allows air in while keeping ants safely trapped inside

Unique nutrient-rich gel eliminates the need for feeding or watering

Includes activity guide and mail-in certificate for Harvester Ants (available in the continental U.S. & Canada only - ants cannot be shipped to Hawaii or Oregon - ants do not ship during the winter months)

Requires 3 AA batteries (not included)

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Ages 7-12

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Bring the wonder of the solar system home with this versatile space set that you can mount or hang to transform any room into the ultimate observatory! 

•Promotes an early interest in space and astronomy

•Encourages artistic expression through decorating

•Perfect for STEM learning

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The Big Idea Witness the incredible transformation from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly in amazing, magnified detail!

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Encourages scientific exploration and discovery Introduces the amazing world of life science

Instill a lifelong love of nature

Supports STEM learning!

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Butterfly habitat with outer pocket, plastic chrysalis log, magnifying glass, and activity guide

Includes certificate for 5 live Painted Lady Butterfly caterpillars (consumer pays postage)

Reusable mesh habitat folds for easy storage

Ages 4-7

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This super-sized Critter Habitat is perfect for curious little learners and junior nature enthusiasts! Collect and observe bugs, frogs, fish, rocks, leaves, flowers and more in a safe, critter-friendly environment you can carry.

•Encourages scientific exploration and discovery

•Promotes hands-on learning through observation and collection of data

• Perfect for STEM learning

•Portable habitat for critter collection and observation

•Air holes, rotating feeder, and locking lid keeps critters happy and safe

•Supports wet and dry habitats

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The Big IdeaUp close and far away, bring nature your way with the world's only 2-in-1 microscope/telescope!

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Encourages scientific exploration and discovery

Introduces the wonderful world of life science

Perfect for STEM learning and scientific exploration on the go!

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Includes scope with 8x magnification, perfect-fit goggles with enlarged eyepieces, break-away strap, soft rubber hand grips, and telescoping barrel with 15x magnification for distance viewing

Magnification and field of vision designed specifically for preschoolers' level of perception

The ONLY combined microscope and telescope out there!

Objects will look upside down or backwards in MICROSCOPE MODE. Just like a real scientist, you are viewing through convex lenses, that make objects appear reversed. To view right side up, simply turn the object upside down before observing it with your Explorer Scope.

Ages 3-6

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The Big Idea Turn up the volume for exploration with binoculars you can see AND hear with!

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Supports STEM learning

Encourages scientific exploration and discovery

Instills a lifelong love of science and nature

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Focus-free binoculars with 3x magnification and built-in headset-free audio amplification

Squint-free, extra-large eyepieces for easy viewing

Breakaway strap for safety

Requires 2 AAA batteries (not included)

Ages 5-10

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The only binoculars designed specifically for little kids! Enlarged focus-free eyepieces—more than three times the size of ordinary binoculars—and perfect-fit goggles with placement guide enable kids (even toddlers) to see up close!

• Encourages nature and bird watching
• Learning time exploration
• Fun introductory science tool
• Kid-friendly binoculars, perfect for the youngest explorers
• Focus-free, 2x magnification
• Enlarged eye pieces and foolproof placement goggles
• Breakaway neckstrap
• Built kid-tough and designed to last for years

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Raise and study ladybugs, from larvae to adorable adults, in this bug-safe garden habitat! Ready to redeem your certificate? Get started here.

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Supports STEM learning Introduces life science in an engaging way

Encourages an appreciation for nature

Cut to the Chase Includes garden habitat and mail-in certificate for ladybugs (consumer pays postage)

Ladybugs only ship within continental U.S. (can not ship to Alaska, Hawaii, Canada or Mexico)

Three magnification spots provide an up-close and personal view of these incredible critters

Twist-off lid makes feeding safe and easy

Ages 3-7

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The Big Idea Magnify the fun of exploration and discovery with these 8x magnification glasses!

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Support STEM learning Introduce a key scientific tool

Encourage a lifelong love of science and nature

Promote exploration and discovery

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Adjustable explorer glasses with 2x and 8x magnification levels

Features built-in LED light for night viewing

Double eyecup makes viewing easy!

Requires 2 AAA batteries (not included)

ages 4-7

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Get preschoolers excited about science and introduce them to the miracles of magnification with My First Microscope! Magnify any small object – flat or dimensional – at 8x with this real, working microscope designed especially for little kids!

• Encourages scientific exploration
• Rewards curiosity
• Introduces kids to a key scientific tool
• A microscope designed with preschoolers in mind
• View anything at up to 8x magnification
• Part of the award-winning GeoSafari Jr. line of toys

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Little STEM learners can complete 15 amazing, hands-on experiments right out of the box.

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• Encourages scientific experimentation and following directions
• Learn about the scientific method
• Learn about chemistry and reactions

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The Big Idea Discover amazing, up-close lunar exploration with GeoSafari Jr. My First Telescope!

Little ones can explore the moon with this focus-free telescope, built specifically for little hands and growing minds. Perfect for STEM learning.

The 9x magnification provides fantastic views of the moon, while keeping the field of vision wide, which is essential for young children's understanding of magnified views.

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Ideal tool for preschoolers interested in space and the moon

Encourages exploration and discovery

Provides hands-on experience with a scientific tool

Introduces the wonders of space

Perfect for STEM learning

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Focus-free, easy-setup telescope designed specifically for young scientists 9x Magnification with wide field of vision, built-in diagonal mirror, and lens cap

Two extra-large eyepieces with comfy goggle and nose cut-out guide for perfect eye placement

Collapsible tripod for tabletop viewing and easy storage

Ages 4-7

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