Hands-On Science Kits

ncludes an optical finder scope and a 2x Barlow lens that's perfect for both celestial and terrestrial viewing

Offers reliable refractor design, altazimuth mount and heavy-duty adjustable tripod that make it easy to use and keep components organized

Grades 3+

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Create cool chemistry experiments with real scientific tools! Kids can safely explore scientific principles right at home with everything they need to delve into the world of chemistry.

•Promotes scientific observation and documentation

•Practice conducting real science experiments

•Encourages a love of the scientific method •Perfect for STEM learning

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GeoSafari® Sprout & Grow Window™. See what happens above and beneath the soil! See plant science in action from roots to leaves. • Features transparent, self-supporting window planter that allows students to view what happens beneath the soil as plants sprout, develop roots and grow tall • Includes bean and pea seed packets, enriched soil for optimum growth, step-by-step instructions, suggested activities, and journal pages for writing about observations • Planter stands on a windowsill or tabletop and measures XX" • Grades K+. Ages 5-11 Learn More

GeoSafari® Talking Microscope™. Get a close-up view, listen to cool facts—even play a quiz game! Ages 5-8. The perfect first microscope! Great for introducing scientific observation. • Features a dial children can turn to listen to fun facts about what they’re seeing on the slides • Challenges children to remember what they’ve learned in an electronic quiz game • Includes 12 prepared slides of common insects • Magnifies 5x and provides a light for easy, close-up viewing • Requires 3 C batteries, not included • Grades K+. Learn More

GeoSafari® Talking Telescope™. Hear facts, see slides and take the quiz game challenge! Ages 5-8. The ultimate science show-and-tell experience! • Tells children cool facts about mammals, reptiles, planets and stars as they enjoy close-up views of each • Features quiz game that covers everything they’ve learned, with 200 facts and questions in all • Offers on-the-go exploring with detachable scope featuring 4x magnification • Includes 20 slides and built-in storage for easy cleanup • Shuts off automatically • Requires 4 AA batteries, not included • Grades K+. Learn More

View everything from a microbe to the moon with this 2-in-1 set, perfect for scientific discoveries!

• Real, powerful science tools
• Introduction to astronomy and microbiology
• Supports discovery and observation
• Encourages independent, parent-free learning
• 2-in-1 Telescope and Microscope Set
• The portable 360mm telescope features 50mm achromatic objective lens; all-glass optics; magnifications from 18x to 80x; and 2 interchangeable glass eyepieces
• The microscope features durable die-cast metal construction; power settings from 100x to 600x; 10x and 20x glass eyepieces; and professionally prepared slides and everything users need to make their own specimen slides
• Microscope light requires 2 AA batteries (not included)

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Inquisitive scientists young and old will enjoy investigating the universe through the precision optics of the Vega 600. With magnifications from 30x to 150x and rack and pinion focusing, stargazers and naturalists are rewarded with bright, clear images -perfect for scoping out birds and animals, as well as the moon, planets, and constellations. PLUS, lightweight, and easy to use! High-quality features and components include: 50mm achromatic objective lens, all-glass optics, two interchangeable eyepieces, optical finder scope, full-height, adjustable tripod, and image erector for viewing terrestrial subjects. Grades 3 and up Learn More

Follow the spread! Have fun while learning about how germs spread and the importance of proper handwashing. This easy-to-use kit provides safe interaction tools for demonstrating how easily harmful bacteria and viruses can transfer from one surface to another.

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See the Miracle of Metamorphosis TEN times with the Giant Butterfly Garden®! Your child will never forget the experience of witnessing the metamorphosis of ten caterpillars into beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies. This Giant-Sized Butterfly Habitat has super-see-through mesh perfect for butterfly viewing. The reusable habitat stands on a table or hangs from its handy Velcro carry handle. Butterfly Life Cycle Stages figures are also included. Insect Lore provides two options when you order the Giant Butterfly Garden®. Choose to order your Giant Butterfly Garden® with 2 Cups of Caterpillars NOW (5 caterpillars in each cup), or order your Giant Butterfly Garden® with Certificate, which allows you to redeem your caterpillars LATER. An additional $5 shipping and handling fee for your 10 caterpillars is required when you redeem your certificate. From Insect Lore. Learn More

Create an out-of-this-world playroom or bedroom with this unique solar system set. Each colorful planet inflates easily, turning any room into an intergalactic experience. Includes a sun, nine proportionally sized planets with hanging hooks, moon, convenient foot pump, Activity Guide with fun planet facts and repair kit. Specifications: Sun measures 23" in diameter, Jupiter measures 14" in diameter, Saturn measures 11.5" in diameter and includes attached rings, Neptune measures 9" in diameter, Uranus measures 9" in diameter, Venus measures 7.5" in diameter, Earth measures 7.5" in diameter, Mars measures 6" in diameter, Mercury measures 6" in diameter, Pluto measures 5" in diameter, and Earth's moon measures 5" in diameter. Learn More

This plastic glow in the dark stars set includes a big 11.5 inch crescent moon and ten glow stars in assorted sizes 1.5 to 3.5 inches. Adhesive included. 3+ /!\ WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. Learn More

Glow-in-the-dark! Cover any ceiling or wall with these glowing stick-up stars. Perfect for stargazers and children who struggle with the dark. Just expose the stars to daylight and watch them glow during the night! Best when charged in natural light. Each set comes with 8 stars, 4 big and 4 small. Stickers provided for attaching stars to your intended surface. Learn More

It’s glow time! Conduct fun and illuminating experiments with glowing substances and neon pigments with this exciting (and educational!) science kit. Discover the chemistry of glowing materials as you cast your own neon sidewalk chalk in fun shapes like stars, crystals, and frogs. Learn about light and phosphorescence as you make flowers that glow in the dark and mix up a solution to make your own radiant glow sticks! You can observe your glowing creations under the included UV flashlight and create your own blacklight showcase to display them. Includes two glowing pigments, UV flashlight, glow-in-the-dark star stickers, plaster for chalk, and tools and instructions. The kit box doubles as a blacklight showcase.

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A necessity for any science lab, these durable polypropylene cylinders come in calibrations of 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000 milliliters for volume experiments and beyond. Autoclavable. Ages 8+. From Learning Resources. Learn More

Going up! Build a mighty robotic bug that defies gravity to crawl up, down, and all around windows with ease! This motorized, multi-legged machine uses an ingenious system of suction cups to walk on smooth vertical surfaces like windows and glossy panels. Assemble the robot to learn about its inner mechanisms, including gears and an electric circuit complete with motor, battery, and switch. Then experiment to see which types of surfaces your Gravity Bug can climb best. Read about how suction cups work and how this robot climbs. This hands-on construction kit brings engineering and physics to life as it demonstrates the power of air pressure at work. An eight-panel, full-color manual guides your model building with step-by-step illustrated instructions.

+ Build a small but powerful robot that walks up windows and other smooth, flat surfaces

+ Learn about air pressure and suction cups

+ Third-generation wall-walking technology with advanced suction-cup design

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Unearth and discover a statue of Athena, a Discobolus of Myron the discus thrower, and the mask of Agamemnon from Ancient Greece. Learn More

Product Dimensions 9.5 x 2.5 x 8.5 inches

Item Weight 8 ounces

Manufacturer recommended age 8 - 15 years

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Build this moving Green Science - Hybrid Crabot powered by solar energy or 1 AAA battery. Great beginner robotics kit.

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A squishy heart! Colorful lungs! Brains made of … putty?! Anatomy has never been so fun! With the Gross Anatomy science kit, you can learn all about the human body and its vital organs by making your own squishy, slimy models of them. Mix up colorful slime mixtures and pour them into the included molds to make some of the human body’s major organs: the heart, lungs, kidneys, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, and liver. Then, arrange your squishy creations in a clear plastic torso to visualize where they fit in your body. Next, use the included colorful putty and brain stamp to cut out a squishy brain model as you learn fascinating science facts about this important organ. You can even pretend to be a doctor by experimenting with a safe plastic scalpel for a fun, mushy, hands-on learning experience! Learn More

Craft, Plant, Water, GROW! 2 hot trends in one complete crafting kit.

Turn this plastic mason-style jar into your own little habitat with real plants and tin figurines. Set includes a 5" h x 3-1/4" w jar, decorative lid, potting mix, organic chia and wheat grass seeds, garden figurines, decorative sand, river stones and a plant mister. Add dimension to your garden with translucent and glow-in-the-dark stickers - hold it up to the light and watch the fireflies glow.

A terrarium is a miniature garden in a simulated natural environment. The Grow N’ Glow Terrarium is a complete kit for helping kids to create their very own miniature eco-system. It’s so easy!

You just assemble, decorate, water and watch it grow! It’s a fun way to teach kids about botany, eco-systems and the life cycle of plants. Kids love to see how things work and especially how the magic of seeds, soil, sun and water will blossom into green plants!

This is a great lesson in cause-and-effect, responsible stewardship and delayed gratification, since the terrarium needs to be misted each day for the seeds to sprout and grow. Like keeping a pet, the plants will only thrive if they’re given water each day – but no worries – if they forget to water it they learn the importance of water to the life cycle! And when they do water it, the seeds begin to shoot up in three to four days.

Creativity for Kids Grow N’ Glow Terrarium is fun for both boys and girls – all year long! Kids will experience the accomplishment of growing their own little habitat.

The Grow N’ Glow Terrarium is the perfect STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, ART, Math) experience.

Ages: 6 to 96

Contents Include: Plastic mason-style jar Decorative lid Potting mix Organic chia and wheat grass seeds Garden figurines Decorative sand River stones and a plant mister Translucent and glow-in-the-dark stickers

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Girls & Boys love dinosaurs; doesn’t EVERYBODY love dinosaurs? Similar to our Fairy Garden – this dinosaur themed activity combines 3 timeless play patterns into one creative kit - Dinosaurs, Garden and Miniature role play!

The perfect STEAM activity for big and little paleontologists. This “just add water” kit includes: dinosaurs, a dinosaur fossil, light up volcano, lava paint, glowing stones, planting container, potting mix, quick grow chia, wheat grass and bean seeds, a soil scoop and plant mister.

Glow-in-the-dark paint and accessories along with the light up volcano will add WOW to this garden craft. Quick grow seeds start sprouting in just a few days. Enough seeds to plant your garden 2-3 times.

Fun dinosaur science facts are included in our fully illustrated instructions.

Ages: 6 to 96

Contents Include: Planting dish, potting mix, bean seed assortment, wheatgrass seeds, chia seeds, 2 dinosaurs, 1 dinosaur fossil, 3D volcano, flickering lava light, light holder, lava paint (.3 fl oz/9 ml), dino eggs, red & blue gravel, glow-in-the-dark rock assortment, glow-in-the-dark paint (.3 fl oz/9 ml), paint brush, plant mister, planting scoop, adhesive, instructions and dinosaur facts 

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Gummy Candy Lab    Make all-natural gummy candies from seaweed!

Mold your own delicious gummy candies using a natural gelatin-like ingredient called carrageenan that comes from seaweed! Flavor and sweeten your mixture with two flavors and then mold the gummy shapes in the included mold. You can even add citric acid to make sour gummies! Learn about the scientific properties of natural polymers. Food ingredients included.

Ages 6 +

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Happy Atoms Complete Set

Chemistry is the science of materials, their properties, and how they react with each other. All materials are made of atoms. Why do some atoms combine with each other while other atoms do not? Because atoms just want to be happy!

Of course, atoms don’t really have feelings. But they do have observable behaviors. And atoms tend to be more stable, or “happy,” when they have certain numbers of electrons whizzing around their cores. Where do they find extra electrons if they need more to be happy? From other atoms that have too many electrons, of course! When atoms share or exchange electrons to be happy, they stick together. Happy atoms form molecules!

With this revolutionary approach to teaching chemistry, you can make your own happy atoms! This physical and digital system lets you discover the world of molecules in an intuitive, hands-on way. Using a set of 50 atom models representing 16 different elements, you can assemble your own molecular models. The atoms connect easily with magnets: metal tips on the ends of rubbery arms, which represent free electrons, snap onto magnetic bonding sites on the atom spheres, which represent empty spots for electrons in the atom’s outermost electron shell. With the Happy Atoms Complete Set, you can snap together thousands of different molecules. Because the atoms already have the correct number of free electrons and empty bonding sites, it is difficult to build a molecule that doesn't actually exist. Happy Atoms function like the building blocks of the universe!

The digital component takes this molecular modeling system to the next level. Using the Happy Atoms app and the camera on your tablet or smartphone, you can scan molecules you build. The app then uses state-of-the-art image recognition technology to identify the molecules. After a molecule is discovered, the app presents information about it, including its composition, usage, properties, hazards, formula, and structure. The app can recognize up to 10,000 molecules. It presents in-depth information about 150 molecules and general information about the rest. The app is a fun and interactive chemistry curriculum. It takes you on guided quests to discover new molecules and learn about them. You can track your progress with the app, collecting sets of molecules that you have built and explored. Many people think of chemistry as complicated and hard to grasp. New technology now enables us to take this innovative approach to teaching chemistry, making it more tangible and instinctive than ever before.

Requires a tablet or smartphone running iOS 8 (or later) or Android 4.4 (or later, with 1GB RAM, dual-core processor, and camera).

For Ages 10-17. From Thames & Kosmos.

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Happy Atoms Introductory Set

Chemistry is the science of materials, their properties, and how they react with each other. All materials are made of atoms. Why do some atoms combine with each other while other atoms do not? Because atoms just want to be happy!

Of course, atoms don’t really have feelings. But they do have observable behaviors. And atoms tend to be more stable, or “happy,” when they have certain numbers of electrons whizzing around their cores. Where do they find extra electrons if they need more to be happy? From other atoms that have too many electrons, of course! When atoms share or exchange electrons to be happy, they stick together. Happy atoms form molecules! With this revolutionary approach to teaching chemistry, you can make your own happy atoms!

This physical and digital system lets you discover the world of molecules in an intuitive, hands-on way.

Using a set of 17 atom models representing 6 different elements, you can assemble your own molecular models. The atoms connect easily with magnets: metal tips on the ends of rubbery arms, which represent free electrons, snap onto magnetic bonding sites on the atom spheres, which represent empty spots for electrons in the atom’s outermost electron shell.

With the Happy Atoms Introductory Set, you can snap together hundreds of different molecules. Because the atoms already have the correct number of free electrons and empty bonding sites, it is difficult to build a molecule that doesn't actually exist. Happy Atoms function like the building blocks of the universe!

The digital component takes this molecular modeling system to the next level. Using the Happy Atoms app and the camera on your tablet or smartphone, you can scan molecules you build. The app then uses state-of-the-art image recognition technology to identify the molecules.

After a molecule is discovered, the app presents information about it, including its composition, usage, properties, hazards, formula, and structure. The app can recognize hundreds of the molecules that you can build with this set. It presents detailed information about 49 of the molecules you can build.

The app is a fun and interactive chemistry curriculum. It takes you on guided quests to discover new molecules and learn about them. You can track your progress with the app, collecting sets of molecules that you have built and explored.

Many people think of chemistry as complicated and hard to grasp. New technology now enables us to take this innovative approach to teaching chemistry, making it more tangible and instinctive than ever before. Requires a tablet or smartphone running iOS 8 (or later) or Android 4.4 (or later, with 1GB RAM, dual-core processor, and camera).

Ages 10- 17

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