- Winner of Parents’ Choice Approved Award and Dr.Toy One of the 10 Best Educational Products 2005 Award
- Contains a variety of experiments and instruction guide with scientific explanation
- Spark your child’s curiosity in science while they are young!
- Learn about colors, learn about volcanoes
- A great family kit with experiments that will intrigue several ages
Product Description
Mind blowing experiments to delight and educate young scientists! Erupt a color changing volcano.? Mix up magic ooze with a mind of its own.? Play with sand that never gets wet.? Mix safe chemicals and watch colors change before your eyes. You’ll amaze yourself and your friends as you explore the science behind these truly remarkable reactions.
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Here’s a quick primer for parents looking to buy science kits for the early grade school set (i.e., K – 3rd). Every science kit, including this one, basically tells you to mix vinegar with baking soda and “Voila!” you made a volcano. Nevermind that in later years some kid will go hiking in the crater of Mt. St. Helen’s during an eruption thinking it is just harmless cooking products. Use safe chemicals to make scientific changing colors? You guessed it — food dye. All these kits basically include a set of plastic test tubes and instructions telling you to open your kitchen cupboards. Back in the Middle Ages people who sold this kind of hokum for the price it now commands were called alchemists. They eventually went out of business. Buy the kid a Suzukie violin or a football helmet instead.
Rating: 1 / 5
It is ok, bought for 6 year old who loves science, not as fun as expected.
Rating: 3 / 5
My grandsons loved this science kit. It was the perfect solution for 2 rainy days.
Rating: 4 / 5
I got this kit for my 5-year-old daughter who loves doing little experiments and I decided to try this kit out. It comes with a set of items that facilitate a range of relatively easy and fun experiments. The kit contains: red cabbage juice powder, citric acid, baking soda, color tablets, cross-linked polyacrylamide crystals, vegetable oil, corn starch, 2 sheets of goldenrod paper, 2 cotton swabs, 3 test tubes and caps, 3 clear plastic cups, 1 pipette (in the form of an eye dropper), 2 stir sticks, 1 small plastic scoop, and 1 medium plastic scoop. The experiments also call for some basic and easy-to-find household items such as water, baking flour, plate/tray, tape, red and blue pens, grape juice, coffee filter paper, etc.
An older child may be able to conduct these experiments by him/herself though I feel adult supervision is necessary (it is also recommended by the manufacturer). I had to help my daughter with some parts of the experiments, especially those involving the use of citric acid. The experiments included here are:
Dancing Powders
Color changing liquids
Acid or Base? – involves testing some safe household liquids to determine if they are acids or bases.
Colorful Jiggle Crystals – we had so much fun with these! It does require patience as it takes up to 2 hours for the crystals to absorb the water and form into soft crystals.
Test tube sunset
Giant Jiggly Crystals
Color Changing Volcano – this was awesome! We started on a modest scale making a small volcano, then I adapted the recipe and made a bigger one with bigger fizzy effects, to my preschooler’s delight!
Underwater Volcano
Color Changing Paper
Color Changing Grapes
Magic Ooze
Mix Colors with your eyes – mixing colors without them touching each other.
Each experiment comes with detailed step by step instructions, and also a segment titled “Mind Blowing Science Secrets” which I found quite educational.
Final verdict – this is an excellent beginner science kit that will motivate young children and enhance their interest in science. The experiments are easy to produce and great fun – definitely worth the money!
Rating: 5 / 5
I purchased this kit for my 4 year old daughter. She currently wants to be a “Scientist” when she grows up, so she demanded a “real” science kit. When we opened it and saw it had 3 test tubes she nearly exploded with excitement. “IT IS REAL SCIENCE!” The experiements are very simple, but fun and satisfying. It is a great way to introduce science concepts to young minds. It isn’t inquiry-based science because the experiments are structured step by step, but it has sparked enough curiousity that she is starting to ask questions and seek answers without the guidance of a kit, and that is the ultimate success. Excellent purchase.
Rating: 5 / 5