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Got a little scientist in your house?

Enrich your child’s knowledge of physics, electricity, energy, light, and other fascinating aspects of science with our new Science Wiz and Scientific Explorer kits.

New Science Wiz Kits

Science Wiz Inventions

Years of testing with children has produced this carefully crafted set of doable projects.

Build, Build, Build!

  • A spinning motor
  • A clicking telegraph
  • a light flashing generator
  • a real radio

Discover what energy is, how we make it now and what choices await us in the future. Build a solar car and join the race to save the planet! Learn about global warming. Includes materials for 22 separate projects. Requires common household items and one 1.5 volt battery and one 9 volt battery.

Here’s what you can accomplish:

  • Build a solar car
  • Launch a super capacitor car
  • Make an electric car
  • Spin a flywheel generator
  • Build a battery to light an LED
  • Do a kinetic chain reaction

Split, spin and spill color.

Here’s what you can accomplish:

  • Fuse colored light beams with a light wand
  • Split light into a cascade of rainbows
  • Make a kaleidoscope
  • Mold lenses
  • Make a microscope and telescope
  • Capture a shadow
  • Box a camera
  • Diffract with feathers
  • Play the I Spy game with mirrors
  • Solve Filter Puzzles

Blast off with Newton’s Laws of Motion!

Here’s what you can accomplish:

  • Launch Bottle Rockets
  • Perform tricks with inertia
  • Star in motion with a low friction air puck
  • Build your own spring meter and munch an apple down to one Newton
  • Spin and circle with centripetal forces
  • Build and balance with a balance scale
  • Clock your own speed and measure the acceleration of a car down a ramp

Build an electric car without a battery.

Be among the first to build a high performance electric car that runs without a battery! Explore the future now.

Kit contains ultra capacitor, motor, wires, car base, car body, decals, wheels, axles, gears, washers and battery band.

New Scientific Explorer Kits

Disgusting Science Kit

Disgusting Science Kit

It’s the grossest, most revolting science kit out there! Grow your own friendly germs and fuzzy molds. Mix up a batch of coagulating fake blood. Even make a stinky intestine. Learn the science behind unmentionable bodily functions while doing some truly NASTY experiments.

My First Chemistry Kit

My First Chemistry Kit

Introduce young kids to the wonders of chemistry. This kit includes a microscope and accessories, plus the equipment and materials to conduct simple and fun chemistry experiments designed especially for first time scientists. Created in collaboration with the early learning experts at UC Berkeley GEMS.
My First Dino Kit My First Dino Kit With My First Dino Kit, you’re a real paleontologist! Use excavation tools to dig up a dinosaur skeleton and then classify and display your findings. Build a glow in the dark model, or grow and shrink some giant dinos, all while you learn about the prehistoric past. Did some dinosaurs have feathers? Are crocodiles as ancient as the dinosaurs? You’ll find out.

The Sweet Smells of Sophisticated Science

On a lighter (scented) note… have you ever wondered how they make cosmetics and perfumes? The Creative Cosmetics kit explains the “Science of Skin Care.” Not only does this kit explain skin, nail, and hair care, it gives a broad “foundation” of dermatology and the chemistry of oils, gels and lotions. Your kids will get to create their own formulas with the cosmetic bases and natural ingredients you purchase from your local store. Kids learn hygiene and safety are essential for proper skin care, as well as how to apply their creations to their lips, eyes, face, and body. Learn the basics of beautiful, radiant skin!

The Art of making Scents has a very long history. With the Perfume Science kit, kids can experiment with countless fragrance combinations and make their own scents. The kit contains scents that are used in high-quality designer perfumes. Learn the biology of smell, the chemistry of scents, the fine fragrance industry, and the history of perfumes. With the Perfume Science kit, you can even learn how to extract fragrances from plants! Best of all – every one of the products contained in the Creative Cosmetics and Perfume Science kits were never tested on animals.

Ever heard of Willy Wonka, Milton Hershey, Forrest Mars, or John Cadbury? Whether these names are real or not – these Candy makers all share one likeness: they were experimenters and innovators. The Candy Factory includes instructions, recipes, scientific explanations as well as a lot of different tools used to make candy. Learn the chemistry of crystals and the biology of taste. Explore the origins of chocolate and sugar. Mmmmmmmm, yummy and fun!

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