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Catalog of Science Toys

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Scientific Explorer's Mind Blowing Science Kit for Young Scientists


List Price:$19.99
Lowest New Price:$12.71
Rank:71
Average Rating:4.5 Out of 5
Number of Reviews:34

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.


Be Amazing Lab-in-a-Bag Test Tube Wonders


List Price:$19.79
Lowest New Price:$12.06
Rank:241
Average Rating:4.5 Out of 5
Number of Reviews:11

Description:
 Includes: Bag, test tube rack, giant plastic test tubes with lids, insta-snow powder, magic sand, energy beads, super absorbent crystals, coloring tablets, water gel and instructions.

Scientific Explorer's Disgusting Science - A Kit for Studying the Science of Revolting Things


List Price:$19.99
Lowest New Price:$11.58
Rank:1472
Average Rating:3.5 Out of 5
Number of Reviews:27

Description:
What's grosser than gross' Disgusting Science is the grossest, gooiest, 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 model.

Learn the science behind sticky and icky bodily functions while doing some truly nasty experiments. Your little scientist will love this disgusting twist on regular science kits. All experiments are safe and kid-friendly.


Scientific Explorer's Tasty Science Chemistry in the Kitchen Kit


List Price:$19.99
Lowest New Price:$12.26
Rank:1089
Average Rating:3.5 Out of 5
Number of Reviews:12

Description:
Who knew science could taste so good? With this kit, you'll whip up cupcakes, cookies, candy, and more all in the name of science! Learn what makes cakes rise, candy crystallize, and more real chemistry happen in the kitchen. Tasty Science is packed with ingredients, recipes, activity cards, a test tube laboratory, and lots more to explore the science of taste.?

Scientific Explorer's The Magic Science Wizard's Kit


List Price:$19.99
Lowest New Price:$13.79
Rank:480
Average Rating:4.0 Out of 5
Number of Reviews:15

Description:
Cast real smoke from your fingertips, make a wizard wand, and whip up color-changing potions in your test tube laboratory. Also included are laminated cards with magic tricks to baffle all your friends, an instruction booklet with 11 activities, lab equipment, and mysterious wizard powders that will mix together to mystify you!

Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100


List Price:$29.99
Lowest New Price:$20.96
Rank:50
Average Rating:5.0 Out of 5
Number of Reviews:187

Description:
Curious young minds can learn the basics of electronics as they build more than 100 exciting projects with this kit. Work on projects that make sound effects, engineer different types of alarms, build touch circuits and play games. Contains over 30 parts in all. No soldering is required -- pieces snap together. Requires 2 "AA" batteries, not included. Box measures 10" x 15" x 2".

ScienceWiz Inventions Experiment Kit and Book 13 Experiments, Inventions


List Price:$19.99
Lowest New Price:$17.99
Rank:10895
Average Rating:3.5 Out of 5
Number of Reviews:10

Description:
This kit includes a 40 page full-color book and materials. 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 Step-by-step, highly visual instructions lead a child successfully through each invention. Incredible illustrations present central scientific concepts, allowing children to discover the "why" as well as the "how". The use of everyday materials demystifies the way common electronic components work. Although Inventions is designed for 8 year olds and up, this title has had an extraordinary history and following. It has been used at MIT to mentor high school students in physics. It has been used at U.C. Berkeley to mentor women in science. It has been used similarly at other institutions including Fermi Lab and the University of Texas at Austin. Country of Origin: U.S.A., China & Hong Kong.

Snap Circuits SC-300


List Price:$59.99
Lowest New Price:$39.99
Rank:131
Average Rating:5.0 Out of 5
Number of Reviews:270

Description:
This educational kit is loaded with more than 300 projects to build. For example, kids can learn how transistors and capacitors function, and how to make time-delay circuits. In addition, this version includes circuits showing how oscillators and photo sensors work. Projects involve an AM Radio, Burglar Alarm, Radio Announcer and more. Contains over 60 parts. Requires 4 "AA" batteries, not included.

The Magic School Bus: A Journey into the Human Body


List Price:$21.99
Lowest New Price:$15.50
Rank:14305
Average Rating:4.0 Out of 5
Number of Reviews:10

Description:
The Magic School Bus and Ms. Frizzle take Young Scientists on a wild ride into the human body with these breathtaking experiments. Young Scientists bend bones, make joints, map taste buds, expand lungs, build a stethoscope, measure lung capacities and heart rates, perform the iodine starch test, spin glitter, simulate synovial fluid, create a human body poster, and much, much more! This exciting kit includes a life-size poster with eight sheets of body part stickers. So put on your seat belts, students, and get ready to discover The Human Body!

The Magic School Bus: The Secrets of Space


List Price:$21.99
Lowest New Price:$9.99
Rank:4915
Average Rating:4.0 Out of 5
Number of Reviews:2

Description:
The Magic School Bus and Ms. Frizzle take Young Scientists on a wild ride into the secrets of space with spectacular experiments. Youngsters construct a night-vision flashlight, design a solar system mobile, build a constellation box, draw constellation cards, recreate the phases of the moon, make a model of a solar eclipse, observe magic beads change color, assemble a working telescope, and more. This thrilling kit includes an interactive space poster with sheets of planet and star stickers. So strap on your seat belts, students, and get ready to discover The Secrets of Space!

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