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Science Kits
Ages 5 and up
25 Experiments
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The twelfth kit in the Little Labs line, Intro to Engineering welcomes
young children to the field of engineering with 25 experiments and
building projects in five sections. By engaging in hands-on
activities, children will learn how engineers apply their scientific
and technical knowledge to design machines and devices.
Start by learning some engineering basics with experiments on levers,
forces, and pulleys. Build simple devices using these basic
components.
Move on to explore engineering on land by building vehicles with
wheels, such as a race car and a wind-up car. Next, investigate
engineering with air and in the air by building a helicopter, a
pinwheel, a parachute, a glider, a balloon rocket, and an air-powered
carousel. Then, build a diving bell, a sailboat, and a paddle boat to
experiment with engineering in water.
Finally, find engineering in your own home with experiments modeling
the telephone and television.
With a 48-page guidebook, Intro to Engineering teaches engineering
fundamentals with step-by-step, hands-on experiments and building
projects. Ages 5 and up.
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Ages 8 and up
20 Experiments
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Biological Inheritance & Genetic Engineering |
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Head into the lab for an
in-depth investigation of genetics, the branch of biology focused on
heredity and variation in organisms, and DNA, the acid that holds the
blueprints for life. See genetic material with your own eyes as you
isolate the DNA from a tomato in a test tube. Investigate inheritance
and learn how traits are passed down from parents to children. Learn
about dominant and recessive genes and play inheritance games to
determine how traits will be expressed.
Learn about the biology of reproduction, the components of cells, and
how chromosomes are combined and copied. Assemble a model to see the
elegant double-stranded helical structure of DNA. Then crack the genetic
code and find out how the different parts, called nucleotides, fit
together to compose it. Read about how scientists use DNA sequencing to
reveal the order of nucleotides in DNA.
Analyze DNA evidence to identify suspects and solve a crime. Learn
about the influential scientists, including Mendel, Watson, and Crick,
who made breakthrough contributions to this field.
Breed your own bacteria colony to experiment with genetic
engineering. Read about how mutation affects genes and how scientists
clone plants and animals. The full-color, 48-page manual guides your
experiments. Ages 10 and up.
isolate the DNA from a tomato
learn about inheritance and how traits are expressed
build a DNA model
breed bacteria to experiment with genetic engineering |
Ages 5 and up
25 Experiments
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The 100 Most Significant Experiments and Discoveries of
All Time |
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Embark on an active research
expedition through the history of science and technology. Learn about
famous scientists and inventors, like Archimedes, Copernicus, Einstein,
Watt, and Darwin, as you reproduce their ground-breaking experiments.
Read about each scientist and their times, what they did and how they
did it, and then see it yourself firsthand! From the Stone Age to modern
times, the history of science comes to life in front of you in this
tangible, hands-on format. This comprehensive kit covers the
accomplishments of over 140 scientists and civilizations.
Dive into this clever book-shaped box and immerse yourself in the
studies that enthralled the brightest scientific minds that ever lived.
As you conduct experiments with the more than 94 pieces included, your
workspace will quickly come to resemble the labs and workshops of these
legendary scientists.
Young historians and scientists alike will be captivated by this
overview of the history of science. In addition to instructions for the
experiments, the 96-page, full-color experiment book contains a wealth
of interesting historical information, giving context to the scientists
and their work. The book is beautifully designed to playfully resemble a
scientists lab journal from the past. Ages 10 and up.
Nine chapters:
Light, Colors, and Sound
Heat, Steam, and Engines
Magnetism and Electricity
Communication and Microelectronics
Forces
Life
Atoms and Molecules
Stars and Planets
The Periodic Table
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Ages 5 and up
25 Experiments
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Begin a lifetime of scientific investigation and understanding
with 25 fun experiments in five key areas: nature, physics,
chemistry, air, and water.
Learn what plants need to grow, build a barometer, see how water
climbs, watch plants sweat, and investigate plant propagation.
Discover how a magnifying glass enlarges, how colors mix, how
static electricity attracts, how sundials tell time, and how a
motion picture works. Investigate air pressure, air flow,
hovercraft, paper airplanes, and suction. Write secret messages,
float a paper clip, blow super bubbles, observe capillary action,
and test displacement. Build a soap-driven boat, mix oil and
water, experiment with evaporation, paint with sugar, and watch a
balloon inflate itself.
With a 48-page guidebook, Stepping into Science teaches science
fundamentals with step-by-step, hands-on experiments, while also
introducing children to the scientific method itself. Ages 5 and
up. |
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