There is no age limit on robotics and it is one of the world’s fastest growing technologies! With this fun mechanics kit, you can build your very own Smart Robot by Toysmith. With this science kit you can watch it speed around your house, turning left or right like magic as it bumps into obstacles. All you need to complete the Smart Robot science kit is a AA battery and a screwdriver. Everything else you need to build this hemispherical motorized marvel is right in the box. Ages 8 and up.By Toysmith
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Zometool DNA Science Kitis more than just a pretty molecule, DNA contains all the information needed to create life. Now you can construct the molecule that’s responsible for constructing you!Learn more about the thread that ties all living creatures together across the millenia. Now you can construct the molecule that’s responsible for constructing you! Why is DNA found on EVERY living thing on Earth? How does DNA clone itself from generation to generation? Instructions created by a molecular biologist for future molecular biologists!Ages 6 and up.* Parents’ Choice Approval Award and one of Parenting Magazine’s Best Toys of the Yearby Zometool
Through building 36 models and conducting subsequent experiments with the models, you will learn the fundamental laws of mechanical physics with this Physics Kit by Thames & Kosmos. This hands-on approach is both fun and effective because the principles of physics are demonstrated right in front of you. The full-color 64-page manual presents assembly instructions, experiments and explanations in a richly-illustrated, easy-to-follow manner.The year 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s “miraculous year” in which he published three important papers describing ideas that have since influenced all of modern physics. This year provides the opportunity to celebrate Einstein, his great ideas, and his influence on life in the 21st century. The World Year of Physics is a worldwide celebration of physics and its importance in our everyday lives. Physics not only plays an important role in the development of science and technology but also has a tremendous impact on our society.Activities: build a windmill, crane, sail car, mars robot, hammer machine, centrifuge, scale and dozens of other models experiment with simple machines: gears, levers, screws, inclined planes, pulleys, wheels and axles learn and understand the most fundamental physics equations read about amazing real-world applications for physics 64-page Manual 73 ExperimentsAges 8 and upBy Thames & Kosmos
The Fuel Cell Car & Experiment Science Kit by Thames & Kosmos provides a playful introduction to one of the most significant technologies of the early 21st Century. With this kit you can build a model car that actually runs on water! Now, roll up your sleeves and find out more through experiments and demonstrations you can do on your own, or in a classroom with the Fuel Cell Car & Experiment Science Kit by Thames & Kosmos. Some fuel cells, such as this one, do not consume fossil fuels and therefore are considered environmentally friendly. Automobile manufacturers are already experimenting successfully with this technology and it is widely believed that fuel cells will power automobiles and many electronic devices. With more than 30 experiments and demonstrations, users will learn how a reversible fuel cell works to perform electrolysis as well as to create energy. The 96-page, full color Experiment Manual offers over 30 amazing experiments to WOW you. The experiments are based on building a model car that runs on water, and is versatile and cover a wide range of phenomena. The Fuel Cell Car & Experiment Science Kit by Thames & Kosmos is an award winner from the Parents’ Choice Foundation in 2002. The background for each phenomenon is extensive. …For the up-and-coming physicist or environmentalist in your house, or the engineer, this kit is a beaker of excitement.Ages 12 and up.By Thames & Kosmos
Through rocketry and a classic collection of favorite projects, this ScienceWiz Physics kit and book explores the central concepts of physics. A hands-on adventure through Newton’s Laws of Motion! Based on a favorite ScienceWiz summer camp this 40 page book and materials will teach your child how to launch bottle rockets, perform magic tricks with inertia, stay in motion with a floating air puck, build your own spring meter, spin and circle with centripetal forces, build and balance a balance scale and clock your speed and accelerate, accelerate! Step-by-step 3D directions and the use of everyday materials brings clarity to how things work.Ages 7 and up.By Science Wiz
ElectroWizard Electrical Inventions Science Kit by Science Wiz is an award-winning kit that has everything you need to entertain and educate your children about the basics of electricity. Get a jolt from this science kit with electrical experiments guaranteed to entertain and educate your kids in an extremely safe way! With ElectroWizard Inventions Electricity Science Kit by Science Wiz, children can build amazing electric inventions. ElectroWizard Inventions Science Kit includes all the materials needed to build a spinning motor, clicking telegraph, light flashing generator, and a real radio. Plus the simple-to-use, 3D direction book makes learning easy and increases understanding of how things work. ElectroWizard Electrical Inventions Science Kit by Science Wiz is the winner of the Parent’s Choice Seal of Approval, Scientific American’s Young Reader’s Book Award and the National Parenting Magazine Award. Ages 8 and up.By Science Wiz
Zometool Creator 1 Science Kit is a great starter kit for students and teachers to discover Zometool’s unique and elegant approach to learning, build domes, crystals, flowers, bridges, DNA – anything you can imagine! Zometool will help you form a new understanding of the coherent structure of space. Your mind will never be the same again! A great introduction to the Zometool universe; become acquainted with the structure of space! Build hundreds of models from simple to profound. Explore structures in nature, math, science, art and architecture. Sturdy new sorting cases make storage and cleanup much easier. New shorter strut-lengths make models more compact, resilient and beautiful.Ages 6 and up.* Parents’ Choice Approval Award and one of Parenting Magazine’s Best Toys of the Yearby Zometool
Optical Science & Art by Thames & Kosmos deals with the sciences of light, optics, and visual perception, which finds applications in order ranging from physics to psychology to painting. By witnessing optical illusions that involve shapes, color, depth, and scale, and learning how optical illusions relate to artists’ techniques, children can engage with the complexity of optical science and art in accessible and entertaining ways. Among the 24 science experiments in the kit, children will experiment with light and the color spectrum by building a color wheel, a fiber optic peacock, and diffraction glasses, build a camera obscure and pinhole glasses to learn how the eye and a camera are similar and different, experiment with lens and light refraction, and uses 3D glasses plus an Ames room model to experiment with spatial vision and depth perception. Optical Science & Art by Thames & Kosmos is accompanied by a 48-page, full-color experiment manual. See firsthand how your eye and brain work together to perceive color, light, depth, perspective, size, shape, and motion.Ages 8 and up.By Thames & Kosmos
CHEM C2000 Science Kit by Thames & Kosmos is an intermediate level chemistry experiment kit which is a complete introduction to the most important topics in chemistry. Discover how fascinating the world is when you know the chemistry behind how everyday things work. Amuse your friends with “magic” tricks, and then enlighten them with the scientific explanations behind the magic. With CHEM C2000 by Thames & Kosmos your understanding of chemical reactions turns the everyday occurrences around you into extraordinary events. You will start with fun experiments to learn basic chemistry principles. Build a mini fire extinguisher and float a soap-powered boat, write with invisible ink and test colored markers on the chromatography racetrack as well as make dazzling colors in flame tests and produce electricity in a test tube. Complete safety precautions and instructions ensure safe experimentation. Professional quality equipment and an easy-to-follow 96-page, full-color Experiment Manual help you make the most of your 250 chemistry experiments. You will begin to build a strong foundation in chemistry with exposure to a broad range of chemical phenomena and hands-on lab experience. WARNING! – This set contains chemicals that may be harmful if misused. Read cautions on individual containers carefully. Not to be used by children except under adult supervision.Ages 11 and up.By Thames & Kosmos
This premier solar power workshop delves deeply into the principals of alternative energy resources. In one way or another, almost every form of energy we use originates as energy from the sun. Solar energy directly powers photovoltaic cells and thermal collectors. Indirectly, we get power from plants grown by the sun, oceans heated by the sun, and Earth’s weather systems sustained by the sun. Even the energy stored in fossil fuels originated as energy from the sun, captured by plants and animals millions of years ago. Physics Solar Workshop by Thames & Kosmos explores the topic of solar energy, focusing on photovoltaic cells. The kit contains everything you need to build 12 different solar powered projects and conduct 30 experiments, you will learn how solar cells transform light into electrical energy, and how motors and mechanical devices can optimize the work done by this energy. You will build different types of vehicles and machines to demonstrate how gears can convert and transform power for different needs. There are 320 parts, which are also compatible with the other kits in the Physics line. The 64-page book offers illustrated instructions for the projects, developed with Greenpeace in Germany. Ages 8 and up.By Thames & Kosmos