Scientific Explorer Scientific Explorer's Fizzy Foamy Science Kit of Safe Chemical Reactions

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• Product Dimensions: 12 x 10.2 x 3 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006O8EFS
• Item model number: A509
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 7 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: 7,110 in Toys ; Games (See Top 100 in Toys ; Games)
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Price : $15.27
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Children young and old will enjoy mixing safe powders to create solutions that foam and fizz. What makes soda pop pop? Bread rise? These are some of the questions answered as young scientists measure, predict, and investigate using common household materials.
Winner of iParenting Media's "2004 Great Holiday Winter" Award
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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful
assembling obvious ingredients and ideas better than I would December 7, 2007
By scientist and artist mom
Durability: Educational: Fun:
As a scientist mom you'd think I could easily get baking soda and vinegar from the kitchen and do these experiments without a stupid kit.However I found that having specific "equipment" (test tubes) and "materials" engaged the interest of my kids. And most importantly, step by step suggestions for what experiments to do and what to say about them, helped me make this both interesting and educational for my kids.My kids (3 and 4) went wild testing everything in the fridge to see if it contains acid (and thus if it would make baking soda fizz); they liked that they could guess from sourness and then test their predictions.Ever since then my kids keep pestering me to do more chemistry. That's pretty significant. They make up (often quite wrong) theories about why different liquids fizz or mix the way they do. They got thinking about the fact that this is a question that can be asked, or that demands an explanation. To me that is a huge educational value.Overall you could easily do the same things with kitchen materials and a well designed plan, but the kit makes it easy.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Science kit January 14, 2008
By law mom
Durability: Educational: Fun:
I was a little disapointed with this kit. We have seen better. I have to say that it does have educational notes in with each experiment to help teach what is going on. I was expecting a wider variety of experiments and more props. Kids love most of all to mix things and there were no droppers or little scoops to allow them to do that. The "chemicals" were all in opaque silver lined bags so they were hard to pour and impossible to get a hand in to dig contents out meaning that mom had to pour it all into the one measuring spoon taking some of the fun out of it all. A different kit we had purchased came with test tubes, droppers, measuring cups, little scoops etc. and they had more fun when they were able to do more things themselves! It's not a bad product just looks more involved from the box than it really is.
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
waste of money December 6, 2007
By P. Andrew Trentacoste
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I did this with my 8 and 5 year olds. They were very excited about it- the box is very appealing. Sadly, there is more packaging than content. Kids lose interest after one "experiment." The "safe chemicals" are really just household items (you need to use your own anyway)- with a quick online search, you can make your own fizzy experiments. Any attempt to make this "educational" is a sham.Overall, a shameful attempt to separate you from your money
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Scientific Explorer Scientific Explorer's Fizzy Foamy Science Kit of Safe Chemical Reactions

 

Product Features

• This kit includes citric acid powder, baking soda, yeast, tub tints and more, for multiple investigations that can be done right on your kitchen table
• What makes soda pop fizz? What makes bread rise? Learn the answers with hands on exploration!
• Included experiments include studies of acids, liquids and chemical reactions
• Learn basic chemistry principles and lay a foundation for future scientific studies while having fun
• This kit provides a wide variety of ideas for science fair projects

 

Scientific Explorer Scientific Explorer's Fizzy Foamy Science Kit of Safe Chemical Reactions