Stayin’ Alive Survival Supplies - For Kids

Kit includes manual with 24 experiments and all the materials to explore topics in physics, chemistry, and biology such as air pressure of fluids and gases; measurement of lung capacity; sticking a balloon to the wall without glue; building a barometer, fire extinguisher, and water yo-yo.

$30.00

Explore the unique properties of soap bubbles with this fascinating kit that includes a 48-page manual with 35 frothy experiments.  Some topics include the history  of bubbles; mathematical models with soap bubbles; best bubble recipes; the relation between bubbles and water; giant and mini-bubbles; bubbles within bubbles; bubble chains and blankets; color indicators in bubbles; bubbles that last all day; tricks with bubbles.

$30.00

Kit includes full-color 32-page manual & all the materials to introduce young chemists to the basics through 30 simple engaging experiments that go beyond textbooks to explain the world around us.  Experiments include reactions among solids, liquids, and gases, acids & alkalis, soap & hard water,  iron and other indicators, and electrochemical reactions involving metals and salts.

$30.00

Kit contains manual with 20 experiments and materials to build a radio resembling early crystal radios that allow you to tune into stations using electromagnetic power  Learn about HF coils, capacitors, resistors, diodes and antennae.  Powers from buttons or outlet.

$30.00

Assemble your own DYNAMO to get a bright light without batteries and a better understanding of electricity and magnetism to boot!  This flashlight is an electric generator that uses a magnetic field (and your kinetic motion) to create an electric current.  Full assembly directions, requires Phillips screwdriver.

$14.95

Ecology Crafts for Kids : 50 Great Ways to Make Friends With Planet Earth by Bobbe Needham. 144 pages. Reading level: Ages 9-12

Have a burned-out light bulb? It can shine again as a puppet. Old news is good news when newspapers are transformed into papier-mâché figures. With this collection of "recycling" ideas, they'll have a ball making sure that nothing goes to waste. After they've enjoyed a day outside scooping up clay and collecting twigs and bark, children can turn them into animals, frames, baskets, bottle gardens and more. Saving the earth has never been so much fun! Color throughout.

$29.95

The popular Solar World Forever Light is now available as a kit to teach the basics of a solar electric system. The reward for completing the kit is a unique solar key chain light that can last a lifetime. Soldering required.

$19.95

Assemble and Experiment with a Unique Reversible Fuel Cell!

This new Thames & Kosmos Fuel Cell Kit provides a playful introduction to one of the most significant technologies of the 21st Century. With this kit you can build a model car that actually runs on water! Pour in the water and watch it separate into hydrogen and oxygen, forming a gas to power your vehicle across the floor. Now that we have your attention, roll up your sleeves and find out more through experiments and demonstrations you can do on your own, in a classroom, or with friends.

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$115.00

'Learn About Flight' lesson includes concept of weight, lift, air pressure, and wing design.

$1.45

Junior Solar Sprint is a fun hands-on educational program for middle school students to design and construct a solar-powered model car for a nationwide competition intended to improve students' knowledge of science, engineering and renewable energy concepts. This kit includes the required solar panel & motor. The rest is up to the imagination of the student!

$29.95

Learn about lift, drag, Bernoulli's Principle, and the history and physics of kite flying. Full-color manual and materials for 9 different  experiments: use a simple, unique connector system to build a variety of wild, creative kites; experiment to find the best design for stability and maneuverability; calculate the height of, and air pressure on, your kite; build a kite ferry and kite glider.

$60.00

Spin the top and watch it float in a magnetic field without batteries. As the child's skill increases, so does levitation time in this interactive game.

$27.50

A personal favorite, this fascinating kit contains a manual with 94 experiments and all the materials needed to explore the science of human perception.  Learn firsthand how the eye and brain coordinate to perceive color, light, depth perspective, size, shape, & motion.

$70.00

Make a mirage appear that you, and even a camera, can see but not touch. A fine line between reality and perception, this 3-dimensional real image faithfully reproduces every detail of the object inserted, making it appear to be on top of the platform instead.

$29.95

'Engineering a Mouse Trap Vehicle' lesson includes the concept of power stroke.  Kit also includes foam sheets, mousetrap & arm, bands, and front wheels & axles.

$5.95

Build your own solar racer and tap into the power of the sun! This easy-to-assemble kit comes with everything you need including: 1) High-powered (1v, 500 milliampere) ultra lightweight encapsulated solar cell; 2) High amp/low voltage motor for maximum torque and speedy acceleration. Sleek transparent plastic body (made from recycled pop bottles) looks great as is, or add your own custom paint job. The Photon can travel 10 feet in three seconds on a smooth, flat surface, when exposed to full sun. 8 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2"H

$25.00

With this Power House kit you can build a model house complete with solar panels, windmill, greenhouse, and desalination system. You can build and operate an electric train, windmill, solar cooker, solar hot water tank, hygrometer, electric motor, power hoist, sail car, and more! Plant watercress, prepare sauerkraut, and make chewing gum. Learn how plants convert sunlight into energy for your body and your engines.

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$135.00

Build your own Solar Speed Boat, Air Boat, even Surface Submarine using recycled plastic bottles.  Solar boat kit includes complete instruction booklet with 3 solar-powered boat designs, 1/2 watt waterproof solar panel, solar motor with wire, 2 air/water propellers, and lots of mounting tape, shafts, and wire nuts.  All you need is recycled pop or water bottles and a sunny day!

$24.00

Our solar demonstration house kit provides the main ingredients to power a solar ceiling fan and light bulb plus the principle of sun-heated water. You supply the house. Ideas for material and blueprint included.

$29.95

Teach kids about the renewable energy available with solar power. Experimenter kit demonstrates the power of the solar cell to run an electric motor. Includes motor connected to solar cell, propeller, optical illusion spirals, and informative booklet.

$11.95

Kit includes a solar motor to rotate mobile. Ready to color and cut out. Educational display for the classroom, or a family fun gift that hangs from the ceiling light.

$24.95

A hi-tech combo of solar power, DC motor, and laser-etched diffraction grating makes an amazing light show.  Sunlight spins the disc, which diffracts the light into colors and patterns that vary with speed and viewing angle.  USA.

$16.00

This kit gives students and hobbyists a realistic taste of practical applications for solar power. Contains motor, gear train, solar cell, tracker device, and instruction booklet which explains how to make sundials and three other unusual solar projects.

$29.95

From the ultimate solar cooker website, a wonderful kit for teachers that contains a prefab solar cooker complete with pot and recipes, literature on how different solar cookers operate, how to build them, how they are being used in cultures around the world, & more!

$40.00

Directions for making toys from around the world using common materials such as corrugated cardboard, cardboard tubes, and rubber bands.(hardback)

$24.95