Product Showcase: Science Kits
By Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 12/20/2006 5:00:00 AM
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Shark Hunter The Great White Shark Dig, part of the expanded I Dig Fossils line of excavation adventures, includes a two-park kit featuring a full shark jaw and four teeth plus a shark-themed mini poster, real steel tools and safety glasses. $24.99 Action Products, Orlando, Fla. www.apii.com |
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Electric Dreams Pop Science: Spark! is one of the latest titles in the new Pop Science line of cool little book kits based on a single subject. The kit provides wires, lights, balloons and the book of electrifying experiments—including how to turn a lemon into a battery. $7.99 Dorling Kindersley,New York www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk |
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It’s a Snap Kids can build over 300 projects with the Electronic Snap Circuits 300 series kit, including an AM radio, a burglar alarm, a doorbell or an electronic game. Includes a manual with easy-to-follow color pictures, and over 60 snap-together parts. $59.99 Elenco, Wheeling, Ill. www.elenco.com |
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Top Secret Science Make the ordinary extraordinary! With the Secret Formula Lab kit, kids learn how to use everyday ingredients to concoct 15 fantastic creations, from glow-in-the-dark slime to quick-change paper. Includes a beaker, test tubes and a safe and fun recipe book. $12.99 Smart Lab, Bellevue,Wash. www.smartlab.com |
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Zany, Brainy Fun With the Zany Crystals kit, young scientists can grow their own rock garden, ice crystals, string crystals and rock candy, with further exploration opportunities in the form of real geodes that break open to reveal their beautiful crystals inside. $15 The Young Scientists Club Jamestown,R.I. www.kidsciencekits.com |
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Take a Spa Day The Lab of Luxury spa chemistry kit lets girls aged 8 learn about all science and pamper themselves at the same time. Each kit includes supplies to make fizzing bath balls and bath salts, scented soap, glittery lip gloss, a peppermint foot rub and much more. $19.99 Be Amazing!Toys,Salt Lake City www.beamazing.com |
![]() The Young Scientists Club’s Volcano Madness kit ($15) was featured on the table of contents page in Playthings' October 2006 issue. |
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