Pros & Cons
Pros
This is for a younger scientist. Instead of random experiments listed sporadically, they are broken down into 4 categories. These aren’t really expansive experiments, but they are just enough to work lessons around and introduce them to topics.
Grandson is a worm fanatic. Great way to teach and train while using creativity and allowing your kids imagination to soar.
The colors and coolness of this kit is perfect. The contents seem well made and the kit is reasonably priced for what is included in the box.
The most important part of the set is the instructional booklet. It has a tray that keeps everything organized and easy to find on page 4 there is a diagram telling you what everything is and where it goes. The booklet is very good at explaining thing... Read More
Cons
This is not humane, and after putting the worms in for five days, i liberated them in the back yard and washed out the item. Since there was zero padding whatsoever, its broken.
Highlights
Quality
It was easy to follow along and they loved digging into it and getting messy with the cool little experiments.
It was a lot of fun, she learned a lot and we had some quality dad/daughter time.
Simple but practical; only issue was that they delivered christmas week with the box exposed and my daughter almost saw it.
My daughter mixed up the acid base indicator solution to use with the experiments as the first project.
Packaging/appearance
This kit also has a few experiments using beads that expand in water and making some cornstarch oobleck.
The packaging was sturdy and thick, and there were no issues with the product when it arrived.
Using the excellent booklet, the provided materials, and some common household items, the family got to doing the experiments h... Read More
Competitiveness
I bought this for my 7yr old son and he loves.
This was a gift for a kid but i looked it over before giving it and it looked really nice and very age appropriate for a 9yr old.
You'll need to supply a few things (like water, dishsoap, etc), but you likely have all of them at home.
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My duaghter had fun not for small kids
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Grandson didnt understand why the worms had to stay in the worm house
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The yeast balloon experiment didnt work the first time but we tried adding a lot more yeast the second time more than recommended in the instructions and it worked then
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They are still alive after months
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I put glowinthedark dino skeleton stickers all over it shouldve waited til after i added water to do it tho
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Making the lava lamp was the best so far even the cousins came over and did experiments
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They think it is like performing serious experiments and they will solve all the worlds problems
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Importantly this is not something to just hand over to a kid