Young Scientist Series - Set 1: Recycling (Kit 1) - Scientific Measurements (Kit 2) - Magnets (Kit 3)

I bought the first 3 series of these kits to help my son in science, as we homeschool. He is in third grade, and has already really covered some of this stuff, but this is a great tool to motivate him. He really enjoys using these science kits, and they come complete with everything you need to perform any experiments. He really enjoyed learning how to make paper, and now he has the materials to continue making paper whenever he wants to. He also loved the magnet experiments. I enjoyed the seeds, growing beans and wheat and learning how to graph on a chart, which coincided perfectly with math graphing. Anyway, with each kit you get 3 major "themes" and within each theme you get at least two experiments, sometimes many more. Therefore, if you use these kits regularly they will keep your little scientist very busy! I plan on buying each and every one of them, they arrived in a timely manner, they are packaged nicely in neat boxes, they include all the materials, along with a work packet for the child and a guide for the teacher/parent. They are worth the price.

Our 4-yr. old daughter got this kit as a birthday gift and has had a fantastic time doing the experiments with her dad. The pieces are well-labeled and the instructions are clear and easy to follow. They require a little parental guidance, but most can be started in a few minutes -- well within our daughter's attention span. She especially like picking apart the owl pellet and identifying the different mouse and mole bones. Growing brine shrimp also provided several weeks of entertainment as we saw the eggs hatch and grow. The kit also has suggestions for other experiments that use household items -- like dissolving an egg shell in vinegar. I highly recommend this kit to anyone who wants to give a child something more constructive, fun and educational than plopping him or her in front of the TV. And, I'm happy to say that it's actually fun for the adults too!

My kids (ages 5 & 8, whom I homeschool) and I are working our way through the Young Scientist Kits, and just completed the last kit in this set. It contained three kits: one to learn about the Mohs hardness scale and test the hardness of certain rocks, one to grow salt and sugar crystals and learn about different crystal shapes, and one to learn about how fossils are formed and create a mold and cast fossil of a little plastic dinosaur. Everything we needed was in the kits aside from things like bowls and jars or other small household items that nearly everybody would probably have on hand anyway, like measuring spoons. We benefitted from having access to a microscope, and supplemented the units with a visit to a local science museum with a fantastic mineral and fossil collection. I gave this kit 4 stars instead of 5 stars because the rocks that were included to test with the Mohs hardness scale were not good samples. The magnetite was not magnetic, and the calcite did not fizz when dropped in white vinegar like it was supposed to. We got a better quality rock testing kit elsewhere and had much better results. The experiments in this and all of the Young Scientist kits that we've done so far would be very easy to reproduce without buying the kits, but I don't mind spending the money (it works out to about $5 per kit) to use as a spring board to introduce basic topics to my children, gauge their interest, and go from there.

What a great kit! I wanted to introduce my young daughter to science because, as a young kid, I was so daunted by the subject (and still am). This kit makes every experiment easy. All the items you need are included, so there is no disappointment like there can be with other kits (ie: the time we got an experiment all set up only to discover we needed to provide our own borax. What the heck is borax?!). Just open your chosen project's pouch and go. And each experiment only takes a few minutes to set up, perform and clean up, so it won't take up your whole afternoon. It's a little pricey for the actual components, but for the stress-free, educational experience I get to provide for my child, it's totally worth the price.

A great product, a fantastic learning experience. The only dissapointment I had was that I sat down with my son, who was VERY excited to get started and upon reading directions there are several "common household items" needed. None of which I had. The box states on the front 3 complete kits. As I looked at the box, there is indeed in small writing on the back "will need some household items". I just wish I had known ahead of time so I could have been more prepared for my son. However, I am very much looking forward to doing these experiements once I can manage to obtain these "common household items" which are not common in my household.

My kids & I love to do science experiments; however, when you are looking them up on-line or in a book, chances are you don't have all the necessary items to complete the experiment. Then I found this kit & I love it! It comes with all of the necessary items needed to complete each experiment. The kit comes with three topics (all somewhat related), the necessary items to complete the activities for each topic, and directions (both for the adult & then simpler ones to read to the child while completing the activities). My only suggestion is to read the adult directions in advance, so you have a good idea of the activities before the little ones join in to help. I have purchased several of these kits & I plan on buying them all!

My 11 year-old loved this product. It doesn't look like it contains much, but it really is quite nice and detailed. (We only have used the gemstones set thus far.) It definitely held his attention! We will likely use these kits for my daughter, when she is ready. (He will be in 6th grade next year, so we will probably order more advanced kits. These were great, but definitely elementary age appropriate in my opinion).

My 5-year old really enjoyed this set of experiments. Each kit is packaged separately and contains most of the items you need to conduct the experiments. What wasn't included was noted at the beginning of the instructions and was readily available; items like water and baking soda. Some of the experiments in kit 8 did not produce immediate results, but he had a great time checking to see how much his crystals grew. Plus, he loved eating the rock candy that we made following the instructions in kit 8. I gave it 4 stars because in kit 7, you are given rocks of varying hardness and you give it a hardness score based upon what scratches it or what it scratches. There was only supposed to be one rock that was hard enough to scratch glass, but it looked like a couple of the rocks did. But overall the kits are great and produce results as expected.

Good Product