With this well-rounded introductory science kit, kids don’t have to just pretend to be scientists — they can actually be scientists! Jump-start their journey into the exciting world of chemistry with a dozen bouncing, bubbling, fun-filled STEM activities.
The quick and easy experiments in this set playfully introduce children ages five and up to fascinating natural phenomena. With Blobert — a small blob-shaped figure with googly eyes they create in the first experiment — as their guide, curious young minds can safely and confidently explore different aspects of this fundamental science including surface tension, solutions, mixtures, density, buoyancy, and more. Cast slippery alginate shapes, blow iridescent soap bubbles, create a rainbow in a test tube, and make grapes dance!
The durable plastic base station creates a dedicated workspace and provides a home for the pipettes, tweezers, spatula, test tubes, and other tools and equipment included in the kit. A 28-page, full-color manual brings each experiment to life with colorful illustrations, step-by-step instructions, and simple explanations of the amazing principles at work.
Cocoa-Mint Dream? Citrus Creamsicle? What will your designer perfume creation be? Follow your nose through the candy shop as you explore the science and art of making perfumes. Experiment with dozens of fragrance combinations on your way to becoming a master perfumer. This kit is a complete perfumer's laboratory with six candy-themed fragrances, special workstation, and all the tools and containers you need to make more than 24 sweet-smelling perfume combinations.
Build your personalized fragrance, choosing from the essences of peppermint, chocolate, vanilla, lemon, cinnamon, and cotton candy. Once you have perfected your scent, store it in the deluxe perfume bottle, adorably shaped like a wrapped hard candy. Decorate your workstation and perfume bottles with the included stickers to complete your creations. Learn about how your nose and brain work together to perceive smells. The full-color manual is packed with information about the biology of smell, the chemistry of scents, and the art of making perfumes.
+ Thoroughly tested to the highest standards for cosmetic and toy safety
+ Discover the art and science of making perfume!
+ Design your own perfumes from six different candy-scented fragrances.
+ Learn about the science of scents.
+ Includes a variety of tools like a big, candy-shaped perfume bottle with atomizer and a plastic experimentation station
+ Mix up six sweet scents: peppermint, cotton candy, cocoa, vanilla, cinnamon, and lemon.
Crooked treasure hunters have broken into the office of your university's archaeology department! Your professor has disappeared without a trace - and so has a book with old records about a hidden temple. You must act quickly and chase down the criminals. Your pursuit will take you deep into a mysterious jungle on a small island. You must find the professor in time and save the revered treasures of the temple before they fall into the hands of the devious robbers! In this EXIT game, there are riddles within riddles, hidden within four 88-piece jigsaw puzzles. Like other EXIT titles, The Sacred Temple has no game board, but it also has no riddle cards. Instead, there are four jigsaw puzzles that you will find and assemble, one at a time. Each completed puzzle reveals a location containing more riddles to decipher. 1-4 players Ages 10+ 2-3 hour play time
Open your ears, Hero hears everything! Through its three directional microphones, this robot perceives and reacts to sounds. Have fun with Hero’s four play modes! Hero can locate you, follow you around, be remotely controlled by your sound commands, and even play against you in a wild game of tug-of-war — all by sensing sounds! Clap your hands or use the included castanet to send commands to Hero.
Hero's innovative design includes movable arms that can disappear into his spherical body and a giant, illuminated eye for making facial expressions. Build Hero from over 100 parts. The full-color, 52-page manual guides you through a step-by-step assembly and includes an adventure comic. Plus, learn about how Hero’s super-hearing works, and all about sound waves and spatial hearing.
High-tech, screen-free play
3 directional microphones
Clever sound sensing technology
Innovative design
Remote control with your clap or a castanet
4 play modes
The robotic arm of the future is here! The segmented arm is driven by cables like the tendons in muscles, resulting in a mesmerizing motion reminiscent of a cyborg creature’s tentacles in a sci-fi movie. Assemble this cutting-edge robotic arm from almost 300 plastic pieces, learning how each part comes together in its intricate mechanical design.Once assembled, you can intuitively control the arm with two joysticks, which pull and release the multiple nylon cables threaded through it, enabling easy and precise control of its movement. Use the right joystick to control the upper body and the left one for the lower body. You’ll be amazed at how instinctive it feels.Just a touch of the right button rotates the claw up to 180 degrees, while pressing the left button gives you the power to open and close the claw. Move the two joysticks and push the two buttons to maneuver the claw to grab, move, and release various objects. Using this robotic arm feels like being at the controls of a state-of-the-art remote operating robot or high-tech cleanroom. And it’s all controlled by the power of your hands — no motors or electricity required!Bonus: Switch out the gripper claw with a model of an eel’s head to transform your robotic arm into a slithery bionic eel. Can you pick up the included small shrimp models with the eels mouth?A full-color manual guides model building and experimentation and provides engaging scientific information about how this type of robotic arm works, including real world examples.
Preschoolers and kindergartners have a natural curiosity to explore and learn about the world around them through experimentation, observation, and play. This kit was developed according to the current educational philosophy of fostering children’s inquisitiveness and interests by providing them with tools and open-ended learning experiences to optimally support their development. Experimenting freely with a variety of safe and engaging tools stimulates creativity and the spirit of scientific thinking.
The 24 large, plastic scientific tools are durable, reusable, and easy-to-handle to ensure long-lasting fun and exploration.
The tools include a unique, multipurpose 14-piece screw-together system with tubes, funnels, lids, connectors, and perforated disks that can be used in a multitude of ways. Also included are large and small measuring spoons, a test tube rack, a pipette, a hand magnifier, magnetic rings and stand set, and 10 illustrated experiment cards to visually guide children. The 16-page, full-color manual explains to parents and adult supervisors how these tools should be presented to their children and gives insight into a child’s developmental stages.
Start laying the groundwork for strong STEM related skills and comprehension. This kit helps develop fine motor skills, science and math skills, problem-solving skills, and reasoning and concept development skills.
Product Information
Ages: 3-7
Experiments: 10
Piece Count: 25
Manual Pages: 16
Product Dimensions: 14.6 x 11.5 x 3.5 in.
Product Weight: 2.7 lbs
Manual Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 in.
Batteries Required: N/A
Country of Origin: Taiwan
Year Released: 2016
NGSS Correlations
1-LS3-1 Structure, Function, and Information Processing
2-LS4-1 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
2-PS1-1 Structure and Properties of Matter
2-PS1-3 Structure and Properties of Matter
K-ESS2-2 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment
K-ESS3-1 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment
K-LS1-1 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment
The essential accessory for covert missions and recon! This handy watch offers a variety of functions to help you investigate your cases. In addition to showing the time and date, this watch also has an alarm clock, stopwatch, and timezone feature.
But it doesn’t stop there: fold out the built-in magnifying glass to inspect small clues; use the red film and special notepad to share secret messages; light up dark spaces and send signals with the integrated flashlight; use the secret message capsules to communicate with your fellow agents; and secure valuable objects and intel using the built-in alarm system with vibration sensor. Requires 2 LR44 button cell batteries (included).
Nine features include:
Watch (clock) with time and cate
Alarm clock
Stopwatch
Timezones
Magnifying glass
Red film and pad for secret messages
Flashlight
Secret message capsules
Alarm system with vibration sensor
It's time to have some tummy gummy fun with this awesome bubble gum making kit! Mix up your gum base and then sweeten it with sugar. Next, use the three included flavors to make your gum more delicious than ever. Choose from watermelon, orange and classic bubble gum - or try them all! Finally, cut it up , package it, and label it with stickers to give away as gifts. While you make these yummy treats, you'll also learn about the scientific properties of elastic materials.
Explore the future of advanced computing technology with KAI — short for Kosmos Artificial Intelligence! Build and program an intelligent, six-legged, app-enabled robot that uses machine learning to react to the gestures and sounds that you make. Machine learning is the process by which computers use data to recognize patterns, learn, and make predictions, and it is a key aspect of artificial intelligence.
Using the app and your smart device’s camera and microphone, record physical gestures and sounds, assigning them to KAI’s five functions: walk forward and backward, turn left and right, and stop. The AI will learn to recognize each gesture or sound, even if they differ in small details. The more data you collect, the better the AI will learn from it.
Use the data collected to create an AI model in the training screen of the app, where the AI takes your data and recognizes patterns in it. The learning curve shows you how accurately the AI model is learning, and you can use the sliders to adjust the number of times it will analyze the data and how quickly the training should run to get better results. Then put your AI model to the test in play mode by controlling your robot remotely. Just perform the same gestures or sounds that you did when collecting data, and your robot will perform the assigned function! You can also control KAI directly using the remote-control function in the app or by using your smart device as a gyroscope, tilting it in the direction you want it to move in.
Mechanically, KAI is a fascinating robot that can walk on six legs and rotate its upper body around 360 degrees, allowing it to turn toward any direction on the spot. Composed of 25 red LEDs, its face display can be programmed via the app to show different expressions and scrolling messages.
A full-color, 64-page manual provides step-by-step illustrated assembly and programming instructions, teaches lessons in AI and robotics, and includes a fun, comic-book-style story that brings KAI to life. Read about the history and future of AI and its real-world applications. The app requires a tablet (recommended) or smartphone running iOS or Android. Please check the app stores for compatibility and device requirements.
Build your own six-legged robot from more than 100 pieces
Collect data via your smart device's camera and microphone
Train your AI model to more accurately recognize patterns in the data
Control your robot remotely using gestures and sounds
Remote-control mode allows you to manually control your robot
Display emotions and messages on the robot’s LED face display
Includes a lesson in creating your own AI using household items (paper and cups)
Grab your wand! With high-quality magic props and simple illustrated instructions, the 100 magic tricks in this kit can be easily learned, practiced, and mastered — to stun and amaze audiences!
Dots appear and disappear in paddle tricks. Make playing cards come and go and change places. In tricks with money, currency loses value, money doubles in value, and coins disappear from a coin box and then reappear. Coins pass through handkerchiefs, disappear into thin air, and magically stay put when they shouldn’t! Paper money disappears and milk appears out of nowhere in tricks with tubes. A number of tricks involve knots and ropes: Knots in ropes untie themselves, jump from rope to rope, and disappear. A rope passes through solid objects.
A bottle floats in the air. A rigid magic wand becomes flexible. A magic wand grows and shrinks, passes through objects, and emerges from an empty bag. The magic wand twists and levitates. Invisible forces move the wand. The wand tells time.
Many tricks can be done with your hands and a magical thumb: A silk pocket square appears out of nowhere, coins get pulverized, objects magically stay dry, salt vanishes, sugar appears, loose sugar becomes a sugar cube, and dollar bills emerge from bread rolls.
Fun hanky tricks will have a piece of fabric appearing, disappearing, and getting knotted and unknotted. In food tricks, salt and pepper separate, oranges become apples, and sugar and spice don’t play very nice! Even everyday household objects get in on the action: Paperclips, pencils, thread, crayons, newspapers, and spoons take part in wild illusions. You will guess people’s ages and hypnotize their arms.
A 72-page instruction manual with color photographs illustrates how the tricks are performed. Video tutorials for the tricks are available online. For one magician, ages 8 and up, and many audience members.
Product Information
Ages: 8+
Activities: 100
Piece Count: 24
Manual Pages: 72
Product Dimensions: 14.1 x 10.1 x 3 in.
Product Weight: 1.7 lbs
Manual Dimensions: 6.9 x 9.8 in.
Batteries Required: N/A
Country of Origin: Thailand
Year Released: 2016
Turn your bedroom into your very own planetarium theater! Illuminate a darkened room by casting projections of the stars in the night sky and space-themed images across the ceiling and walls. This home planetarium is actually two projectors in one. The first is a rotating star map dome that projects astronomically accurate maps of the stars; star maps for both the northern and southern hemispheres are included. The second projects space-related images, including all eight planets, eight human-made space objects like rockets and satellites, and eight extragalactic phenomena like nebula and galaxies. Use nightlight mode to automatically shut off the projector after 15, 30, or 60 minutes. The compact, space-saving design can be placed on a flat surface or hung on a wall. Includes color educational poster and instruction sheet.
Includes:
2-in-1 planetarium projector
Rotating star map dome; northern and southern hemispheres
Long-lasting LED lights
Nightlight mode and auto-off timer
Focusable lenses
Storage compartment for image disks
4 image disks with 8 space-related images each; 32 images total
USB power cable
Begin a lifetime of scientific investigation and understanding with 29 fun experiments in five key areas: nature, physics, chemistry, air, and water. Learn what plants need in order to grow, observe the clouds, see how water climbs, watch plants sweat, and investigate plant propagation. Discover how a magnifying glass enlarges, how colors mix, how static electricity attracts, how sundials tell time, and how a motion picture works. Investigate air pressure, air flow, hovercraft, paper airplanes, and suction. Write secret messages, float a paper clip, blow super bubbles, observe capillary action, and test displacement. Build a soap-driven boat, mix oil and water, experiment with evaporation, paint with sugar, and watch colors separate. With a 48-page illustrated guidebook, Stepping into Science teaches science fundamentals with step-by-step, hands-on experiments, while also introducing children to the scientific method itself.
Roll the die place a ladder catch the moon! Climb through the clouds and reach for the moon! All it takes is a few cleverly placed ladders, a steady hand, and a bit of imagination. Reach for the moon, but don't stretch yourself too thin, or you may lose the ladders under your feet. With the right mix of suspense and risk taking, you will ascend to success. 1-6 players Ages 8+ 20 minute play time
Unicorns, clouds, and rainbows ... oh my! Make your own delicious, fun gummy shapes using a gelatin mixture: Pour it into the included mold and concoct a spectrum of flavors and colors to personalize your unicorn, cloud, and rainbow-shaped gummy creations. You can even add citric acid to make sour gummies. Bonus: Learn about the scientific properties of natural polymers as you cook up these delicious treats! This kit includes all the food ingredients needed for a rainbow-gummy good time.
Product Information
Ages: 6+
Experiments: 5
Piece Count: 11
Manual Pages: 16
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 11 x 2.5 in.
Product Weight: 1.2 lbs
Manual Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 in.
Batteries Required: N/A
Country of Origin: USA
Year Released: 2019
This kit introduces you to programming in a fun, step-by-step way. An Arduino-compatible gamepad connects wirelessly to your tablet. Using the gamepad and four interchangeable sensor modules, you play through a video game app on your tablet. In each level of the game, you have to learn a piece of the Arduino programming language and how to use it in order to solve puzzles and challenges and move forward in the game. In this way, you progressively learn the basics of coding. Soon you will be able to write programs on your computer using the four sensors and invent new applications. Following instructions in the 64-page, full-color experiment manual, you can create cool projects such as a light-sensitive drawer alarm and a LED disco light that reacts to the movements of your fingers. Learn to code by playing a video game Gaming: Use sensors to control the game with this innovative gamepad Coding: Solve puzzles and challenges in the game to learn the Arduino programming language Making: Write your own programs and develop new applications for the sensors Includes Arduino-compatible microcontroller (with Bluetooth), cable, rotary control wheel, circuit board, gamepad housing, two push buttons, motion sensor, temperature sensor, sound sensor, light sensor, parts for projects, CodeGamer App. Requires a tablet or smartphone running iOS or Android. GAMING Connect the physical and digital worlds! Use the gamepad to play through 15 fun game levels on your tablet. Plug one of the four sensorbots into the gamepad to activate its special powers. The sensorbot named Kelvin melts ice blocks when you warm its temperature sensor with your hand. The Decibels sensorbot will assist you if you trigger its sound sensor with noise. Lumen reveals things hidden in dark spaces when you shine light on its light sensor. Newton will force its way through obstacles in your path if you shake the touch sensor. Level Editor: Design and create your own game levels, share them, and access other players' levels. CODING Level by level, learn the basics of the Arduino programming language! Solve increasingly complex Arduino puzzles. Discover which program commands make the LEDs on your gamepad blink and the sound module activate. Learn how your gamepad works and how you can configure it yourself. MAKING Apply your new programming knowledge in cool projects! Use the sensors in new applications to bring your own ideas to life. Use the light sensor to count how many times a drawer is opened or program an alarm syeducational that sends you messages. Enter the digital maker's world and unleash your creativity.
Get growing and glowing! Make your own awesome glowing terrarium with real plants. Use the included cress seeds and growing containers to create your own plant display and observe as the seeds germinate and grow. Decorate your terrarium with glowing materials like glow-in-the-dark stars and glowing plastic pebbles, as well as some faux plants. At night, your terrarium will light up a room when the included UV LED string lights (like blacklights) shine on the phosphorescent materials and make them glow.
A fun, eight-page, full-color experiment guide assists you in setting up your terrarium and provides exciting educational content about plants and phosphorescence. Dive into the world of plant biology and glowing things with Wow in the World’s Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas as they deliver fascinating scientific explanations in the exclusive podcast content. Once you’ve grown the plants included in the kit, fill your twinkling terrarium with new plants over and over as you develop a lifelong appreciation for plants and gardening.
The terrarium makes a great addition to a child’s bedroom. Use it as a nightlight! The kit also includes a pair of tweezers to add to your collection of classic STEM tools.
Assemble your terrarium and watch plants grow from seeds
Decorate the terrarium with glowing objects like stars, water beads, and faux plants
UV LEDs (like blacklights) make the phosphorescent materials glow in the dark
Learn about plants and phosphorescence
Exclusive Wow in the World audio content featuring Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas enhances the play and the learning
Bonus tool: Tweezers
More Details
Ages: 6+
Experiments: 4
Piece Count: 18
Manual Pages: 8
Product Dimensions: 9 x 9 x 7 in.
Product Weight: 1 lb.
Manual Dimensions: 7 x 7 in.
Batteries Required: CR2032 coin cell (2) [Included]
Country of Origin: China
Year Released: 2024
Find hidden treasures, track your suspects, mark secret meeting points, and create your own scavenger hunts. The transmitter emits silent, ultrasonic sound waves, which you can detect and track using the handheld detector. Hide the transmitter with a valuable object, an important case document, or a suspect, and then use the detector to search for its whereabouts. When you get close to the transmitter, the LED display on the detector lights up, leading you to the transmitter. Hone your tracking skills to become a super sleuth!
Locate the transmitter using the ultrasonic sensors on the detector
Light-up display tells you when you are getting closer
Mark secret hiding places, objects, and suspects
Use the tracker when playing hide-and-seek or a scavenger hunt game
Gears make things move! Join Ty and Karlie — the young engineers featured in the other Kids First early engineering kits — to build four awesome geared machines and learn all about how gears work. This introductory mechanical engineering kit for kids ages three and up features 61 durable, reusable, easy-to-handle pieces, ensuring long-lasting fun and exploration.Intro to Gears is a fun and engaging way to explore the many amazing things gears can do. With many big and small gears, kids can learn about gear ratios, gear trains, transmissions, power, and torque. The full-color, step-by-step manual explains to parents and adult supervisors how to build the models and how information can be presented to kids.By sharing simple engineering concepts with children, parents, teachers, and caregivers can lay the groundwork for strong STEM-related skills and comprehension at an early age. Model building helps develop fine motor skills, mechanical engineering skills, visual-spatial skills, and reasoning and concept development skills. The modular building pieces in this kit are compatible with other Thames & Kosmos Kids First early engineering kits so kids can use their imaginations to create and build whatever they dream up.Product Information
Ages: 3+
Experiments: 4
Piece Count: 61
Manual Pages: 8
Product Dimensions: 14.6 x 11.5 x 2.7 in.
Product Weight: 2.6 lbs
Manual Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 in.
Batteries Required: N/A
Country of Origin: Taiwan
Year Released: 2022
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD — Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Features
Introductory mechanical engineering kit for ages three and up
Build four awesome geared machines
Large, durable plastic parts are perfect for small hands and safe to use
Building pieces and are compatible with components from other Kids First early engineering kits
Full-color, eight-page manual includes clear and detailed step-by-step assembly instructions
Unique and engaging way to introduce simple engineering concepts to young children
Develops fine motor skills, mechanical engineering skills, visual-spatial skills, and reasoning and concept development skills
Endless possibilities for open-ended creative play
