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Each kit comes complete with EVERYTHING you need to do the activity. |
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The "Back Story" gives the background information you need to understand what's going on. | |
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This website gives additional information and more activities. |
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Each kit comes complete with EVERYTHING you need to do the activity. |
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The "Back Story" gives the background information you need to understand what's going on. | |
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This website gives additional information and more activities. |
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All Ages  |
About Sprouts - Sprout and dissect different kinds of seeds. Learn the difference between monocotyledons and dicotyledons. |
| Canister Cars - Store and use energy with little trick cars. Can you figure out how to make them go the way you want them to? | |
| Crystals - Grow three different kinds of crystals. | |
| The Dirty Truth - Use real tests on different kinds of soil. Then use what you've learned to analyze the soil at your house. | |
| Up Close - Take a closer look at feathers, Abraham Lincoln and your fingers. Use the high quality hand lens and drops of water to take a closer look. |
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All Ages  |
Fizz Power - Make a CO2 powered rocket that really takes off! |
| Rock-It! - Use real geology tests to figure out what kind of rocks you've received in the kit. | |
| Root for It - Check out what's going on underground by growing seeds in a root chamber. You'll be able to watch the roots grow down while your plant grows up. | |
| Up Close - Take a closer look at feathers, Abraham Lincoln and your fingers. Use the high quality hand lens and drops of water to take a closer look. | |
| Yeasties - What conditions do these little microorganisms like best? It's your job to figure it out. |
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Grades 4-8  |
Prime Time - Explore composite and prime numbers and learn the keys to fractions, algebra, calculus, and the world. Okay, maybe not the world. |
| Probably? - It's very likely you'll have fun gathering data and checking out the theoretical probability. It's impossible that you won't understand probability. | |
| Square Scoops - Permutations. . .not only will you understand them, you'll know why they're important. | |
| Tile Nim - Waiting for the food to arrive will be your favorite part of eating out after learning these great logic games. Check out the website for a way to always win. | |
| Too Square - Square numbers are very hip and full of fascinating patterns that will impress your friends and maybe your teachers, too. |
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Grades K-3  |
Achi - A great game from Ghana for beginning players and those who have mastered tic tac toe. |
| Families Affair - Understand the relationships between numbers that will provide the basis for success in math from early grades all the way through calculus (and beyond...did you know there was a beyond calculus??). | |
| Fill it Up - This is a fun math game that will get players adding and subtracting. | |
| Patterns - Those who find math easy are those who have mastered the skill of finding a pattern and using it. These activities will help your child develop that very important skill. | |
| Even Odder - Number theory and algebra are not too advanced for young children IF they are allowed to explore the concept with the right manipulative. Here it is!! |