Remote-Controlled Snake Robot

Slither into the world of robotics by building a remote-controlled snake robot! Assemble and wire the electronics that drive the robot, and customize it by adding a decorative skin.

Astronaut Starter Kit

Build and launch a pair of model orbiter spaceships using the power of pumps. Paint a set of model planets, then construct a miniature solar system that really spins. Explore the ins-and-outs of space travel — from the history of space exploration, to the challenges of astronaut training, to amazing facts about life on the International Space Station.

Science of Cooking: Ice Cream

Dig into kid-friendly recipes for ice cream and sorbet — made using just the tools in this DIY ice cream kit and some ingredients from home!

Balloon Cars

Add racing stripes and patterns to your cars with a hand-powered airbrush tool and stencils. Build out your cars and then, experiment and tinker with the wheels and balloon to see how fast they can go.

Record Racer

Zoom through turns, dodge obstacles, and put the pedal to the metal with a mechanical toy racing game you engineer yourself! Ready to discover a need for speed — and a love of STEM?

Environmental Science: Oil Cleanup

Learn how oil affects oceans and the critters that live in them, and explore different ways to clean up spilled oil.

Levitating Lantern

Crawling Robot

Take the next step in your engineering adventures with a crawling robot you build yourself! Then learn about the incredible engineering behind other real-life robots that walk just like yours. Ready? Legs get to it!

Jumping Robot

Take a leap into engineering with this jumping robot! Along the way, learn how the physics of potential and kinetic energy puts the spring in the robot’s step. Ready to hop to it?

Baking and Fractions

Dig into pretend play — with a hearty helping of math on the side! All you need to cook up some creativity is this solid wood baking set for kids, complete with baking ingredients, spoons, and more!

Paleontologist Starter Kit

Discover the ins-and-outs of a career in prehistoric exploration with this excavation toy for kids! Use tools to dig up bones, then assemble them into a dinosaur skeleton display!

Headphones

Build the headphone headband, rig up the speaker drivers, and experiment with stereo sound. Explore how speakers and other electroacoustic transducers turn electricity into sound, then learn about the historical technologies that made modern headsets possible.

Fort Builder Kit

Build a cave, a clubhouse, a castle, or anything else you can dream up with this endless fort building kit — perfect for architects-in-the-making.

Robots and Coding

Build and decorate your own friendly robot buddy. Create a robot rabbit with a customizable track to run along. Write programs to solve puzzles and send your robot along a path.

Colorful Chemistry

Learn about the scientific method, then put together a bubbly chemical reaction in your own fab chemistry lab. Try other color mixing experiments, make some colorful art, and learn about everyday chemical reactions. 

Crates can be purchased individually or you can buy a whole pack for the whole session.

Walking Robot

Build a walking robot and experiment with mechanical motion!

Speedy Race Cars

Create a custom speedy race car and use black washi tape to create a speedway on any surface.

Basketball Catapult

Aim, shoot, and score with this physics-friendly crate! Engineer an adjustable catapult and play a spirited game of basketball. Learn about the science of sports, and experiment with different angles and arcs until you're a hoop superstar.

Froggie Dissection Lab

Open Froggie up, then use a pair of kid-friendly tweezers to explore the major internal organs that you and Froggie have in common — heart, lungs, stomach, and more. Then play a diagnosis game to figure out why Froggie isn't feeling well.

Glow Lab

Explore UV light and mix up 3 solutions that glow in the dark. Explore the chemistry of fluorescence, phosphorescence, and chemiluminescence. 
Delivery note: This item will ship separately from any other items in your order. Your entire order only qualifies for Standard Shipping (delivered within 3-10 business days).

Solar System

Create your own solar system mobile, complete with a light-up sun in the center.

Window Garden

Learn about plant science in a hands-on way, by assembling your own suction-cup window planters and growing a set of green bean and squash plants. Learn to take care of your plants, identify new plant parts as they sprout, and make yummy dishes using fruit and other plant parts!

Eggsperiments

Conduct a series of egg-themed experiments that show physics, chemistry, and biology in action. Color eggs using chemical reactions, create sparkly eggshells through crystallization, and more! Eggsplore the scientific method in a hands-on way, all while seeing bubbly, fizzy, bouncy, sparkly science at work! 
Eggs not included.

Punch Needle Pillow

Take a stab at punch needle art, decorating, sewing, and stuffing a punch-needle pillow.

Light-Up Lantern

Puzzle together the pieces of an LED-powered lantern, fit for any budding explorer. Sharpen your spatial reasoning skills while crafting with wood, foam, and fabric.

Color Changing Slime

Explore the science of thermochromism — with squishy slime that shifts color when it changes temperature!

Light-Up Wire Art

Build two custom electronic art pieces with EL wire. Choose from five existing templates, or create your own from scratch.

Pinball Machine

Design the board, launch, and play, all while discovering pinball game physics! 
 
Everything needed, from materials to illustrated directions, is included, along with imagine!, a bonus play & learn magazine for kids.

Slime Circuits

Engineer a basic circuit, using your slime as a conductor to light up an LED (and a love of science!). Then conduct a series of electric experiments that showcase the science of switches, resistance, LED color-mixing, and more!

Little Artist

Encourage little artists with a color-block painting project, abstract bead sculpture, and a personalized art smock.

Young Chemist (3-Pack)

Ignite a passion for science at an early age and save when purchased as a pack. Recommended for Ages 5+.

Enrichment for Grades 9-12 (3-Pack)

Veterinarian Starter Kit

Check up on a favorite stuffed animal with a stethoscope, syringe, and other handy vet tools. Explore animal anatomy by assembling organ and muscle systems. Play a "find the fracture" game using an x-ray lightbox and a set of animal cards. Learn to read cat and dog body language, and how vets understand animals when they can't talk.

Crystal Chemistry Garden

Craft a colorful chemis-tree and garden using felt shapes and liquid watercolors. Then concoct a chemical solution that'll make your garden grow fun and funky crystals over two days, and learn the science behind them!

Crystal Ombre Soap Making

Craft and customize two kinds of colorful, crystal-inspired soaps. Explore mineral science, colorful ombre geodes, and chemical reactions.
 
Requires microwave. One project can make 3 unique soaps.

Bubble Machine

Explore bubble chemistry, and how the construction and physics behind your machine helps bubbles form. Experiment with different wand positions and bubble formulas to make bigger, better bubbles, and practice noting your observations like scientists do! Then take a stab at more at-home explorations, from concocting your own super bubble mix, to building a pipe-cleaner bubble wand, to practicing bubble tricks.

Professions Starter Kit (3-Pack)

Discover three of the coolest careers around with this crate bundle packed with hands-on learning!

Ice Skating Rink

Learn to tinker with gears and rig up a motor, then decorate a unique winter wonderland scene complete with festive characters. Turn the motor on to make the gears rotate, then watch your snowman, penguin, and gingerbread man spin around and "skate" on the ice!

Crystal Chemistry Tree

Plant' and decorate a tree with ornaments and ribbons. Add ammonia, bluing, and table salt to the planter, and watch snowy crystals appear on the branches overnight!

Domino Machine

What could be cooler than a domino run? Well, how about a robot that sets up the dominoes for you! With this crate you can build your own robot, then use it to help lay out amazing domino runs!

Cannonball Launcher

Build a launcher that uses elastic power to shoot foam cannonballs. Contains everything you need to build a working launcher and matching mount.

Hydraulic Claw

Construct your own lifting claw and learn how hydraulic systems work. Continue the experimentation with bonus design challenges.

Safari

Embark on a wild safari expedition with 3 engaging activities and a bonus magazine.

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