Science @ Home

Comes in 5 fun options: Tiny Baking, Tiny Science, Tiny Ice Cream, Tiny Gardening, and Tiny Robots

Tiny Baking: This teeny-tiny set will show your pint-size prodigy the rewards of being a kitchen whiz. They’ll love making mini feasts that are small enough to fit in the palm of their hand. They’ll learn the science behind cooking, baking and nutrition as they bake little pies, cakes, grilled cheese sandwiches and pizza. This kit comes with all the tools they’ll need and a 48-page recipe book. If you’re lucky, they might even share. For kids 8 and up.

Tiny Science: SmartLab's Tiny Science is a miniature working lab with real precision instruments, including a funnel, petri dish, beaker, Erlenmeyer flask, magnifier, test tube, pipette, graduated cylinder, measuring scoop, balance scale, and 3 gram weights. These teeny tiny tools are housed in a miniature cabinet, making Tiny Science perfect for on-the-go fun!

Tiny Robots: Welcome to the itty-bity robotic engineering lab. Your Tiny Robots set comes with teensy tools to make miniature mechanized minions. You'll build wee walkers, tiny dancers, and many more. As you create, you'll learn all about mechanisms, inside machines, that make our world go round. 

Tiny Ice Cream: All the equipment you need to make 1/4 cup of real ice cream! Use the included recipes, tools, and molds to make itty-bitty waffle cones, ice cream sandwich cookies, ice cream taco shells, teeny popsicles, and even incredible edible ice cream bowls while learning the history and science of ice cream

Tiny Gardening: Kids can enjoy gardening at their fingertips with a miniature desktop greenhouse and tiny gardening tools while exploring science principles like capillary action, photosynthesis, transpiration, and phototropism.

Tiny Circuits: Get amped up about itty-bitty electronics! This miniaturized version of our best-selling Smart Circuits kit lets you build gadgets, create funny sound effects, and play fast-paced electronic games with lights and sounds!

Challenge your child's imagination with this 4M Salt Water Powered Robot Kit. Perfect for any young scientist, this fun kit teaches robotics and the value of alternative energy sources. Once assembled, this robotic racer is powered by the safe, non-toxic chemical reaction of salt water and charcoal. Fostering creativity and mechanical skill, this kit also provides an excellent opportunity to show kids how toys are assembled and function.

• This set includes necessary components, accessories, and easy-to-follow instructions.
• Requires one Phillips head screwdriver, cup, table salt, spoon, and adult supervision
• Recommended for ages 9+yrs

An invention of the captain of Darwin's HMS Beagle, this updated barometer responds to atmospheric fluctuations to forecast the weather. Crystals within the sealed glass chamber cluster or disperse with changes in air pressure or temperature. Add a little atmosphere to your home and daily routine.

• Markings on glass indicate forecast
• Glass capsule sets into a beech wood base

 A perfect introduction to magnets, learn about North and South poles, explore magnetic items around the house and test the strength of magnets! 

• 11-Piece Set includes: 2 large horseshoe magnets, 2 magnetic balls, 2 star magnets, 2 magnet rings, 2 "U" shaped magnets, and a magnetic wand
• Ages 6+
• Choking hazard - not suitable for children under 3 years old

Drunken Botanist

by Amy Stewart

Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet?  In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries.

Of all the extraordinary and obscure plants that have been fermented and distilled, a few are dangerous, some are downright bizarre, and one is as ancient as dinosaurs-but each represents a unique cultural contribution to our global drinking traditions and our history.

This fascinating concoction of biology, chemistry, history, etymology, and mixology-with more than fifty drink recipes and growing tips for gardeners-will make you the most popular  guest at any cocktail party! 

Grow four of your own crystals and apply geology, chemistry and paleontology to create a dinosaur terrarium filled with colorful crystals kids grow themselves.

• This DIY STEM kit includes crystal growing medium, three dinosaur figures, plastic terrarium, interesting facts and detailed instructions
• For Ages 10+

Wonder at the beauty of science, colorful globes rise and fall according to the temperature. Metal tags tell both Celsius & Fahrenheit and glass globe rests securely on handsome Beechwood base.

• Colorful globes rise and fall to determine temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit
• Measures 4.5" x 3.5"

At-home mad scientist and slime fanatics, this test tube slime is for you! Perfect for party favors, stocking stuffer, or just an addition to a slime collection. 

• 5½” test tubes filled with two colors of slippery slime, 1.3oz
• Not intended for children under 3 yrs

Science in Seconds

by Hazel Muir

The quickest possible way to learn about everything from black holes to quantum computers! 200 Key concepts explained in an instant. Simple and accessible,Science in Seconds is a visually led introduction to all the scientific concepts that really matter Each idea is made incredibly quick to remember and easy to understand, illustrated by means of a straightforward picture and a maximum 200 word explanation.

Concepts span all of the key scientific disciplines including physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, biotechnology, anatomy and physiology, medicine, earth science, energy generation, astronomy, spaceflight and information technology.

• For kids age 4-104
• Magically unfolds from 5.5" to 12"

Challenge your child's imagination with the 4M Tin Can Robot. Perfect for any young scientist, this fun robotics kit teaches how to build a motorized robot or monster while identifying the value of recycling by re-purposing a used soda can.  Not only does it foster creativity, it's an excellent opportunity to show kids how toys are assembled and function using mechanical principles.

• Requires an empty soda can and 1 AA battery. Adult supervision may be necessary.
• Recommended for 8+yrs