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 The Weather -
Let us give you a specific example from the Weather Kit. As with all the other kits, there is a specific purpose stated at the beginning of the activity. The purpose of the Weather Kit is to teach children about temperature (ºF and °C), rainfall (measuring in inches and centimeters), wind direction (North, South, East, and West), and air pressure.
With this kit your child will make a thermometer (as well as receive one) and construct a weather vane, rain gauge, and barometer. Your child will be encouraged to enter his/her measurements and observations of the weather in a chart that will accompany the kit. Your child will be your own personal meteorologist after the completion of the this kit!
 Bacteria and Fungi -
This unique kit teaches Young Scientists about bacteria and fungi by growing these organisms on agar in petri dishes and then using antibiotics to see the effect on their growth. In addition, Young Scientists learn about the common fungus yeast by making it react with sugar in both cups and dough.
Your child will feel like a real scientist while preparing the agar in the petri dishes and then swabbing various objects to gather bacteria and fungi. The Neosporin that comes with the kit allows your child to see first hand the purpose and importance of antibiotics. Your child will count bacterial colonies and compare their growth on the various petri dishes in a scientific graph and chart that accompanies the kit. Young Scientists especially like this kit because they are growing live organisms!
 Bones and Muscles -
This kit on bones and muscles is the third kit of four
about human physiology and anatomy. Young Scientists
learn the different parts and functions of the
skeletal and muscle system and just as with the other
kits on human physiology and anatomy, children are
made aware of basic health requirements to keep these
body systems healthy.
Young Scientists study the importance of an x-ray by
making a basic replica of a hand x-ray; hinge joint
and ball-and-socket joint models are made and
compared; and a simple model of a leg is made so that
Young Scientists see the synergy of bones and muscles.
This series of human physiology and anatomy kits will
certainly by a hit with all Young Scientists and will
give them their first introduction to the study of
medicine.
 Polymers -
In this great kit on polymers Young Scientists will
learn about atoms, molecules, and molecular bonds by
creating marshmallow models. Young Scientists then
apply their knowledge to making packing peanuts
disappear and extracting super-absorbent polymers out
of diapers and using these polymers for further
experimentation. They finish this kit by making their
own slime and/or bouncy balls using the knowledge they
have learned about polymers.
Young Scientists will be mixing ingredients,
hypothesizing, and applying the skills they have
learned in previous kits. This kit on polymers will
make your child feel like a real chemist and science
explorer and give them a brief introduction to the
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