Scientific Explorer Tasty Science Kit

I bought this (and about 60 other "like" items) to hand out to kids at a company Christmas party. You should have seen the excitement when they picked these out. I don't know whether or not they worked, easy or hard, messy or not... but I can tell you it got children excited in a project. I intentionally purchased items that would be fun to do as a family. I would definitely recommend again.

Bought as a gift for my nephew. He LOVED it!! Such a fun twist on science!

Bought this for my 8yr old grandson for Christmas and he loved it .We enjoyed doing all of the fun experiments together.

The strengths of this kit are teaching basic science and scientific research principles. You can test different compounds for acid or base properties, and there are test tubes, labels and charts to fill out with hypotheses and results. Weaknesses of this kit are the lack of explanation as to what the experiments mean. However, with an adult participant who's familiar enough with things like acids and bases, this is not really an issue. I also did not find the test tubes to be inadequate as some other reviewers did- I thought they were adequate for the levels of the experiments performed and the price of the kits. There was even a holder for the test tubes in a cool wavy shape, which was rather stylish for a science kit. Other reviewers were quite correct that the fizzy pop was "icky"- as you would expect the result of neutralizing an acid with a base to be! The purpose of that particular recipe was to see a chemical reaction rather than to have a yummy drink, and I think that was accomplished. I purchased this kit for my eight year old cousin, who has an interest in cooking. I also found this product "girl friendly"- as a female engineer, piquing my younger cousin's interest in science was a goal for this year's Christmas presents. I was quite happy with it overall- it was fun and the experiments were easy to do.

Pretty cool. Getting a packet of isolated citric acid is nearly worth the price. Ph strips didn't work though. Didn't change color in the presence of strong acid, or base. We did experiments that weren't in the directions. For example: I mixed dry citric acid, baking soda, grape flavor, and sugar - all dry, and mixed it all together. When I place a teaspoon of it in my kids' mouths, the water allows the base (baking soda) and acid to react, resulting in foaming at the mouth. But since it winds up Ph-neutral, it is harmless (and neither are that strong alone anyway). And it tastes yummy! Kind of like Alka-Selzer (which I'm sure uses the same method - notice they are in tightly sealed aluminum+plastic pouches), but with yummy flavor. Or, like powdered Pop-Rocks.