T & K Catalogue 2018 brochure

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2018 PRODUCT CATALOGUE

KOSMOS QUALITY AND SAFETY

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More than one hundred years of expertise in publishing science experiment kits and games stand behind every product that bears the Kosmos name. Kosmos experiment kits and games are designed by an experienced team of specialists and tested with the utmost care during development and production.

With regard to product safety, these products follow European and US safety standards, as well as our own reďŹ ned proprietary safety guidelines. By working closely with our manufacturing partners and safety testing labs, we are able to control all stages of production. While the majority of our products are made in Germany, all of our products, regardless of origin, follow the same rigid quality standards.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LINE OVERVIEW 2

IMPULSE SCIENCE

IMPULSE SCIENCE

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I DIG IT!

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Fun and inexpensive science kits including Ooze Labs.

SCIENCE

GEEK & CO. SCIENCE

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EXPLORATION SERIES

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NATURE DISCOVERY

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3D PUZZLES

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ANIMAL ANATOMY

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MY DISCOVERY

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PEPPER MINT

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BARBIE STEM KITS

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KIDS FIRST

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I DIG IT! Paleontology and geology kits with activities including excavating dinosaur replicas, fossils, and minerals; building dinosaur models; and collecting minerals

GEEK & CO. SCIENCE Science-themed project kits that put fun first to make learning truly approachable and entertaining. Each kit makes a lasting, keepsake project or gift-worthy item

KIDS FIRST Introductory science kits that introduce science to young children, starting at age 3, and gradually prepare them for more advanced studies

KIDS FIRST LEVEL 1

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KIDS FIRST LEVEL 2

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KIDS FIRST LEVEL 3

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EXPLORATION SERIES

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Broad, fun, and accessible science kits that take kids deeper into their scientific explorations. For kids ages 6 to 13

Thames & Kosmos’ biggest, coolest, and most comprehensive science kits, covering subjects from alternative energy to robotics.

For kids and adults

NATURE DISCOVERY

ENGINEERING MAKERSPACE

Story-based STEM kits with experiments Science kits which encourage exploring the world we live in and the creatures that live on it.

A line of engineering kits designed to combine the fun and creativity of makerspaces and cool building projects with STEM lessons

PEPPER MINT

GLOBES

Story-based STEM kits with experiments that follow the adventures of Pepper Mint, a curious, skillful, and creative young engineer

High-quality, durable, and sturdy acrylic globes with excellent resolution, brilliant colours, and fade resistance

SIGNATURE SERIES ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

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ASTRONOMY & SPACE

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BIOLOGY

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CHEMISTRY

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CRYSTALS & MATERIALS

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ELECTRICAL SCIENCE

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ENGINEERING

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ENGINEERING MAKERSPACE

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SIGNATURE SERIES CONTINUED

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MULTI-SUBJECT

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REMOTE-CONTROL ENGINEERING

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ROBOTICS & PROGRAMMING

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SIGNATURE SERIES

GLOBES

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BARBIE™ STEM KITS

MAGIC

MAGIC

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Authentic, story-based science education experiences for kids who love Barbie™, developed in partnership with Mattel

Comprehensive sets teach kids how to perform fun and entertaining magic tricks while they learn important life skills

Thames & Kosmos kits offer hands-on learning through experimentation and model building, and include comprehensive full-colour books and instructions. The kits cover relevant topics that are pertinent to the world today and provide fun and enjoyable activities for effective learning. They consist of high-quality materials and customdesigned parts and have been safety tested for the United States and Europe.

Ooze Labs are fun and simple science experiments in big chunky plastic test tubes! Each Ooze Lab tube contains a simple science experiment to create a safe material that is both fun to play with and chemically interesting.

IMPULSE SCIENCE

IMPULSE SCIENCE

IMPULSE SCIENCE

MAGNETIC SLIME

HYPERCOLOUR SLIME

SUNSHINE SLIME

Mix up a batch of slime that reacts to a magnet.

Make your own colour-changing slime that changes from green to blue depending on the temperature.

Make a slime that changes colour from white to pink-orange in strong ultraviolet light, like direct sunlight.

Ages 7+

8p

575001 Ages 7+

8p

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GLOW-IN-THE-DARK SLIME The Ooze Lab Pointof-Purchase Display holds 25 tubes.

Whip up a batch of slime that stores light energy and then glows in the dark!

Ages 7+

8p

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Ages 7+

8p

575006

GLITTER SLIME Mix up a pale blue slime and add holographic glitter flecks to it for a fun, sparkly effect.

Ages 7+

8p

575007

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GIANT DINOSAUR SKELETON KIT Assemble a 26-Inch-Long T. Rex Skeleton The Tyrannosaurus rex is one of the most famous prehistoric animals. This ferocious carnivore was one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs. With its magnificent teeth in its massive jaw and its long, powerful tail, it’s no wonder how it was given a name that means “tyrant lizard king.”

With this kit, you can build a 26-inchlong scale model of a T. rex skeleton and get

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exciting insights into this creature’s anatomy.

The skeleton model is made of 20 plastic pieces that snap together easily and a plastic base on which you can display your skeleton.

You will learn how the structure of the megaskeleton works and what parts it consists of.

The full-colour, eight-panel manual has step-by-step illustrated instructions for assembling the skeleton model. Read the manual to learn about dinosaurs, their lives in prehistoric times, and the formation of fossils.

Ages 6+

8p

632120

GLOW-IN-THE-DARK PTEROSAUR EXCAVATION KIT

GLOW-IN-THE-DARK T. REX EXCAVATION KIT

Play the role of a paleontologist and excavate a glow-in-the-dark skeleton of a flying dinosaur, called a Pterosaur. Start by uncovering the bones using a hammer and chisel. Then assemble them into a skeleton with an impressive 18-inch wingspan. The kit includes the skeleton pieces buried in a plaster block, excavation tools, stand, and a descriptive manual.

Excavate your own glow-in-the-dark Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton model. This dangerous prehistoric giant comes to life when you excavate its bones with a hammer and chisel and assemble them into a skeleton. The skeleton lets you re-enact prehistoric adventures or surprise your friends with its glowing effect when the lights are off. The kit includes 13 skeleton pieces buried in a plaster block, excavation tools, and a descriptive manual.

Ages 7+

10 p

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Ages 7+

10 p

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I DIG IT! MINERALS AND FOSSILS! DISPLAY WITH 24 INDIVIDUALLY PACKED SPECIMENS 12 DIFFERENT MINERAL SPECIMENS!

The Minerals Rock! display holds 24 assorted mineral specimens individually packed in The I DIG IT Minerals and Fossils! display holds 24 excavation kits which contain one mineral or fossil. The eggs are blind-packed, so it’s a surprise which of the minerals or fossils you will get. A small chisel tool for digging the egg and an instruction manual are included.

Ages 7+

8p

630465

I DIG IT! DINOS DISPLAY WITH 24 ASSORTED DINO EGG EXCAVATION KITS

12 DIFFERENT DINOSAURS

Each of these fun, low-priced dino egg excavation kits contain one plastic dinosaur model.

The eggs are blind-packed, so it’s a surprise which of the 12 dinosaur figures you will get. A small chisel tool for digging the dino out of the egg and an instruction manual are included.

Ages 5+

12 p

630455

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GEEK. & COC E !

SCIEN

Get ready to totally geek out on awesome science projects! GEEK & CO. SCIENCE is a series of 14 science-themed project kits that put fun first to make learning truly approachable and entertaining. With each kit, kids build or make a tangible, lasting item — an object worthy of keeping on display or giving as a gift after the fun and educational process of creating it is over.

GEEK OUT! GEEK & CO. SCIENCE

SOAP & BATH BOMB LAB Explore essential chemistry principles while experimenting with bath and body products. Make bath bombs and learn about how acids and bases combine to form fizzing reactions. Mould glycerin soap shapes and experiment with the chemical properties of soap that help it pick up and wash away dirt. Learn about the biology of skin and other science related to soap and bath products.

CRYSTAL NIGHTLIGHT Grow a big beautiful crystal and assemble a special platform to display it with a colour-changing LED circuit inside. Learn about crystal formation and LED technology.

Ages 8+

Ages 8+

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16 p

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GEEK. & COC E !

SCIEN

GLOWING CRYSTAL GEODE Create your own crystal geode — a round rock containing a crystal-filled cavity. First, cast a plaster geode shell in the mould and then fill it with a crystalgrowing alum salt solution. The crystal solution contains an ultraviolet-luminous pigment that gets incorporated into the crystals as they form, resulting in a geode that glows in ultraviolet light. An ultraviolet flashlight with holder, as well as a display stand for the geode, are included. Display your beautiful specimen day and night! Learn about how crystals form and why the pigment glows under ultraviolet light.

Ages 8+

16 p

550022

GEEKER SPEAKER LAB Make sound waves visible with this awesome device called a vibration speaker. It turns practically any surface into a larger speaker. The audio jack connects to standard audio output sockets. Stick the speaker onto a variety of surfaces and objects to find out which materials produce the best sound. Experiment to see sound waves ripple through a tray of sand or water. With signal generating apps, you can experiment to visualise different sound wave patterns.

Ages 8+

16 p

550017

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GEEK. & COC E !

SCIEN

SPACE FARM Geeks in space! Explore what it would take to set up an extraterrestrial farm on another planet.

Experiment with a nutrient gel to grow garden cress in hydroponic tubes without soil. In the greenhouse dome, grow the alien-like succulent Tiger’s Jaws (Faucaria tigrina). Find out what plants need in order to grow and how those things might be provided on another world. Geekstronaut figures tend to your space farm while it grows.

FLYING ORNITHOPTERS An ornithopter is a mechanical aircraft that flies by flapping its wings.

It imitates the flapping-wing flight of birds, insects, and bats. Build four ornithopter models including a bird, bat, butterfly, and dragonfly.

The wings work like propellers to generate lift and thrust, powered by a wind-up rubber band engine. A streamlined and durable bamboo and plastic building system enables the models to be light enough to fly gracefully through the air like winged animals.

Ages 8+

8

16 p

550025

GLOW STICK LAB Make awesome glow sticks that shine in cool colours under UV lights and that glow in the dark. Mix up five different glowing concoctions using the included materials and substances from around your house, and then learn why they glow!

Ages 8+

16 p

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Ages 8+

16 p

550018

GEEK. & COC E !

SCIEN

RUBBER BAND RACERS Fly into physics fun with five awesome models driven by a rubber band powered propeller.

Using ultralight plastic and bamboo parts, build a helicopter, airboat, airplane, fan car, and hydrofoil.

Learn how the elastic material stores energy and then releases it to move the models.

Ages 8+

16 p

550020 GEEK & CO. SCIENCE

ULTRALIGHT AIRPLANES Construct awesome flying gliders with ultralight plastic and bamboo parts.

Build five different types of planes with different wing configurations to learn how wings provide lift and how planes stay up in the air.

Ages 8+

16 p

GEEK & CO. SCIENCE

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GEEK. & COC E !

SCIEN

PLASMA REACTOR MUSICAL UFO Build an electronic musical device that works like a simple theremin, an instrument in which the pitch is controlled by the movement of your hand.

In this device, a light sensor inside the UFO’s dome senses the changing light level as you move your hand above it, changing the sound.

Ages 8+

10

16 p

550008

Make a cool, bubbling lamp and learn some chemistry in the process. With this kit, you can build a fun, oozing, fizzing lamp that uses oil, water, and carbon dioxide gas from fizzing tablets. Learn about the different states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma!

Ages 8+

16 p

550012

GEEK. & COC E !

SCIEN

SLIME TIME Construct an electro-goop powered battery and use it to juice up a digital clock. Learn about electrochemical reactions, electrodes, and batteries.

Ages 8+

16 p

550001

NEON LIGHT WRITER Want to see your name in lights? With this kit, you can use a cool lighting technology called electroluminescent wire (EL Wire) to make a kind of neon sign. You can write your name or any word you want! The manual will teach you how and will also explain how EL wire works.

Ages 8+

16 p

550055

TRICK STICK This kit uses a “magic wand” to show the stunning power of electrostatic energy which will inflate the included objects into 3D shapes and hold them invisibly in the air!

Power up the generating wand with 2x AA Batteries and hold your own “Magic” show of levitating objects.

The full-colour manual teaches the user about the science behind the kit. The electrical potential is similar to that generated by the Van de Graaf Generator; an important high voltage generating device now used for accelerating subatomic particles to high speed, a useful tool for fundamental physics research.

Ages 8+

10 p

550031

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ARCHAEOLOGY: PYRAMID DIG Play the role of archaeologist as you explore this pyramid model and the treasures buried within. After using hieroglyphics to decipher the secret to unlocking the pyramid, use tools and techniques similar to those of a real archaeologist to carefully excavate a sarcophagus and four canopic urns from the hardened sandy catacomb inside. Practice the best techniques for excavating an archaeological site, such as digging, troweling, screening, brushing, and record keeping.

As you uncover the artifacts in the pyramid, you will learn about important aspects of archaeological science, including surveys, excavation, conservation, dating, and remote sensing. Learn how to create a gridded excavation site and a diorama. Investigate the layout of the pyramid, its various chambers, hidden passageways, and security devices by constructing a three-dimensional cross section of the pyramid. A full-colour, 32-page manual gives step-by-step instructions for the activities and experiments.

Ages 8+

12

32 p

665001

EXPLORATION SERIES

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CHEMISTRY C500 Chemistry C500 takes you on an introductory tour of chemistry with 28 classic experiments. Learn about reactions between solids, liquids, and gases. Discover the colourful effects of acids and bases.

Perform astonishing “magic” tricks for your friends. Make fizzy and foamy reactions. Write messages with invisible ink. Investigate metals and salts in electrochemical experiments with a 9-volt battery (not included). Learn for yourself how chemistry goes far beyond textbooks and laboratories to explain occurrences that happen around us every day. The 48-page, full-colour experiment manual gives simple instructions for setting up and performing each experiment, and then clear explanations of what happened and why.

This kit is ideal for children who are interested in chemistry but who are not yet ready for a more advanced chemistry set. It serves as an excellent introduction to our other chemistry sets.

EXPLORATION SERIES

Ages 10+

48 p

665012

GENETICS & DNA Head into the lab for an in-depth investigation of genetics, the branch of biology focused on heredity and variation in organisms, and DNA, the acid that holds the blueprints for life. See genetic material with your own eyes as you isolate the DNA from a tomato in a test tube.

Investigate inheritance and learn how traits are passed down from parents to children. Learn about dominant and recessive genes and play inheritance games to determine how traits will be expressed.

Learn about the biology of reproduction, the components of cells, and how chromosomes are combined and copied. Assemble a model to see the elegant double-stranded helical structure of DNA. Then crack the genetic code and find out how the different parts, called nucleotides, fit together. Analyse DNA evidence to identify suspects and solve a crime. Breed your own bacteria colony to experiment with survival of the fittest. Read about how mutation affects genes and how scientists clone plants and animals. Fullcolour, 48-page manual.

Ages 10+

48 p

665002

EXPLORATION SERIES

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MAGNETIC SCIENCE Explore the invisible and amazing power of magnets with 33 engaging experiments and games. This science experiment kit contains many magnets of different shapes and sizes, and a variety of other components with which you can explore this classic scientific subject.

Experiment to determine which materials are magnetic and which are not. Learn about magnetic poles and magnetic fields. Discover how Earth behaves like one giant magnet, and how we use compasses to take advantage of this phenomenon to determine which way is north.

Conduct a series of experiments to learn first hand how magnets behave and interact under different conditions. Make invisible magnetic fields visible using iron filings in an enclosed transparent box.

Construct an electromagnet to learn how electricity relates to magnetism. Finally, have some fun with what you have learned by playing some games with magnets. The full-colour, 48-page manual guides your experiments with illustrated step-by-step instructions.

Ages 8+

48 p

EXPLORATION SERIES

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SOLAR MECHANICS Build more than 20 solar-powered models to learn about how solar cells convert energy from sunlight into mechanical energy. Conduct experiments with the solar cell to see how different placement angles, different light levels, different sources of light, and different loads affect its operation. Learn about solar power in a fun, hands-on way.

This kit includes a unique single-piece solar motor that is composed of a photovoltaic cell and an electric motor joined together in one compact unit. With this solar motor, you can power dozens of electric vehicles and devices. Build models including cars, trucks, planes, windmills, waterwheels, robots, and other vehicles.

The 60-page, full-colour experiment manual offers step-by-step illustrated instructions for the building projects and experiments.

The building system is compatible with all of our other Physics and Construction kits.

Ages 8+

14

EXPLORATION SERIES

60 p

665068

MOTORS & GENERATORS Electric motors and generators are in countless devices, appliances, and vehicles that we use every day. They are an essential technology in our modern world. With this kit, you can conduct 25 experiments to learn how an electric motor converts electricity into motion, and how an electric generator does the opposite, converting motion into electricity.

The electric motor is made of transparent plastic to show how the inside components work. Set up the motor to run on battery power and learn how a motor works. Then reconfigure the device to work in reverse as a hand-crank electric generator. Experiment with magnets to learn about the force of magnetism, and how magnetic fields relate to electric current. Build simple circuits consisting of the motor or generator, wires, and a light bulb to learn about the flow of electricity.

Learn about gears and drive-trains and how they work to effectively convert kinetic energy into electrical energy and back again. The fullcolour, 48-page manual guides your experiments.

Ages 8+

48 p

665036

VOLCANOES & EARTHQUAKES Earth is constantly changing. Massive pieces of its outer layer are slowly sliding under, over, away from, or past each other. Earthquakes shake the continents and oceans, and volcanoes spew out the molten insides of our planet. By studying these awe-inspiring and devastating natural phenomena, you can learn about the inner workings of Earth.

Build and erupt a model volcano with plaster-based “lava” that hardens after each eruption. The volcano can be erupted multiple times, and the volcanic cone builds up with each eruption, like a real volcano. Learn about the different types of volcanoes. Build a working seismograph, and fake some ‘quakes to see for yourself how scientists measure earthquake forces. Discover plate tectonics, and see how volcanoes and earthquakes are caused by the constant movement of the planet’s parts. Assemble a plate tectonics puzzle and a geological globe. Play a volcano quiz game to learn about well-known volcanoes.

A full-colour, 48-page experiment manual is included.

Ages 10+

48 p

665081

EXPLORATION SERIES

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3D PUZZLES Part of the exciting Nature Discovery range, these fun 3D models offer an insight into various animal species and inspires children to learn about our world and the animals that live on it.

Each 3D Puzzle includes assembly instructions and a fun fact sheet about the animals’ behaviour and habitat.

EMPEROR SCORPION Ages 8+

16 p

265020

CHAMELEON Ages 8+

16 p

264910

CLOWNFISH Ages 8+

16 p

265430

LION FISH Ages 8+

16 p

265420

GIANT PANDA Ages 8+

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NATURE DISCOVERY

16 p

264740

3D PUZZLES Part of the exciting Nature Discovery range, these fun 3D models offer an insight into various animal species and inspires children to learn about our world and the animals that live on it.

Each 3D Puzzle includes assembly instructions and a fun fact sheet about the animals’ behaviour and habitat.

BLUE TANG Ages 8+

16 p

265490

RATTLESNAKE Ages 8+

16 p

265040

MOORISH IDOL FISH Ages 8+

16 p

265520

GALAPAGOS TORTOISE Ages 8+

16 p

264930

GORILLA Ages 8+

16 p

264730

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SEA TURTLE DIORAMA Ages 8+

16 p

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WHALE SHARK DIORAMA Ages 8+ +

16 p

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EAGLE OWL DIORAMA Ages 8+ Age

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ANIMAL ANATOMY These fun 3D models offer an insight into animal anatomy and inspire children to learn about our world and the creatures that live on it.

Each Animal Anatomy set includes a detailed model with detachable parts that can be easily assembled to show the internal organs and bone structure of an animal along with a fun and informative instruction manual providing facts about each animal and its habitat.

GREAT WHITE SHARK Ages 8+

16 p

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16 p

261050

TIGER Ages 8+

SCORPION Ages 8+

16 p

261130

NATURE TURE DISCOVERY OVERY

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ANIMAL ANATOMY TARANTULA Ages 8+

16 p

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16 p

261050

ORCA Ages 8+

GORILLA Ages 8+

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NATURE DISCOVERY

16 p

260900

ANIMAL ANATOMY GIRAFFE Each Animal Anatomy set includes a detailed model with detachable parts that can be easily assembled to show the internal organs and bone structure of an animal along with a fun and informative instruction manual providing facts about each animal and its habitat.

Ages 8+

HUMAN ANATOMY These detailed models teach inquisitive biologists about human anatomy.

Each kit includes a detailed model with detachable parts that can be easily assembled along with a fun and informative instruction manual providing mind blowing facts!

Ages 8+

16 p

260830

16 p

NATURE DISCOVERY

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MY DISCOVERY TRIOPS Triops are Crustaceans that are known from fossil records to have existed up to 300,000,000 years ago. This starter kit contains everything you need for successfully hatching Triops eggs – including feed and complete facilities for rearing and observation - so you can be close to the action when the small crustaceans hatch. In only a few days, they will hatch, change their armour, dart through the water ...

Our guarantee: Triops eggs in all Thames & Kosmos sets come exclusively from controlled and sustainable laboratory breeding and are not taken from the wild .

Ages 8+ 5

16 p

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MY DISCOVERY GIANT TRIOPS The European species of Triops (Triops cancriformus) can grow up to three times the size of the other Triops! Watch on with amazement as these prehistoric crustaceans grow and learn how they have survived for millions of years. This kit contains all you need to hatch, feed, observe and breed your own Triops!

Ages 8+

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NATURE DISCOVERY

16 p

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MY DISCOVERY TELESCOPE This entry-level telescope has 12x optical magnification and a soft shell ocular lens cover (eye-piece) for greater comfort. Young researchers are able to view the stars at night, watch wildlife, or become seagoing pirates. As with all Thames & Kosmos’ products, the high-quality product ensures the scientific fun-factor remains intact.

Ages 6+ 5

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MY DISCOVERY 3D MICROSCOPE My Discovery Telescope new blurb - This entry level telescope has 12x optical magnification and a soft shell ocular lens cover (eye-piece) for greater comfort. Young researchers are able to view the stars at night, watch wildlife, or become seagoing pirates. As with all Thames and Kosmos kits, this high-quality product ensures the scientific fun-factor remains intact.

Ages 8+ 5

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Immerse yourself in a playful, imaginative world of STEM stories. Pepper Mint is a new line of STEM kits with experiments and activities that follow the adventures of Pepper Mint, a curious, skillful, and creative young engineer. The experiments are presented in storybook manuals with beautiful illustrations and step-by-step instructions. As you read the stories of Pepper Mint’s adventures, you do the same projects and experiments that she does in the story. After assembly, the large wooden models of a treehouse and a boat become playsets where a child’s imagination can run free.

PEPPER MINT IN THE GREAT TREEHOUSE ENGINEERING ADVENTURE In this story-based STEM kit, Pepper Mint visits her aunt who is a scientist researching primates. She lives in a treehouse in the rainforest on the island of Borneo. The treehouse is not connected to the electrical power grid, but Pepper Mint and her aunt devise mechanical inventions to accomplish various tasks. They equip the treehouse with mechanical equipment using pulleys, winches, and gears, and learn lessons in physics. Projects include a rope ladder, a pulley to lift heavy objects into the treehouse, a rubberband powered lift, a rotating palm leaf umbrella, a zipline, a catapult, and a trap door. At the end of the story, Pepper Mint wires up a string of LED lanterns using conductive thread and a battery holder to light up the treehouse in the dark jungle night. While doing this, she learns about electric circuits. The kit includes materials to build the treehouse and do the projects, a full-colour illustrated storybook and step-by-step instruction manual, as well as a scale Pepper Mint figurine.

Ages 8+

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32 p

626020

PEPPER MINT IN THE FANTASTIC UNDERWATER SCIENCE VOYAGE In this story-based STEM kit, Pepper Mint accompanies an expedition to the Bermuda Triangle. Soon she discovers that the ocean water there behaves in strange and unexpected ways. When the onboard systems of the research vessel fail, Pepper Mint figures out how to use water to make simple hydraulic machines and conduct experiments with pressure and density. The accompanying story takes the characters from experiment to experiment and shows them how to power small machines with the help of water. Pepper Mint constructs a rig to raise and lower the ship’s flag and a series of hydraulic devices including a ship’s crane. A deep-sea fish with big snapping jaws is modelled using a scissors mechanism. Finally, Pepper Mint fixes the ship’s propeller and discovers it produces a lot of tiny air bubbles, which inspires the creation of an electric bubble-blowing machine with a propeller. The experiments teach lessons in mechanical physics, electric circuits, and physical science principles related to water and air. The kit includes materials to build the boat and do the projects, a full-colour illustrated storybook and step-by-step instruction manual, as well as a scale Pepper Mint figurine.

Ages 8+

32 p

626037

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Story-based Experiment Manual

BARBIE™ STEM KIT Science Saves the Day!

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The Annual Animal Shelter Gala is just hours away! Help Barbie™ and prepare for the party as you learn important STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) skills. The full-colour storybook manual guides your journey through seven building projects and more than seven experiments. Build a spinning closet rack, washing machine, jewellery holder, hammock, dress designer platform, shoe rack, and greenhouse with fan. Make a chromatography dress, leaf-print dress, and optical-illusion origami dresses.

● Build 7 Barbie® Dreamhouse® models and accessories. ● Perform 7 science experiments. ● 32-page, illustrated manual

Barbie™ STEM Kit with Barbie® Doll Ages 4+

Barbie® Doll

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32 p

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Seven Models

MAGIC BARBIE and associated trademarks and trade dress are owned by, and used under license from, Mattel. ©2018 Mattel. All Rights Reserved.

Kids First is a line of science kits that allow parents to introduce scientific topics and hands-on empirical learning to young children, starting at age 3, and gradually prepare them for more advanced science kits and schoolwork.

LEVEL 1 • • • • •

AGES 3 TO 5 STORYBOOK STYLE MANUALS SIMPLE ACTIVITIES PRETEND PLAY ANSWERING “HOW DOES...?” AND “WHY IS...?” QUESTIONS

LEVEL 2 • • • • •

AGES 5 TO 7 HIGHLY ILLUSTRATED MANUALS SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS INTRO TO SCIENTIFIC METHOD BASIC SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES

LEVEL 3 • • • • •

AGES 8+ FULL-FLEDGED T&K MANUALS SERIOUS EXPERIMENTS IN-DEPTH EXPLANATIONS LONGER EXPERIENCES

LEVEL 2

LEVEL 3

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KIDS FIRST

LEVEL 1

ROBOT ENGINEER Read the funny story of two inquisitive kids, Ty and Karlie, and build simple, non-motorised models of the robots they construct and fix during their adventure to an automated candy factory.

During this zany outing, Ty and Karlie build various robots to perform tasks and solve problems in the factory. The robots have moving parts, wheels, and gears, so kids can learn firsthand about simple machines and gear trains.

As you follow the story, you can build models of the ten robots featured in the story. Large, colourful plastic building pieces make it easy for small hands to put the models together.

In the story, the kids build robots with arms that rotate, turn, and spin. They fix a robotic arm and other specialized robots that complete specific tasks inside the factory.

They construct a robotic drone that flies through the factory to coat the candies in sprinkles, wheeled robots that zoom across the factory floor, a taff y-pulling robot, and

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a funny gum-kneading robot. From each humorous segment of their silly adventure, the kids learn something new about robots and machines.

This 53-piece science kit combined with the beautifully illustrated storybook provides an engaging way to teach simple engineering concepts to preschool-age kids. Start laying the groundwork for strong STEM related skills and comprehension. This kit helps develop fine motor skills, science and maths skills, visual-spatial skills, and reasoning and concept development skills.

● Durable storage case ● 32-page illustrated storybook Ages 3+

32 p

567009

LEVEL 1

BIG & FUN MICROSCOPE This big, colourful microscope was designed specifically to enable young kids to have successful microscopic viewing experiences, and to be a fun tool for early biological investigations. The 8x magnification power is appropriate for this age group, who often have trouble adjusting their eyes to see images at higher powers. The extra wide eyepiece and battery powered, light-up slide

stage also make viewing images through the microscope easy.

The microscope comes with a unique slide holder, 24 printed slides, and one blank slide. Each printed slide features one object at three magnification levels, so kids can relate a recognisable object, like a feather or bee, with two different magnified images of the object. The 72 slide images give kids a lot of things to investigate.

The 32-page, full-colour manual is set up as an illustrated storybook, making it fun for adults and children to read together,

while also instructing them how to use the microscope. As you read the story, you can find the slides of the objects that appear in the story and view them through the microscope. The blank slide can be used to view other objects at 8x magnification.

This introductory series of lessons is designed to give kids an effective and fun introduction to microscopy and microscopic biology. The manual explains the parts of the microscope, how to use it, and gives scientific explanations of the images on the printed slides. Observe biological

specimens from animals like a feather, skin, hair, dragonfly wing, and fly eye; biological specimens from plants like a mushroom spore, kiwi seed, lichen, pollen in honey, and flower stamen; and other specimens from everyday life like table salt, sugar, and a zipper.

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SCIENCE LABORATORY Preschoolers and kindergartners have a natural curiosity to explore and learn about the world around them through experimentation, observation, and play.

This kit was developed according to the current educational philosophy of fostering children’s inquisitiveness and interests by providing them with tools and openended learning experiences to optimally support their development. Experimenting freely with a variety of safe and engaging tools stimulates creativity and the spirit of scientific thinking.

The 24 large, plastic scientific tools are durable, reusable, and easy-to-handle to ensure long-lasting fun and exploration.

The tools include a unique, multipurpose 14-piece screw-together system with tubes,

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funnels, lids, connectors, and perforated disks that can be used in a multitude of ways. Also included are large and small measuring spoons, a test tube rack, a pipette, a hand magnifier, magnetic rings and stand set, and 10 illustrated experiment cards to visually guide children.

The 16-page, full-colour manual explains to parents and adult supervisors how these tools should be presented to their children and gives insight into a child’s developmental stages. Start laying the groundwork for strong STEM related skills and comprehension. This kit helps develop fine motor skills, science and maths skills, problem-solving skills, and reasoning and concept development skills.

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BOAT ENGINEER Read the funny story of two inquisitive young engineers, Ty and Karlie, and their family’s robots, Huxley and Remus. Build simple models of the boats they encounter in the story. The boats actually float on water, making for fun and easy experiments around the sink or bathtub.

The Boat Engineer story centres around Huxley and Remus. Their boat-building adventure starts when a robotic fish they are testing goes haywire and swims away uncontrollably. Huxley and Remus build a rowboat in their effort to catch up with and capture the robotic fish. They find the rowboat is too slow, so they build a fanboat to go faster. As the story continues, the robots make their way downstream and eventually out to the ocean. Along the way, they must build new boats to solve specific

problems and perform tasks. They build a sailboat, riverboat, speedboat, fireboat, tugboat, freighter, catamaran, and a hydroplane.

From each humorous segment of their silly adventure, the robots learn something new about boats. As you follow the story, you can build models of the ten boats featured in the story. Large, colourful plastic building pieces make it easy for small hands to put the models together.

This 52-piece science kit combined with the beautifully illustrated storybook provides an engaging way to teach simple engineering concepts to preschool-age kids. Start laying the groundwork for strong STEM related skills and comprehension.

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AUTOMOBILE ENGINEER Read the fun story of two young engineers, Ty and Karlie Omega, and build simple models of the vehicles they encounter on their comical trip to the supermarket.

Along this roundabout journey, the kids build various vehicles to help the people in their town solve problems and complete tasks. As you follow the story, you can build models of the ten vehicles in the story.

Large, colourful plastic building pieces make it easy for small hands to put the models together.

The kids start out by building a minivan to take them to the supermarket. Along the way, they pass a construction site where they build a crane truck to help the workers lift some beams to the top of their

structure. As they continue along their trip, they also build a fire truck, tractor, school bus, motorcycle, dune buggy, forklift, ice cream truck, and racecar to help their friends out.

This 70-piece science kit combined with the beautifully illustrated 32-page storybook provides an engaging way to teach simple engineering concepts to preschool-age kids. Start laying the groundwork for strong STEM related skills and comprehension. This kit helps develop fine motor skills, science and maths skills, visual-spatial skills, and reasoning and concept development skills.

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AIRCRAFT ENGINEER Read the fun story of two young engineers, Ty and Karlie Omega, and build simple models of the aircraft they discover on their hilarious family vacation. Along this roundabout journey, the kids build various flying machines to help the people they encounter solve problems and complete tasks. As you follow the story, you can build models of the ten vehicles in the story.

Large, colourful plastic building pieces make it easy for small hands to put the models together.

The kids start out by building a passenger jet to bring their family to a tropical island. After they arrive, they construct a helicopter to help a scientist studying sea turtles reach a remote island.

As they continue along their trip, they also build a biplane, solar glider, seaplane,

triplane, prop plane, hang glider, space plane, and supersonic jet.

This 73-piece science kit combined with the beautifully illustrated 32-page storybook provides an engaging way to teach simple engineering concepts to preschool-age kids. Start laying the groundwork for strong STEM related skills and comprehension. This kit helps develop fine motor skills, science and maths skills, visual-spatial skills, and reasoning and concept development skills.

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WEATHER LEVEL 2

Investigate weather with experiments on wind, rain, storms, clouds, temperature, evaporation, pressure, and more.

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STARS AND PLANETS Explore space by building a solar system, making moon craters and constellations, launching rockets, and testing to see which planets could support life.

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PLANTS Experiment with leaves, seeds and roots. Watch a plant grow through a maze and watch seeds grow.

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WILDLIFE DETECTIVE Become a wildlife sleuth with this fun kit! Discover garden creatures, learn how to track animals and explore habitats.

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T & K Pirate Ship teaches young children all they need to know to be able to set a ship in motion and then how to prevent it from capsizing! And, why a parrot doesn’t fall off a mast - even in heavy seas. Learn about a ships’ balance and how surface tension helps a ship stay afloat. Learn about tricks that will outwit enemy pirates and make a secret treasure map with lemon juice! Playful experiments enable the user to learn about these topics and much more, with this easy to assemble Pirate Ship which helps children to learn about the science behind all things sea-going. Ooh arr, me hearties!

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Begin a lifetime of scientific investigation and understanding with 29 fun experiments in five key areas: nature, physics, chemistry, air, and water.

Learn what plants need in order to grow, observe the clouds, see how water climbs, watch plants sweat, and investigate plant propagation. Discover how a magnifying glass enlarges, how colours mix, how static electricity attracts, how sundials tell time, and how a motion picture works.

Investigate air pressure, air flow, hovercraft, paper airplanes, and suction. Write secret messages, float a paper clip, blow super bubbles, observe capillary action, and test displacement. Build a soap-driven boat, mix oil and water, experiment with evaporation, paint with sugar, and watch colours separate.

With a 48-page illustrated guidebook,

Stepping into Science teaches science fundamentals with step-by-step, handson experiments, while also introducing children to the scientific method itself.

● Introduction to scientific inquiry for preschoolers and kindergartners ● Learn about plants, physics, chemistry, air, and water ● Easy-to-follow illustrated experiments Ages 5+

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Intro to Engineering welcomes children to the field of engineering with 21 experiments and building projects in five sections. By engaging in hands-on activities, children will learn how engineers apply their scientific and technical knowledge to design machines and devices.

Start by learning some engineering basics with experiments on levers, forces, and pulleys. Build simple devices using these basic components.

Move on to explore engineering on land by building vehicles with wheels, such as a race car and a wind-up car. Next, investigate engineering with air (and in the air) by building a helicopter, a parachute, a glider, and an air-powered carousel. Then, build a diving bell, a sailboat, and a paddle boat to experiment with engineering in water.

Finally, find engineering in your own

home with experiments modelling the telephone and television. Make a funny robot model.

With a 48-page guidebook, Intro to Engineering teaches engineering fundamentals with step-by-step, hands-on experiments and building projects.

● Introduce engineering to young children with basic building projects ● Experiment with simple machines like levers and pulleys ● Conduct engineering projects on land, in the air, and in the water ● Step-by-step illustrated instructions so children can easily follow along Ages 5+

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THE HUMAN BODY Learn about the human body by doing experiments with your five senses that show you how your body works. By exploring the external aspects of your body with hands-on experiments, you can learn a lot about the inside anatomy of the body.

Examine your fingerprints to learn how you are unique. Build a stethoscope and listen to your heartbeat to learn how your heart pumps blood, and listen to your gurgling tummy to learn how your stomach works. With the stethoscope, you can investigate how your ears hear with listening games.

Test your lung capacity to learn about how your lungs work. Examine your diet and your digestive functions to learn how your body processes nutrients to give you the energy to do more experiments!

Try a blindfolded exercise to find out about hand-eye coordination. Take a tickle test to learn about your skin and sensory

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receptors. Monitor your pulse to learn about your circulatory system. Follow your nose in a smell memory game to learn about your sense of smell. Take a blindfolded taste test to learn about your tongue. Try some balancing exercises to explore your muscles and bones. Discover how your ears play a role in your balance. Examine some optical illusions to explore how your eyes work.

Relate your experiments back to human body systems, including the internal organs, skeleton, muscles, and the circulatory system, with clear and accurate anatomical illustrations.

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BOTANY: EXPERIMENTAL GREENHOUSE Budding botanists will love getting their hands dirty in this unique biological science experiment kit. Learn about plants and seeds by conducting experiments in a specially designed botanical laboratory with greenhouse domes, complete with thermometer and ventilation. Construct an automatic watering system to keep your plants from getting too thirsty. Grow beans, cress, and zinnia flowers in your greenhouses.

Experiment with plant cells and capillary action. Learn how roots work to transport water and nutrients throughout a plant.

Conduct experiments that demonstrate how plants need water, light, and heat to grow.

Discover the strength of a bean and how leaves sweat. See why grass grows back after it is cut and how cuttings can grow

roots. Germinate fruit and vegetable plants from the seeds in your kitchen.

Grow a flower garden. Make tiny plaster bugs to decorate your garden. Collect seeds with your socks, and grow a funny grass head. Make leaf and bark rubbings. Learn how you can force budded branches to bloom in winter.

With a 48-page, full-colour illustrated guidebook, this kit teaches botany fundamentals with step-by-step instructions for the hands-on experiments as well as growing information for many common plants.

● Learn about plants and seeds ● Experiment in specially designed greenhouse domes Ages 5+

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KIDS FIRST CHEMISTRY SET Early Beginner Chemistry Set Kick off a chain reaction of fun-filled experiments with this introductory chemistry set designed specifically for young kids. Junior chemists can safely explore simple chemistry using the tools in this kit and common household substances from the kitchen and bathroom.

Learn how to use basic chemistry equipment such as filters, test tubes, pipettes, measuring spoons, and beakers. Make your own test tube racks out of plaster and learn about the chemical reaction that formed them.

Conduct experiments to identify different chemicals using reactions, heat, evaporation, and crystallisation.

Examine the composition of inks and dyes with chromatography experiments, where colours magically separate from one another on a filter paper disk.

Explore the properties of water, soaps, and oils.

Experiment with acids and bases using indicators (pH strips and cabbage juice) to identify them. Make fizzy reactions with acids and bases to dissolve shells and extinguish flames.

Discover the invisible gas carbon dioxide and its very visible effects.

The full-colour, 48-page manual guides inquisitive young chemists and their adult supervisors through safely conducting each of the 27 experiments.

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KIDS FIRST PHYSICS LAB Beginner Physics Kit Speed, power, catapults, and collisions!

Physics is full of action! Kids will have the 20 models in this introductory physics kit racing, rolling, flying, falling, crashing, balancing, and spinning around in 22 action-packed science experiments.

After following step-by-step illustrated instructions to build each model, kids test the models to demonstrate and comprehend basic laws of mechanical physics. While building the models and reading through the manual, young researchers learn about various topics in the fascinating world of mechanical physics and engineering.

Start your physics adventures by building a balancing tightrope walker, a moving elevator, and a high-g astronaut training centrifuge to learn about forces, gravity, and weight. Learn how to measure forces by building a force meter. Examine physics at the construction site to learn about work and simple machines. Build a

pulley system, crane, and inclined plane to lighten the load and make work easier.

Experiment with storing energy and converting energy by constructing models of a rocket car and a ramp. Assemble three machines from the Middle Ages — a wheelbarrow, a balance scale, and a trebuchet — to learn how levers have helped people do work for centuries.

Explore the concept of trajectory.

Continue your lessons by building a windmill, a drop-test device, and various parachutes to investigate the forces of air and air resistance. Expand your perspective out into the solar system to discover the force and motion of the planets and the sun. Build a sundial and a rotating Earthand-Moon model.

Take a crash course in applied physics with a series of automotive models and experiments: Construct a crash-test simulator and an airbag testing station to learn about momentum. Assemble a working gear train to learn how gears transmit and alter forces. Finally, make an all-wheel drive vehicle with a flexible jointed design for optimal performance on rough terrain.

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HYDROPOWER Renewable Energy Science Kit Hydropower has been used for hundreds of years in watermills and is now commonly used to generate electricity in applications such as hydroelectric dams and tidal power plants. Explore the power of water by building models and conducting experiments with them. Learn about how different devices are used to extract useful energy from moving water — from a waterwheel in a small stream to a giant turbine in a tidal power station.

Build a waterwheel, a sawmill, and a hammer mill to harness the energy of moving water to do different types of physical work. Investigate the intriguing properties of water by performing experiments involving surface tension, adhesion, and cohesion. Learn about water pressure by building a water tower, communicating vessels, and a water fountain.

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Construct a hydroelectric power station to generate electricity and light an LED. Learn about where the energy in ocean waves, tides, and rivers comes from, and discover how we can generate electricity from them.

The full-colour, 32-page experiment manual offers illustrated instructions and scientific information.

● 12 experiments and building projects ● Harness mechanical energy from water to do physical work ● Generate electricity to light an LED ● Learn the physics of water turbines ● Discover why hydropower is a promising source of energy Ages 8+

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POWER HOUSE Sustainable Living in the 21st Century Human civilisation’s energy consumption is growing. At the same time, the harmful environmental impact of our energy usage is becoming apparent. A massive global effort to adopt renewable energy and use our resources more sustainably has begun.

To live sustainably, we must use Earth’s resources at a rate at which they can be replenished, and thus provide for future generations to live as we have.

With this kit, you can learn about alternative energy and sustainable living by conducting 100 experiments and building energy-related models. Build the Power House and then conduct experiments in and around the house. Learn about energyefficient construction materials and passive house design. Experiment with heating, cooling, conduction, convection, and insulation. Investigate Earth’s climate, the

water cycle, and that inexhaustible power plant in the sky: the sun. Test passive solar collection methods with a solar collector.

Hook up a photovoltaic solar panel to generate electricity from sunlight. Build wind turbines to extract energy from the wind. Construct a greenhouse and learn about the energy conservation tricks used by plants.

Power House provides a comprehensive overview of the many forms of alternative energy, and makes environmental protection and energy conservation issues tangible with hands-on models.

The 64-page, full-colour experiment manual provides instructions, scientific explanations, and energy-saving tips.

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WIND POWER (V3.0) Renewable Energy Science Kit Build a realistic wind turbine to harness power out of thin air. Wind is one of the most promising sources of clean, renewable energy available today. Wind energy has been used for centuries to pump water and crush grain in windmills, and is increasingly being used to generate electricity to power our modern world.

Assemble a wind turbine complete with electric generator and adjustable rotor blades. The blades are designed with complex aerodynamic curves to look and work like modern-day wind turbine blades.

Conduct experiments with your wind turbine, including experiments to optimise its performance by adjusting the angle of the blades and the placement of the turbine.

Use the wind turbine to light up an LED and charge a rechargeable battery. Convert the wind turbine into an electric fan by using the electric generator as a motor. Build four

additional models with the parts included: an electric three-wheeler, electric car, electric helicopter, and electric truck.

Discover how the sun makes the wind, providing us with an endless source of energy. Read about different types of wind turbines and windmills, the history of this technology, and how wind energy can be used to power homes and electric cars. The full-colour, 32-page manual offers illustrated instructions and scientific information.

● Build a three-foot-tall wind turbine that generates electricity and lights an LED or charges a battery ● Learn the physics of wind turbines ● Discover how wind occurs and why it is such a promising source of renewable energy ● Convert the wind turbine into a fan

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TK1 TELESCOPE & ASTRONOMY KIT With this excellent entry-level telescope and astronomy kit, Kosmos continues a long tradition of inspiring people to reach for the stars. This high-quality refractor telescope with coated glass optics and plenty of accessories allows for countless exciting space observations. With it, you can see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter (including its stripes), Saturn, the moons of both Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus, and many craters on the Moon. You can also see various nebula and galaxies including the Hercules nebula, Eagle nebula, Andromeda galaxy, and a seemingly infinite number of stars.

Beginners and advanced amateur astronomers alike can appreciate the quality optics, durable construction, sturdy aluminum tripod, and comprehensive, easy-to-follow astronomy book — all at a great value. In the instruction book, the scope and accessories are clearly explained so that even beginners can quickly find the moon, constellations, or planets in the night sky. Terrestrial observations on Earth are also possible by using the 1.5x image reversal lens.

Telescope Specifications and What They Mean Design

Refractor

In refractor scopes, light goes through the lens instead of bouncing off a curved mirror (as in reflector scope).

Lenses

Tempered glass, Achromatic coated

Tempered glass is hardened and much stronger than normal glass.

Achromatic lenses are coated to correct colour distortion that occurs when different wavelengths of light pass through the lens.

Focal Length

700 mm

Distance between the lens and the focal point (focal point is where the light rays converge and the image comes into focus)

Objective Lens 60 mm

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Diameter of the objective lens (also known as the aperture)

Focal Ratio

700/60 = 11.7 (f11.7) Ratio of the focal length to the diameter of the aperture

Power

35x, 70x, and 140x

Total magnification power with the eyepieces

Mount

Altazimuth mount

Standard up-down, left-right mount (vs. equatorial mount which follows the curve of Earth)

Tripod

Aluminum tripod

With adjustable legs and accessory storage tray

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1.5x erecting lens

Flips the image for terrestrial spotting scope use

2x Barlow lens

Doubles the magnification power

10 mm and 20 mm eyepieces

The eyepieces transmit the light to your eye

Star diagonal mirror Allows for easier viewing angles

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Dew shield

Protects the lens

Finder Scope, 5x 24 mm

Helps you find objects more easily. Magnifies 5 times and the aperture is 24 mm.

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TK2 SCOPE Microscope & Biology Kit Embark on a guided journey through the microscopic world, revealing its hidden creatures and unseen structures with the TK 2 Scope. First, learn how to use the microscope and all of its parts. Next, become familiar with your scope by examining some prepared slides. Now, you are ready to

take off on a guided investigation of plant and animal specimens that you gather and prepare yourself. This kit gives you the tools, knowledge, and skills you need to view virtually any specimen you can find.

The microscope is a dual light 40-, 100-, and 400-power metal and plastic microscope. The two battery-powered LED light sources allow for both the viewing of large or opaque objects lit from above and the viewing of thinly sliced or translucent specimens lit from below. It has a 10-power

ocular lens; 4-, 10-, and 40-power objective lenses; and an aperture wheel. The lenses are all professional-quality optical glass.

The microscope is durable and powerful, permitting years of continued observations.

The full-colour, 48-page manual guides you through set-up, usage, and dozens of fascinating observations of biological specimens.

● Learn how to use the microscope and how to prepare slides

● Metal and plastic construction ● 2 bright LED lights, above and below ● 40x, 100x, and 400x magnification ● 4x, 10x, and 40x objective lenses and a 10x ocular lens, all made of optical grade glass ● Over 20 tools and accessories

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GLOWING CHEMISTRY Experiments with Luminescence Explore the fascinating world of chemical reactions that produce light, called chemiluminescence. Mix up a magical

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blue light in a test tube using the glowing chemical luminol and other substances.

With some cool chemical reactions, even coins and radishes begin to glow. You will discover how the natural world is full of luminous mysteries: bright spots on bananas, uorescent chestnut bark, and glowing creatures in the sea.

Experiment with the special ultraviolet lamp to reveal things that would otherwise be invisible. Learn about the electromagnetic

spectrum, including visible and invisible light. Experiment with glow-in-the-dark plastic. Build a fun glowing puppet theatre to play around with glowing pigments and discover real-world applications for glowing chemistry.

A 48-page, full-colour manual guides you through 22 experiments in light chemistry and provides scientiďŹ c explanations and examples.

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OOZE LABS CHEMISTRY STATION Grab your beakers and test tubes and step up to your special laboratory station for some exciting chemistry experiments. See how much fun chemistry can be as you do slimy, fizzy, colourful, and bubbly experiments. This cool laboratory setup has lots of different vessels and pieces of lab equipment so kids can play the role of chemist while doing real, safe experiments. All of the experiments use non-hazardous chemicals.

This playful introduction to the basics of chemistry includes approximately 20 experiments.

The experiments are presented on printed cards that can be clipped onto the lab station for easy reference. Experiments include glowing slime, colourchanging slime, fizzing reactions, oozing bubbles, rainbow in a test tube, chromatography, cabbage juice pH tests, solutions, filtering, crystals, fire extinguisher, and underwater volcano.

The kit includes a large plastic chemistry station, experiment cards, various vessels in different sizes, syringe, measuring cup, pipette, spatula, tube, petri dish, funnel, nonhazardous chemicals for the experiments, and experiment manual.

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All Thames & Kosmos chemistry sets are safety tested and approved, offer thorough safety precautions, include professional quality lab equipment, and come with full-colour experiment manuals.

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CHEM C1000 Beginner Chemistry Set Enroll in CHEM C1000 and prepare for a lifetime of fascination with this essential science through 125 diverse experiments.

Start with an introduction to the field of chemistry and famous chemists. Set up your lab space and learn how to safely handle the lab equipment and chemicals.

Learn about indicators with litmus solution and write a secret message in invisible ink. Test the inks from your coloured markers on the chromatography racetrack to reveal their different colour components. Experiment with air pressure, surface tension, and the physical properties of fluids.

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electrochemical reactions. Explore water and its elements, saturated and unsaturated solutions, and crystals. Split water into hydrogen and oxygen with electrolysis, and form oxygen from hydrogen peroxide.

Begin to build a strong foundation in chemistry with exposure to a broad range of chemical phenomena and hands-on laboratory experiences. This kit provides clear instructions for preparing and performing the experiments, offers safety advice, offers explanations for the observed occurrences, and asks and answers questions about the results. The 80-page, richly illustrated experiment manual guides your experiments.

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CHEM C2000 Intermediate Chemistry Set Discover how fascinating the world is when you understand the remarkable reactions behind ordinary occurrences. CHEM C2000 includes everything in CHEM C1000 and more — with twice the tools and materials, and more than three times the experiments.

Most notably, this kit introduces you to the alcohol burner for experiments that require heat, greatly expanding the number of experiments you can conduct.

Experiment with filtering and separating mixtures, combustion, and electrochemical reactions. Learn how to work with indicators and stronger acids and bases. Explore elements and compounds, including the chemical and physical properties of water, carbon dioxide, oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon. Discover atoms and molecules.

Experiment with various foods from the kitchen to learn about sugars, fats, and proteins. Investigate metals such as iron, copper, and aluminium. Learn about how chemistry is used in environmental protection and industry.

After completing this kit, you will have experienced firsthand the most important topics in chemistry, creating an excellent foundation for later study of chemical equations and atomic structure.

The 128-page, full-colour manual guides aspiring young chemists through 250 experiments. The manual provides clear instructions for preparing and performing the experiments and explains the results.

Thorough safety precautions and instructions ensure safe experimentation.

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CHEM C3000 Advanced Chemistry Set CHEM C3000 is the ultimate chemistry set. This kit includes all of the components from CHEM C2000, plus dozens of additional tools and chemicals, and 100 additional experiments, for a total of more than 333 experiments. The 192-page, full-colour experiment manual is written at a more advanced level than the other CHEM kit manuals. You could call it a textbook, but the manual is too much fun to make that comparison.

CHEM C3000 has a similar hands-on approach to teaching chemistry as our other CHEM kits, but also teaches more advanced topics such as chemical equations, atomic structures, and the periodic table. These concepts are critical to continued study of chemistry.

CHEM C3000 is an excellent preparation for senior school level chemistry.

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CHEM C3000 covers all of these topics and more: introduction to chemistry safety information setting up your workspace acids & bases salts & solutions elements & compounds solids, liquids & gases

combustion air & air pressure air pollution our environment metals, oxidation & rust atoms & molecules history of chemistry

crystal lattices chemical formulas ubiquitous elements oxygen hydrogen water solutions & saturation

hydrogen peroxide atomic bonds orbitals & shells chlorine hydrochloric acid bromine & iodine families of elements

the periodic table sulphur carbon dioxide mineral deposits baking soda & powder ammonia crystals & solutions

chemical indicators separating mixtures chromatography electron transfer electrolysis electrochemistry carbon

fossil fuels alcohols oils, soaps & detergents sugars & starches monomers & polymers proteins waste disposal

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HappyAtoms Magnetic connectors

Assemble

Discover the world of molecules

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Identify and collect molecules in functional groups

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Assemble molecules using chemical formulas

Examine the properties of molecules in detail

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HAPPY ATOMS

A revolutionary approach to teaching chemistry

Digital and Physical Chemistry Sets Chemistry is the science of materials, their properties, and how they react with each other.

All materials are made of atoms. Why do some atoms combine with each other while other atoms do not? Because atoms just want to be happy!

Of course, atoms don’t really have feelings.

But they do have observable behaviours. And atoms tend to be more stable, or “happy,” when they have certain numbers of electrons whizzing around their cores. Where do they find extra electrons if they need more to be happy? From other atoms that have too many electrons, of course! When atoms share or exchange electrons to be happy, they stick together. Happy atoms form molecules!

With this revolutionary approach to teaching chemistry, you can make your own happy atoms! This physical and digital system lets you discover the world of molecules in an intuitive, hands-on way.

Using a set of atom models representing 16 different elements, you can assemble your own molecular models. The atoms stick together easily with magnets: metal tips on the ends of rubbery arms, which represent free electrons, snap onto magnetic bonding sites on the atom spheres, which represent empty spots for electrons in the atom’s outermost electron shell.

But how do you know what the molecule you’ve snapped together is? You use the included app (for iOS and Android devices) to snap its picture, and the app uses state-of-theart image recognition technology to identify the molecule. The app recognises tens of thousands of molecules. It presents detailed information about 150 of the most important molecules, such as a molecule’s usage, properties, hazards, formula, and structure.

The app takes you on guided quests to discover new molecules and learn about them.

You can track your progress with the app, collecting sets of molecules that you have built and explored.

Many people think of chemistry as complicated and hard to grasp. New technology now enables us to take this innovative approach to teaching chemistry and help make it more tangible.

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Happy Atoms Introduction to Atoms and Molecules

Happy Atoms Complete Set Includes: • 50 Happy Atoms • Happy Atoms app (free download) • Poster and scanning mat • Drawstring storage bag • Quickstart manual • Colour-printed cardboard box

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CRYSTAL GROWING Crystal Experiments & Crafts Grow dozens of dazzling crystals and conduct 15 illuminating experiments with this classic science kit. Experiment with four chemically different crystals each with different properties, including potassium alum crystals that form regular octahedrons, rapidly growing sodium sulphate crystals, long needle-shaped sodium acetate crystals,

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and plaster which is made from gypsum crystals.

Mould fun plaster shapes, including stars, lightning bolts, dolphins, and pyramids, and grow layers of crystals on them. Use dyes to form coloured crystals, and mix the dyes to grow a rainbow of custom coloured crystals.

Display your crystal creations in a clear treasure chest with a locking lid. Mould your own geode — a hollow rock with crystals growing inside — and create a beautiful crystal cavern inside.

Experiment with growing crystals rapidly

and slowly, and observe how that affects the crystal structures. See if you can grow one giant crystal, and many small crystals on the surface of a rock.

Measure how the crystallisation of solids out of a solution, and the dissolution of crystals back into solution, affect the temperature of the solution. Learn about the energy of crystallisation. Investigate solutions, crystallisation, and the chemistry of crystal growing. Learn about the structures and geometries of different crystal shapes.

This kit is thoroughly tested and safe: Over one million units of this kit have sold worldwide. A full-colour, 32-page experiment manual guides your experiments in crystal chemistry and Earth science.

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CRYSTAL GROWING: GLOW-IN-THE-DARK Grow dozens of colourful crystals, including two types of crystals that glow in the dark.

Experiment with growing a variety of crystals from a potassium alum salt solution.

Add strontium aluminate to your crystal solutions to make phosphorescent crystals that charge up in the light and then glow in the dark on their own, slowly emitting the

stored light energy. Or try adding one of two ultraviolet-reactive pigments, pink and greenish-yellow, to your crystals to create fluorescent crystals, which glow in stunning colours under the light from the included ultraviolet flashlight.

Mould fun plaster shapes, including moons, stars, butterflies, neon signs, mushrooms, frogs, and gemstones, and then grow layers of crystals on them. Use dye tablets together with the glowing pigments to experiment with different colour

combinations, and mix the dyes to grow a rainbow of custom coloured crystals. Mould your own glowing crystal geode — a hollow rock lined with crystals — and create a beautiful crystal cavern inside.

Experiment with growing crystals rapidly and slowly, and observe how that affects the crystal structures. See if you can grow one giant crystal, and many small crystals on the surface of a rock.

Measure how the crystallisation of solids out of a solution, and the dissolution

of crystals back into solution, affect the temperature of the solution. Learn about the energy of crystallisation. Investigate solutions, crystallisation, and the chemistry of crystal growing. Learn about the structures and geometries of different crystal shapes.

This kit is thoroughly tested and nontoxic. A full-colour, 32-page experiment manual guides your experiments in the chemistry of crystals and glowing phenomena.

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NANOTECHNOLOGY Cutting-Edge Nanomaterials Some of the biggest scientific breakthroughs in recent years involve things that are actually very, very small. The science of nanotechnology deals with the smallest structures, in the range of one to 100 nanometers in size. That’s as small as just a few atoms in a row (one atom corresponds to about one nanometer)!

With this kit, the intangible, nanoscopic world becomes accessible with hands-on experiments using both scaled-up models

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and real nanomaterials.

Nanoparticles can be made of different materials and exist in a wide variety of forms —thin layers, tubes, balls, and tree-like structures. These particles can be coated onto surfaces, they can enhance other materials such as paint, they can be used as a delivery method for pharmaceuticals in the body, and much more. Specific applications include, for example, self-cleaning house paints and water-repellent clothes, antifog coatings on glasses, UV protection components in sunscreen, environmentally friendly anti-fouling coatings for ships (to prevent algae growth, thereby reducing fuel consumption), antibacterial coatings

for medical devices, and materials to more effectively filter dirty water.

Start out by conducting experiments concerning size, scale, and orders of magnitude in the International System of Units, to get a feel for just how small a nanometer really is. Explore how charcoal is like a nanoscale sponge with filtering experiments. Conduct experiments with the hydrophilic (water-loving) and hydrophobic (water-hating) properties of different surfaces, which illustrate nanoscale properties.

Stir up some mixtures and suspensions, and then examine exotic mixtures to learn about the nanoscopic particles suspended

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in them. Shine a laser through a colloidal gold — a suspension of nanoscale particles of gold! Learn about the electromagnetic spectrum, laser light, electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy to begin to grasp how we can make nanomaterials visible. Experiment with a special material that mimics the nanostructures on a gecko’s footpads that allow it to climb straight up a vertical pane of glass with ease!

A full-colour, 72-page illustrated manual guides your explorations of the nanoworld, and a game board helps you track your progress through the experiments.

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ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM Understanding the Force of Electromagnetism Conduct more than 60 electrifying experiments with circuits and magnetic contraptions to learn about electricity and magnetism, and how these two fundamental properties are closely related. Children eight and up can safely and easily experiment

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with electric current and magnetic fields using the colourful snap-together blocks and components in this hands-on kit.

Build series and parallel circuits to light up a light bulb. Experiment with push buttons and on-off switches. Assemble circuits that include a spinning motor, two switches, and up to three light bulbs.

Conduct tests to see which materials are magnetic. Learn about the force of magnetism and magnetic poles. Magnetise a metal. Use iron filings to make invisible magnetic fields visible. Investigate magnetic

force and direction with a magnetic pendulum device. Learn how a compass works and about Earth’s magnetic fields.

Conduct a series of experiments with a sturdy electromagnet.

Finally, put everything you have learned to good use by constructing a loudspeaker, an electromagnetic relay switch, and a morse code telegraph key.

The components are specially designed to make learning fun and accessible. The electrical blocks fit together with simple plug-and-socket connectors. Because the

blocks are brightly coloured and have unique shapes, it is easy to follow the assembly diagrams to construct functional devices.

The 64-page, full-colour experiment manual guides you through experiments with easy-to-follow diagrams.

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“Electricity Master Lab is a serious learning tool.”

—TechRaptor

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ELECTRICITY: MASTER LAB The Physics of Electricity We encounter electricity everywhere in our lives — at home, in school, even our bodies have electric charges in them.

Alternating current (AC), or electric current that cyclically changes its direction, plays a particularly important role in our world.

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televisions, electric heaters, desk lamps, and smartphone transformers are operated with AC. This science experiment kit offers a thorough exploration of alternating current in addition to the more commonly addressed direct current (DC), the unidirectional current from standard batteries. With this kit, you can safely experiment with the physical science theories and applications of electricity. Conduct 119 experiments to investigate electrical engineering from AC to DC. Start by exploring the basics of electric current by building simple circuits with

batteries, switches, and lights. Build series and parallel circuits as well as more complex circuits such as a traffic signal and alarm system.

Experiment to observe the physical effects of electric current such as heat and magnetism. Discover electrochemistry by building a lemon battery. Play around with permanent magnets and electromagnets to learn about magnetism and its applications, such as relays and motors.

Operate an electromagnetic coil, capacitor, and transformer in an AC circuit and examine their behaviours at different

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frequencies. A special AC generator creates a harmless AC current with a variable frequency, from a few hertz (or cycles per second) to about 7 kilohertz. This device safely enables the exploration of electrical phenomena such as resonance and highpass, low-pass, and band-pass behaviours.

Use the voltage and current meter to take measurements from your circuits. With this kit, the complex world of electricity becomes more tangible.

ELECTRONICS: LEARNING CIRCUITS Fun Circuit Building Experiments for Beginners Construct circuits with colourful electric building blocks to learn about electricity and how electronic devices work. With the innovative snap-together blocks in this kit, children eight and up can safely and easily begin experimenting with electronic circuits.

These building blocks are specially designed to make learning electronics fun and accessible. Because the blocks are brightly coloured and have unique shapes, it is easy to follow the assembly diagrams to construct functional circuits.

And because the circuit symbols are printed directly onto the blocks, you can quickly become familiar with the symbols and learn how to read circuit diagrams.

The fun building projects include an alternating blinker, a police siren, an ambulance siren, an alarm system, a light detector, a conductivity tester, a rain warning system, a timer, and logic circuits.

The electronic components in this kit include capacitors, resistors, transistors, LEDs (light emitting diodes), a phototransistor, a switch, 30 contact blocks, cable blocks, a battery holder, a speaker, and a sound integrated circuit.

The 64-page, full-colour experiment manual guides you through 70 circuit building experiments with easy-to-follow diagrams.

This kit provides kids with the tools and instructions they need to experiment with their own hands and learn ďŹ rsthand how electronics work.

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ELECTRONICS: ADVANCED CIRCUITS Serious Electrical Engineering, Serious Fun Tap into the awesome world of electronics with this advanced system of snap-together electric building blocks. Start out by experimenting with colourful light-up circuits as you dive into the basics of electricity.

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sounds of police cars, ambulances, or fire engines. Learn the important role resistors and potentiometers (variable resistors) play in an electronic circuit.

Use a multimeter to measure invisible voltage and current flowing through your circuit. Investigate transistors in switches and amplifiers to learn how the logical circuits in computers work. Build circuits that use sensors to detect moisture, temperature, and visible light.

Incorporate capacitors in your circuits to store and discharge electricity for specific

functions, such as a countdown clock and a red-green alternate flasher. Test out the indispensable 555 timer to build some complicated circuits. Use an operational amplifier and an FM radio module to build an alarm clock.

This kit uses the same unique electric building blocks as our other electronics kits, with the addition of many new advanced components, allowing you to build more complex circuits. The more than 140 electronic components include capacitors, resistors, transistors, LEDs (light emitting

diodes), phototransistor, switches, speaker, integrated circuit, infrared LED, diodes, FM tuner, 555 timer, operation amplifier, two potentiometers, electrodes, voltage and current meter, microphone, and 9-volt battery pack.

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AIR+WATER POWER Pneumatic-Hydraulic Engines Build your own models powered by air and water pressure to learn about the laws of physics. This unique kit allows you to build two different air-and-water-powered systems: water-jet propelled cars and hydropneumo (which simply means air pressure and water pressure) powered engines. The

hydro-pneumo system uses a self-contained air-and-water turbine system as a motor.

Construct 15 models including a truck, excavator, radar car, tank, antique car, helicopter, motorbike, digger, rocket car, forklift, roadster, propeller plane, grinder, and cutting machine. The water-jet propelled cars are a fun outdoor activity, while the self-contained hydro-pneumo powered models are fun both indoors and out. Compete with your friends to see whose water-jet propelled car and hydro-

pneumo car goes the farthest! 44-page colour instruction book. 165 building pieces.

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STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING: BRIDGES & SKYSCRAPERS Do you ever wonder how bridges span huge distances and how skyscrapers stay standing? Structural engineers use physics and their knowledge of the properties of building materials and geometric shapes to design structures with sufficient strength and stability.

With this kit of modular building pieces, you can learn the basics of structural engineering by conducting a series of 20 model-building experiments.

Each model demonstrates a basic principle of mechanical physics or structural engineering in a hands-on way.

Start out with small models that demonstrate how structural elements can be attached together to maximise the strength of a structure for a ďŹ xed amount of material used. Learn about basic structural elements including columns, beams, trusses, plates, arches, shells, and catenary. Explore the forces acting on structural components including tension, compression, shear, and bending.

Move onto building more complex models of trusses, roofs, and small buildings. Experiment with different types of bridge construction: a truss bridge, arch bridge, cantilever bridge, rope bridge, and suspension bridge.

Finally, build models of towering skyscrapers. What is the tallest tower you can build using only the pieces included in the kit?

Learn about the strength and stiff ness of materials. See how structural engineers optimise factors to maximise safety, and minimise cost and the risk of structural failure.

A 44-page, full-colour manual guides you through model building with stepby-step illustrated instructions.

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Engineering Makerspace is a new line of engineering kits designed to combine the fun and creativity of makerspaces with STEM lessons. The line includes a range of kit sizes and price points, from simple five-model kits to a large, 22-model extreme engineering experience. All kits include full-colour, illustrated, step-by-step assembly instructions, as well as instructions for the accompanying science experiments. The modular construction system is compatible with the construction system used in most Thames & Kosmos physics and engineering kits.

GEARED-UP GADGETS Build five fun gadgets and learn about gears and transmissions. Create a helicopter model with a rotor that spins using a rubber bandpowered motor. Assemble a spinner toy that you wind up to launch a fast-spinning top.

Make a centripetal force machine that flings its arms outward at high speeds. Build a hand-mixer that demonstrates a gear train.

Construct a cool aircraft launcher that flings a model vehicle across the room on a zipline. A 28-page manual guides your model building and experiments with step-by-step illustrated instructions.

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KINETIC MACHINES Make five awesome machines and learn about the physics of force, motion, and energy.

Construct a rubber band-powered race car that zooms across the floor. Build a catapult and launch objects through the air. Set up a launching device that propels a motorcycle across the floor at the push of a lever. Build a balancing dragonfly model and a weathervane to experiment with forces. A 28-page manual guides your model building and experiments with step-by-step illustrated instructions.

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OFF-ROAD ROVERS Build ten wild off-road vehicles and other machines while learning about belt drives, wheels, and tank treads. A battery-powered motor box powers the models. Construct a dune racer with tank treads that rambles over rough terrain.

Make a four-wheel-drive A.T.V. with a belt drive and high-grip tyres. Build a scrambling stairwalking machine. Set up a fun conveyer belt and make models of a belt sander and bandsaw.

Assemble a snow scooter with a three-gear tread. In addition, construct models of a snowcat plough and futuristic truck. A 28-page manual guides your model building and experiments with step-by-step illustrated instructions.

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ALIEN ROBOTS Construct ten out-of-this-world machines and learn about the physics of levers and linkages.

A battery-powered motor box powers the models. Make a creepy slithering alien snakebot model with rotating arms and articulating tail. Build an alien insectoid-bot that crawls on six legs. Create an alien raptor model with wings that move up and down. Assemble a cool grabber claw with a scissors mechanism. Make a bipedal alien robot model that walks on two legs. In addition, build models of a pumpjack, swinging device, hopping alien frog-bot, roving dino-bot with reciprocating arm, and rolling alien dragon-bot. A 28-page manual guides your model building and experiments with step-by-step illustrated instructions.

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PHYSICS PRO (V2.0) Advanced Physics Kit Physics Pro is our biggest, most advanced physics kit. With this kit, you can continue your study of statics and dynamics from previous lessons and begin your study of more advanced topics in physics, including fluid dynamics, energy, oscillation, hydraulics, and pneumatics.

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can now build some really spectacular models and devices, such as a wind tunnel, pneumatic shocks, and a hydraulic lift. You will see how physics extends far beyond the classroom, giving us an amazing set of tools that can be applied in the real world to engineer marvellous things.

The main focus of the kit is the behaviour of the two most important fluids in our world — water and air — and objects immersed in them. You will investigate how air and water rest and flow, what they can carry and how they move. With experiments and models, you will find out what forces work on them

and what kinds of energy they possess. You will learn how ships float and airplanes fly, why a streamlined shape lets a car drive faster and how power plants convert a current of water into electrical current.

The 96-page, full-colour experiment manual has two major sections. In the first part, you will enter the physics lab, where you will get to know the properties of air and water and become familiar with currents and energy. There is a series of 17 experiments in which you will start building smaller models.

In the second part, you will move on to the workshop, where you will build 14 larger

models of complex real-world devices. More than 212 parts are included in this kit, which are compatible with our other Physics kits.

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The Science of Matter & Energy Almost everyone has heard of a chemistry set. But until this groundbreaking kit was introduced, a physics set was almost unheard of. Physics is an essential science for everyone, and this kit provides a comprehensive explanation of mechanical physics. Through building 36 models and conducting subsequent experiments with the models, you will learn the fundamental laws of mechanical physics. Start by building small models, such as a fixed pulley, to learn about basic forces and simple machines. Then, work your way up to more complex machines, such as a pendulum clock, to learn more advanced concepts like work and centripetal force. This handson approach is both fun and effective because the principles of physics are demonstrated right in front of you. This kit includes more than 300 building pieces. The 104-page, full-colour manual presents assembly instructions, experiments and explanations in a richlyillustrated, easy-to-follow manner.

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Take sensor readings with the sensor pods.

Load the sensor data into the app via the base station.

SENSORS ALIVE Bring Physics to Life Demystify abstract physics phenomena like light, sound, and heat as never before — with this highly innovative, gamified sensor physics lab. The core of this science kit is an app-based video game in which you use realworld sensor data that you collect from your environment to generate a diverse array of creatures. Create, collect, play with, and take care of your creatures in the app.

In a pretend bioengineering lab inside

the game, kids play the role of scientists who use readings taken from three physical sensor pods outside the game. The readings are then transferred into the game via the base station. The sensor data dictates the different attributes your bioengineered creatures will have. For example, if you take a low temperature measurement, the creature generated will have long hair to keep warm.

If the temperature is high, perhaps it will have scaly skin like a lizard. Or, a low light level captured by the light sensor might yield a creature with huge eyes to see better in the dark, while a high sound level reading might result in a creature with tiny ears. Additional

attributes are controlled directly by settings in the app. Combined together, all of these variables lead to a seemingly infinite number of creatures you could create.

Continue to use the sensors to capture data that lets you care for your creatures, feed them, play with them, create habitats for them, and generate more creatures — all the while developing an intuitive sense of the different measurements you are taking with the sensors. You will gain experience in measuring light levels, volumes, and temperatures with the three sensor pods, and learn about the physics behind light, sound, and heat. Learning physics comes

alive as you see the tangible results of your sensor experiments.

The kit contains three sensor pods, base station, app, and quick-start poster. Requires a tablet or smartphone running recent versions of iOS or Android.

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BRING PHYSICS TO LIFE Create creatures and habitats in the app based on your sensor data.

Collect a world of bizarre creatures inside the app.

Take care of your creatures and play games with them.

Learn the physical science of light, sound, and heat.

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MASTER DETECTIVE TOOLKIT Forensic Science Experiment Kit Grab this briefcase full of investigator’s tools and get ready to track down some crooks! Learn about how detectives use

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forensic science to answer questions, gather evidence, and solve crimes. Experiment with the equipment and techniques used by real detectives to develop your own observation and problem-solving skills.

First, you will set up your detective’s office and organise your tools. Then, you will do some exercises to hone your observation skills. Next, you will learn about securing a crime scene, and gathering and documenting evidence, including fingerprints, footprints,

and tyre tracks. After you have gathered evidence, such as hair and fibers, counterfeit currency, and soil samples, you will head back to the lab to learn how to analyse it.

Finally, you can try your hand at deciphering codes, writing messages with invisible ink, and communicating with secret symbols.

As your skills develop, you can use them to solve the practice cases.

The 48-page, full-colour experiment book guides your investigations with rich

illustrations and step-by-step instructions.

This is an inventive, engaging way to learn real science through role-playing in imaginary adventures.

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REMOTE-CONTROL MACHINES: ANIMALS Biomimetic Animal Machines Construct a whole zoo’s worth of remotecontrolled animals with mechanical insides covered by colourful plastic “skins.”

The animals all move using different mechanisms, each one mimicking the movement of the real animal it represents.

A two-button remote control unit moves the small, lightweight motor forward and in reverse, allowing the models to move forward or backward.

Build an elephant that walks, a scorpion that crawls along, and a cute little penguin that waddles. Construct a rabbit that hops forward, a crab that scurries sideways, and an orangutan that climbs hand over hand along a string. You can even build a couple of dinosaurs: a Tyrannosaurus rex that walks on two legs and a Pterosaur that “flies” along a cord. Learn about animal

locomotion and biomechanics as you build each model. When you are done, use the same 94 building pieces to dream up your own mechanical animal creations! You can even mix up the animal skins in funny ways to make outrageous hybrid animals.

A full-colour, 36-page step-by-step illustrated manual helps kids assemble all of the models, and teaches them about the animals they are modelling and the ways different animals move.

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REMOTE-CONTROL MACHINES Build your own motorised vehicles and machines and control them with a wireless remote control unit. A unique six-button infrared remote allows you to control three different motors simultaneously, moving each of them forward or in reverse, with easy-to-activate touch sensors. The three motors can be combined to make complex vehicles and machines in numerous configurations limited only by your imagination.

Assemble ten models demonstrating different ways in which the motors can be used including a bulldozer, car, threewheeler, crane, antique car, plough, folding car, formula one racer, three-blade dozer, and robotic arm. After you have built the

models in the instructions, you can design your own remote control creations!

The kit comes with three motors, remote control unit, battery holder, and 182 building pieces. 48-page colour instruction book.

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REMOTE-CONTROL MACHINES: SPACE EXPLORERS Ready your courageous robots for a mission to the moon, Mars, or beyond!

With this engineering kit, you can build a remote-controlled model of a robotic rover resembling the ones used to explore Mars. Deploy your Mars rover in the backyard or sandbox and use the remote control unit to survey the uncharted terrain. The remote can control up to three motors, which move the rover back and forth, turn the wheels to steer the rover, and control the robotic arm to pick up extraterrestrial specimens like small rocks.

This 256-piece construction set includes instructions to build not only the robot rover, but nine additional space-themed models as well, including: a lunar rover, rocket launcher car, space shuttle with opening cargo bay doors, robotic space shuttle payload arm, space droid, walking bot, space probe, crosswing starship, and spaceship controller.

Kids will be inspired to learn various STEM skills through these fun, hands-on construction projects that bridge two captivating interest areas: robots and outer space.

A full-colour, 80-page step-by-step illustrated manual helps kids assemble all of the models and teaches them about real-world examples of the outer space robots, vehicles, and devices they are creating. Read about the various technical features of the Mars Curiosity rover. Learn about the history of Mars exploration, robotics in space probes, deep-space exploration, and the robots in popular space-related science ďŹ ction.

This kit is perfect for every kid who is fascinated by the prospects of being an astronaut, colonising the moon, or being the ďŹ rst human to land on Mars.

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REMOTE-CONTROL MACHINES: CUSTOM CARS Build 10 RC Cars

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Automotive engineering hits the fasttrack with this kit that allows you to construct ten different remote-controlled cars. Build a fast race car that can speed across smooth oors and drive around the room using a precision steering mechanism. ReconďŹ gure the parts to build other vehicles, such as an off-road buggy that is optimised for power over speed, giving it the torque to overcome rougher terrains.

You can quickly shift gears from low speed and high torque to high speed and low torque by popping open the innovative gearbox housed in an easily accessible central powertrain unit, which also contains the IR receiver, one of the motor units, and the battery box. The gear train, or transmission, inside the gearbox has four gears that can be easily reoriented to change the gear ratio, optimising speed or torque.

Build ten realistic models of different cars including a high-speed race car, offroad buggy, go-cart, pickup truck, SUV, dragster, hot hatch, semi-trailer truck, super car, and hot rod. Cool looking auto body plates give your models a realistic appearance, and decals allow you to customise your cars.

The IR remote control unit lets you drive the cars forward and backward, and steer the cars left and right.

Learn about the components of real cars, such as wheels, transmissions, engines, axles, chassis, electrical systems, brakes, and suspensions.

Explore the physics of speed, acceleration, energy, and aerodynamics.

An 80-page, full-colour manual guides you through model building with stepby-step illustrated instructions.

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A fun and simple way to learn how to code

CodeGamer App

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“… nothing short of awesome.”

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CODEGAMER Learn to code through gaming This kit introduces you to programming in a fun, step-by-step way. An Arduinocompatible gamepad connects wirelessly to your tablet. Using the gamepad and four interchangeable sensor modules, you play through a video game app on your tablet. In each level of the game, you have to learn a

piece of the Arduino programming language and how to use it in order to solve puzzles and challenges and move forward in the game. In this way, you progressively learn the basics of coding. Soon you will be able to write programs on your computer using the four sensors and invent new applications.

Following instructions in the 64-page, full-colour experiment manual, you can build and code cool projects such as a lightsensitive drawer alarm and a LED disco light that reacts to the movements of your fingers.

● Learn to code by playing a video game ● Gaming: Use sensors to control the game with this innovative gamepad ● Coding: Solve puzzles and challenges in the game to learn the Arduino programming language

Includes Arduino-compatible microcontroller (with Bluetooth), cable, rotary control wheel, circuit board, gamepad housing, two push buttons, motion sensor, temperature sensor, sound sensor, light sensor, parts for projects, CodeGamer App. Requires a tablet or smartphone running iOS or Android®.

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● Making: Write your own programs and develop new applications for the sensors

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The Science of Gyroscopes Gyroscopes are used in countless devices. From smartphones, tablets, and video game controllers to airplanes and space telescopes, gyroscopes perform tasks ranging from the everyday to the extraordinary. With this kit, children can explore the astonishing powers of the gyroscope by building seven models, including a robot that can balance on two linear wheels and move along a tightrope!

Kids will learn about the physical science principles that keep the robot balanced, making it appear to defy gravity. By constructing seven different models with the motorised gyroscope unit, young engineers can experiment with and learn about the science of gyroscopic devices and the indispensable role they play in our lives.

The models include the gyroscopic robot, a balancing personal vehicle, a gyro horizon (or artiďŹ cial horizon), a gyrocompass, a balancing game, a tightrope walker, and a ight simulator.

At the core of these models is a unique motor-driven gyroscope. A gyroscope is a rapidly spinning wheel mounted in such as way that its axle can move in any direction. Because of the laws of physics, the gyroscope reacts to external forces differently than a non-spinning wheel would: it resists forces in certain directions. This behaviour allows it to be used for all sorts of applications related to balance, rotation, and orientation.

Fun, hands-on experiments with the motorised gyroscope unit make these physical laws tangible and easier to comprehend.

The full-colour, 24-page instruction manual provides step-by-step instructions.

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GECKOBOT Wall-Climbing Robot This astonishing wall-climbing robot has a motorised air suction system that enables it to walk vertically up and down perfectly smooth surfaces, like glass, plastic, whiteboards, and glossy laminates. The battery-powered motor drives an innovative gear system that produces a rotating motion making the legs move back and forth and up and down, mimicking a real gecko — so two of the feet are touching the wall while the other two feet are lifted off of the wall, in an alternating motion. At the same time, the gear system drives an air pump that creates a vacuum at the two feet touching the wall while blowing air outward at the other two feet. In this way, two of the feet are always holding the model to the wall, while the other two feet are pushing off and stepping forward.

You can build six other models and conduct experiments with suction to learn about air pressure and the mechanical physics of this unique device.

Build models of an industrial robotic arm with a vacuum suction cup gripper, crawling inch worm, smartphone holder, suction tow truck and car, ellipsograph, and suction gun.

A 24-page, full-colour manual guides you through model building with step-by-step illustrated instructions and provides scientific information and explanations.

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ROBOTICS: SMART MACHINES Programmable Robots Robotics is a vast, thrilling, and sometimes overwhelming interdisciplinary field involving physics, engineering, and computer science. This kit gives kids a simple, fun, and customisable introduction to robotics that lets them build eight motorised machines controlled by programs and an ultrasound sensor. Kids code the programs using an easy, visual programming app on a tablet or smartphone, which connects to the robot

models via a wireless Bluetooth connection.

The ultrasonic sensor works on the same principle as sonar. It sends out sound waves, which bounce off objects. The sensor interprets the echoes returning to it, and from this detects objects in the path of the sensor. Using the app interface, you can program the robots you build to behave based on the feedback coming from the ultrasound sensor.

Build a bipedal robot that walks forward on two legs and pivots to avoid obstacles in its path. An awesome beetle robot moves backwards or forwards in response to an obstacle, and opens and closes its pincers.

Construct a funny crocodile model that wags

its tail if no object is in sight, but then opens its giant jaws when an object approaches.

Using an additional smartphone and tablet, you can even hack together a cute little spy bot that roams around and streams video back to the tablet screen. A cool tiltrotor aircraft model simulates vertical takeoff and landing by rotating its propeller blades 90 degrees. You can also assemble other fun robots including a robo dog and robotosaurus. After you have learned how the technology works, you can build and program your own robots using the kit’s 230 building pieces.

A full-colour, 64-page step-by-step illustrated manual helps kids assemble all of

the models and teaches them about robotics in the real world. The visual programming language allows you to command the robots’ motors to move at different times, different power levels, in different directions, and in response to the data from the sensor.

You can also add simple sounds to your programs. Requires a tablet or smartphone running iOS or Android®. iOS devices must support Bluetooth 4.0 and must be running iOS 8.0 or later (such as iPad® 3 or later, iPad mini™, iPhone® 4S or later, and iPod touch® 5 or later). Android devices must support Bluetooth 4.0 and must be running Android 4.4 or later.

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ROBOTICS WORKSHOP Introduction to Robot Design Build and program robots with this complete robotics engineering system. Using sensors, motors, a core controller, and hundreds of snap-together building pieces, you can follow the instructions to assemble ten different robots. The versatile parts also

2 Precision Motors

2 Geared Motors

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allow you to make robots according to your own designs.

This fun robotics curriculum starts out with instructions for building simple robots, teaching you how the sensors can be used to control the robots. Build an ultrasound robot that can avoid obstacles, a drawing robot, and a touch sensor robot. Move on to more complex robots that have multiple functions, such as a ball-shooting robot, a crawling robot, and a grabbing robot. Build a robotic arm that can pick up objects, a butler robot, a robot that will turn toward a light source,

• 4 Input ports for sensors • 4 Output ports for motors • Microphone • Loudspeaker • 2 LED lights • Rotating knob • Battery power supply • DC power port

and a cool scorpion robot.

After you have mastered all of the robotic models in the instructions, you will have the tools and knowledge you need to go on and build and program your own amazing robotic creations.

The robots can be programmed to perform a series of commands using an easy-to-use, free downloadable app on iOS or Android® tablets and Windows PCs. The mobile app wirelessly connects to the core controller using a Bluetooth low energy connection. The PC app connects

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to the core controller via a USB cable. The app uses the open source visual block programming library Google Blockly to make coding fast and easy to understand. A 64-page, full-colour manual features stepby-step illustrated building instructions and instructions explaining how to program and operate all of the models.

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LIGHT-UP GLOBE This educational globe is a beautiful addition to any young child’s room. With its internal illumination, the globe functions in two modes. When the light is off, the globe displays a political map of Earth with clear country borders, bodies of water, and more.

The right level of detail is depicted so as to not be overwhelming to a young child.

More than 150 illustrations of animals, plants, landmarks, and cultural objects are printed on the globe in their geographically speciďŹ c locations. When the internal illumination is switched on, a different set of illustrations appears on the globe, including nocturnal animals. It also makes a great nightlight! The

globe is ten inches in diameter and made of durable acrylic that resists dents and scratches. A 32-page, full-colour manual contains an exciting illustrated story as well as explanations that invite you to discover interesting things on the globe. The globe plugs into standard wall outlets and has an on-off switch on the cord.

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THAMES & KOSMOS GLOBES These high-quality globes are made of acrylic, rather than cardboard (like many other globes), making them extremely durable and sturdy.

The process by which the map graphics are printed onto the globes ensures bestin-class resolution, brilliant colours, and fade resistance.

These globes make educational and beautiful additions to any child’s room.

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DAY & NIGHT GLOBE This ten-inch-diameter acrylic globe has a light inside, allowing it to function in two modes. In its non-illuminated day mode, the globe displays a detailed, exquisitely designed physical and political map of Earth.

At a glance, you can see country borders,

mountains, rivers, and more. When the internal illumination is switched on in night mode, a map image with the most important stars and constellations shines through from the inside, revealing a beautiful representation of the starry sky. A 20-page, full-colour manual explains the globe’s features and includes useful information about geography and astronomy. The globe

plugs into standard wall outlets and has an on-off switch on the cord.

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Beyond the realm of scientific understanding.

Unexplainable according to the laws of nature.

Is it merely a willing suspension of disbelief ... ... or something more?

Magic is a centuries-old performance art that captivates audiences by appealing to their fascination with the inexplicable. Thames & Kosmos offers a line of comprehensive magic sets that help children develop presentation skills, confidence, hand-eye coordination, dexterity, and reading skills, while they have fun performing magic tricks and entertaining audiences.

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MAGIC HAT Enter the world of magic and sorcery!

Kids as young as six years old can learn and perform 35 magic tricks with this magic hat, rabbit puppet, and more than 40 other magic props. The manual teaches most of the tricks in three easy steps accompanied by colour illustrations, first clearly explaining which magic props are needed, then how the trick is prepared, and finally how it is performed. With some practice, it becomes easy to stage a magic show filled with fun and successful tricks that will amaze your audience.

Pull a rabbit from a seemingly empty hat. Make a ball disappear from a magic cup, reappear again, and change colour.

Make cards grow and shrink. Make a coin disappear and reappear with a magic coin box. Use X-ray vision to magically see symbols through a solid, opaque surface.

Make your magic wand float, bend, and grow. Magically change the colour of a ring, duplicate the ring, and make it pass through the wand. Little foam rabbits appear, disappear, multiply, and move around as if by magic.

Astound your audience with rope tricks in which knots untie themselves and dice tricks where dice change location and colour inside a magic tunnel.

Conjure up money as if out of thin air.

Make rabbit cards appear and disappear.

Learn simple card tricks with special cards.

For one magician, ages 6 and up, and many audience members.

35 Tricks Ages 6+

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MAGIC: SILVER EDITION Grab your wand! With high-quality magic props and simple illustrated instructions, the 100 magic tricks in this kit can be easily learned, practiced, and mastered — to stun and amaze audiences!

Dots appear and disappear in paddle tricks. Make playing cards come and go and change places. In tricks with money, currency loses value, money doubles in value, and coins disappear from a coin box and then reappear. Coins pass through handkerchiefs, disappear into thin air, and magically stay put when they shouldn’t!

Paper money disappears and milk appears out of nowhere in tricks with tubes. A number of tricks involve knots and ropes: Knots in ropes untie themselves, jump from rope to rope, and disappear. A rope passes through solid objects.

A bottle floats in the air. A rigid magic wand becomes flexible. A magic wand grows and shrinks, passes through objects,

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and emerges from an empty bag. The magic wand twists and levitates. Invisible forces move the wand. The wand tells time.

Many tricks can be done with your hands and a magical thumb: A silk pocket square appears out of nowhere, coins get pulverised, objects magically stay dry, salt vanishes, sugar appears, loose sugar becomes a sugar cube, and money emerge from bread rolls.

Fun hanky tricks will have a piece of fabric appearing, disappearing, and getting knotted and unknotted. In food tricks, salt and pepper separate, oranges become apples, and sugar and spice don’t play nice!

A 72-page instruction manual with colour photographs illustrates how the tricks are performed. Video tutorials for the tricks are available online. For one magician, ages 8 and up, and many audience members.

100 Tricks Ages 8+

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MAGIC: GOLD EDITION Master the magical arts! With this extensive collection of magic props, you can easily learn, practice, and perform 150 incredible magic tricks and illusions to astonish spectators.

In tricks using cups and balls, balls disappear, appear, and change places inside moving cups. Cotton balls transport themselves from hand to pocket and from hand to hand. In tricks with a tube, confetti and snow appear out of nowhere and dice and knots appear and disappear. A six-sided die baffles the mind and fools the eye.

Little rabbit shapes appear, disappear, multiply, and hop around. Metal rings move around, link up, and unlink again Seemingly simple balls aren’t so simple: They appear, disappear, multiply, balance, change places, change colours, and altogether bewilder your audience.

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the air, and lets a rope pass right through it.

Knots in ropes appear and disappear, a rope gets cut but stays intact, and a rope is pulled out of your mouth! Learn a wide variety of rope and plastic ring illusions.

Coins appear in a dinner roll. Coins cry tears of joy. Cola turns into coins! Many tricks use food and household objects: Water levitates, citrus fruits transform, and toothpicks mystify. Tricks with sugar and salt stupefy the audience.

Practice dozens of tricks with playing cards: guessing, transforming, locating, and making cards vanish.

A 96-page instruction manual with colour photographs illustrates how the tricks are performed. Video tutorials for the tricks are available online. For one magician, ages 8 and up, and many audience members.

150 Tricks Ages 8+

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MAGIC: ONYX EDITION Prepare to astound! This comprehensive collection of magic props and illustrated instructions allows you to learn, practice, and master 200 tricks and illusions to amaze your audience.

Solid metal rings miraculously link up and unlink again. A magical water glass delivers some amazing illusions: A handkerchief materialises out of the empty glass, water changes colour in the glass, liquid turns into fabric, and one playing card inexplicably

changes into another.

Coins jump around and astound observers in fun money cup illusions. Dots appear and disappear in paddle tricks. Knots in ropes appear and disappear, a rope gets cut but stays intact, knots jump from rope to rope, a rope is pulled out of your mouth, and ropes pass through solid objects. Your ďŹ ngers play Houdini and escape from a rope snare.

Little square sponges play big tricks on the audience by changing colour, quantity, and location. The amount of rice in a bowl multiples with a marvellous, age-old Chinese rice bowl illusion. A pencil passes through a playing card without leaving a hole!

Nails penetrate a metal coin. Coins pass through handkerchiefs and paper, disappear and reappear, double in value, and magically stay in place when they shouldn’t!

A six-sided die baffles the mind and fools the eye. Amaze your audience by correctly guessing the number of a die each time it is rolled. Stretch your audience’s minds to the limits with rubber band tricks. Conjure up a magic egg and use it for some baffling illusions. Make money from blank paper and karate-chop a banknote. Make a thimble appear, disappear, multiply, jump around, and pass through objects. Levitate yourself, hypnotise an arm, bend and restore metal, and

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paralyse a ghost. Perform tricks with food and household objects: Balloons are unpopped, toothpicks are unbroken, ice disappears, and sugar materialises in the palm of your hand.

Finally, become a master of playing cards tricks using a special deck of cards and instructions for dozens of different deceits, ruses, gags, and illusions.

A 112-page instruction manual with colour photographs illustrates how the tricks are performed. Video tutorials for the tricks are available online. For one magician, ages 8 and up, and many audience members.

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MINIMUM AGE (YEARS) 7+ 7+ 7+ 7+ 7+ 6+ 7+ 7+ 5+ 5+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 10+ 10+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 10+ 7+ 7+ 7+ 7+ 7+ 7+ 7+ 7+ 7+ 7+ 7+ 7+ 7+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 6+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 8+ 4+ 4+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 8+ 8+

CASE DIMENSIONS (CM)

SINGLE UNIT DIMENSIONS (CM) 5 x 15 x 5 20.5 x 15.5 x 15.5 5 x 15 x 5 20.5 x 15.5 x 15.5 5 x 15 x 5 20.5 x 15.5 x 15.5 5 x 15 x 5 20.5 x 15.5 x 15.5 5 x 15 x 5 20.5 x 15.5 x 15.5 43 x 29.5 x 8 45 x 45 x 33 13 x 20.5 x 5.6 30.5 x 23 x 15 13 x 20.5 x 5.6 30.5 x 23 x 15 10 x 6 x 6.5 10 x 6 x 6.5 10 x 6 x 6.5 10 x 6 x 6.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 35.5 x 30.5 x 25.5 33.5 x 23 x 14 38 x 38 x 33 33.5 x 23 x 7 38 x 38 x 28 33.5 x 23 x 7 38 x 38 x 28 33.5 x 23 x 7 38 x 38 x 28 33.5 x 23 x 7 38 x 38 x 28 33.5 x 23 x 7 38 x 38 x 28 33.5 x 23 x 7 38 x 38 x 28 14 x 11.5 x 4.5 30 x 30 x 25 14 x 11.5 x 4.5 30 x 30 x 25 14 x 11.5 x 4.5 30 x 30 x 25 14 x 11.5 x 4.5 30 x 30 x 25 14 x 11.5 x 4.5 30 x 30 x 25 14 x 11.5 x 4.5 30 x 30 x 25 14 x 11.5 x 4.5 30 x 30 x 25 14 x 11.5 x 4.5 30 x 30 x 25 14 x 11.5 x 4.5 30 x 30 x 25 14 x 11.5 x 4.5 30 x 30 x 25 19.5 x 16 x 5 30 x 30 x 25 19.5 x 16 x 5 30 x 30 x 25 19.5 x 16 x 5 30 x 30 x 25 37.5 x 27.5 x 8 39 x 30 x 35 37.5 x 27.5 x 8 39 x 30 x 35 37.5 x 27.5 x 8 39 x 30 x 35 37.5 x 27.5 x 8 39 x 30 x 35 37.5 x 27.5 x 8 39 x 30 x 35 37.5 x 27.5 x 8 39 x 30 x 35 29.5 x 7 x 23 39 x 30 x 35 29.5 x 7 x 23 39 x 30 x 35 43 x 14.5 x 4.5 46 x 31 x 31.5 48.5 x 33 x 13 53.5 x 41 x 35.5 43 x 29.5 x 8 46 x 46 x 33 33 x 22.5 x 8 35 x 25 x 35 43 x 29.5 x 8 46 x 33 x 33 43 x 29.5 x 8 46 x 33 x 33 30.5 x 30.5 x 6.5 33 x 33 x 28 21.5 x 29.5 x 20 46 x 43.5 x 33 37.5 x 16 x 24 51 x 41 x 33 37.5 x 16 x 24 51 x 41 x 33 37.5 x 16 x 24 51 x 41 x 33 37.5 x 16 x 24 51 x 41 x 33 37.5 x 16 x 24 51 x 41 x 33 37 x 29.5 x 8 43 x 41 x 33 37 x 29.5 x 8 43 x 41 x 33 37 x 29.5 x 8 43 x 41 x 33 37 x 29.5 x 8 43 x 41 x 33 20 x 20 x 6 22 x 22 x 38 20 x 20 x 6 22 x 22 x 38 20 x 20 x 6 22 x 22 x 38 20 x 20 x 6 22 x 22 x 38 42.5 x 30 x 9.5 44 x 40 x 32 43 x 29.5 x 8 46 x 46 x 33 43 x 29.5 x 8 46 x 46 x 33

SINGLE UNIT WEIGHT (KG) 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.7 1 40g 57g 59g 62g 93g 58g 94g 87g 60g 60g 149g 118g 110g 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.5 0.8 0.8 0.9 1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.3 1.4

CASE WEIGHT (KG) 3.1 3 1.5 2.5 2.5 2 1.5 4 4.5 2 2.5 2 3 2.5 6.1 3.5 3.5 4.5 3.5 4 5.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 1 0.8 0.7 2.9 2.9 3.3 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.9 4.5 6.5 4.5 3.5 4.1 4.1 3.3 3.2 5.3 6.5 8.5 8.5 6.5 4.5 4.5 5 5.5 2.3 1.7 2.3 2.3 4.1 7 7.5

0.907 0.907 0.907 0.907 0.907 2.7 3.6 3.6

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When thinking about the safety of science kits, it is important to remember that while most science kits are children’s products, science kits are not toys for play.

None of our kits are intended for children under the age of five years, and all of our science kits require the presence and supervision of a responsible parent or adult. Our instruction manuals always provide important safety advice to children, parents, and adults, as well as first aid advice when applicable.

The kits in this catalogue conform to all applicable mandatory UK & US safety standards.

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CASE DIMENSIONS (CM) 43 x 41 x 33 56 x 38 x 41 43 x 41 x 33 86.5 x 30.5 x 18 46 x 43 x 35.5 46 x 28 x 33 43 x 41 x 33 56 x 38 x 38 56 x 38 x 38 51 x 41 x 33 51 x 35.5 x 33 46 x 46 x 33 47 x 46 x 33 46 x 46 x 33 35.5 x 41 x 35.5 46 x 46 x 33 56 x 38 x 41 46 x 46 x 33 56 x 38 x 41 43 x 41 x 33 43 x 41 x 33 30.5 x 28 x 25.5 30.5 x 28 x 25.6 30.5 x 28 x 28 30.5 x 28 x 29 43 x 28 x 23 43 x 41 x 33 53.5 x 41 x 35.5 46 x 33 x 30.5 43 x 41 x 33 43 x 41 x 33 46 x 46 x 33 46 x 46 x 33 46 x 46 x 33 43 x 41 x 33 43 x 41 x 33 53.5 x 41 x 35.5 56 x 33 x 38 53 x 38 x 28 54 x 38 x 28 54 x 35.5.8 x 28 48.5 x 28 x 38 48.5 x 41 x 35.5 56 x 41 x 35.5

SINGLE UNIT WEIGHT (KG) 1 1.3 1.1 4.8 2.3 1.5 1 1.9 3.5 0.9 1.8 0.7 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.1 1.9 0.8 1.9 1.3 1.1 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.3 2.7 1 1.1 1.6 1.2 1.3 0.7 1.2 1 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.8 1 1.5

CASE WEIGHT (KG) 5.5 7 6 5 9.7 4.5 5.5 6.2 7.5 5 5.9 4 7.3 7 4.8 6 8.1 4.5 8.1 7 6 1.8 1.8 2.3 2.3 6 7 8.6 3.5 6 8.5 6.5 7 4 6.5 5.5 6.1 5 3.2 3.2 4 4.5 4.5 6

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Some common safety precautions apply to all of our science kits: 1. A responsible parent or adult must always supervise the experimentation.

2. All users must read the manuals thoroughly before experimentation and follow all instructions and safety advice prescribed in the manuals.

3. The manual and packaging must always be kept ready for reference.

4. The kits must be kept away from young children (children under five years).

5. Caution must be used in handling any objects with sharp points or edges, or that may break to yield sharp points or edges.

6. Users should not put any of the parts in their mouths.

7. Users should always wash their hands after experimenting.

37 x 29.5 x 8 54 x 37 x 10 37 x 29.5 x 8 81.5 x 25.5 x 13 42 x 35 x 13 43 x 29.5 x 8 37 x 29.5 x 8 54 x 37 x 12 54 x 37 x 18 37 x 29.5 x 10 48.5 x 33 x 10 43 x 29.5 x 8 43 x 29.5 x 8 43 x 29.5 x 8 48.5 x 33 x 10 43 x 29.5 x 8 54 x 37 x 10 43 x 29.5 x 8 54 x 37 x 10 37 x 29.5 x 8 37 x 29.5 x 8 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 22.5 x 28 x 6.5 25.5 x 28 x 6.5 25.5 x 28 x 6.6 26 x 20 x 8 37 x 29.5 x 8 48.5 x 33 x 13 43 x 29.5 x 8 37 x 29.5 x 8 37 x 29.5 x 8 43 x 29.5 x 8 43 x 29.5 x 8 43 x 29.5 x 8 37 x 29.5 x 8 37 x 29.5 x 8 48.5 x 33 x 10 54 x 37 x 10 26 x 33.5 x 26 27 x 33.5 x 26 25.5 x 25 x 17 36 x 26 x 8 47.5 x 33.5 x 8 53.5 x 33.5 x 8

(EAN CODES BEGIN WITH 4, UPC CODES BEGIN WITH 8)

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