This award-winning Chem C1000 Beginner Chemistry Set - 2011 Edition from Thames and Kosmos is an excellent introduction to chemistry for kids, offering 75 hands-on experiments into the nature of things and a broad range of chemical processes and phenomenon. This is real chemistry that explains the scientific context for each experiment and gently guides kids from simple to complex experiments with ease. Here are some of the hands-on activities the step-by-step in this fabulous science kit:
- Experiment with air pressure, surface tension, and the physical properties of fluids
- Perform experiments with iron and copper
- Investigate carbon dioxide
- Dissolve metals with electrochemical reactions
- Explore water and its elements, saturated and unsaturated solutions, and crystals
- Split water into hydrogen and oxygen with electrolysis
- Form oxygen from hydrogen peroxide
- Experiment with soaps, detergents, and emulsions of water and oil
- Investigate chemistry in the kitchen by experimenting with sugar, honey, starch, eggs and proteins, fatty acids, and calcium
The Chem C1000 Beginner Chemistry Set - 2011 Edition comes with all this:
- Protective goggles
- 2 dropper pipettes
- Clip for 9-volt battery
- Safety cap with dropper insert for litmus bottle
- Copper wire
- 2 large graduated beakers with lids
- 4 test tubes
- Test tube brush
- Rubber stopper with hole
- Rubber stopper without hole
- Funnel
- Sodium carbonate
- Potassium hexacyanoferrate
- Calcium hydroxide
- Ammonium iron sulfate
- Copper sulfate
- Citric acid
- Litmus powder
- Small bottle for litmus solution
- Lid opener
- Double-headed measuring spoon
- Angled tube
- Experiment station
- Experiment manual
Ages 10 and up. ADULT SUPERVISION