Scientific Explorer's Disgusting Science - A Kit for Studying the Science of Revolting Things
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Toys and Games Reviews of Scientific Explorer's Disgusting Science - A Kit for Studying the Science of Revolting Things
Customer Review: don't waste your money
Summary: 1 Stars
after reading some other posts, i thought i'd buy this for my 5-year-old daughter. at the very least, i thought we could grow a few cultures of bacteria and mold from her hands, feet, the sink, etc. i'm a former biology teacher so i thought it would be a fun experiment. well, after following the directions to make the gelatin, the solution still was too watery. we tried it again, doubling the gelatin, and still encountered the same problem. (by the way, one petri dish came cracked) the other "experiments" are a total joke--mash up bread and vinegar in a balloon and squeeze it out on a plate? that's supposed to show you about digestion? mix gelatin, water and a drop of green food coloring to make snot? really, i can't believe some of the other reviews that talk about doing this with their class and learning vocabulary?! the vocabulary i saw was "eeeewwwwwhhh! grooosssss!" and it really wasn't gross. i'm at a loss for how this thing gets so many stars... big waste.Customer Review: Great Fun for 7 and 4 year old
Summary: 4 Stars
Yes, the price is a bit much considering what comes in the box - that's why 4 rather than 5 stars. However, I don't know that I've ever come across guar gum or valerian root powder in my routine shopping or otherwise. So you pay a few extra bucks for convenience - big deal. The kids have an absolute blast and they are loving learning about science with hands on experiments. Bacteria, molds, snot, gag, digestion, blood - what's not to love? We've completed all but two of the experiments and they've all been easy with results as described. We're waiting for our cultures (snot, dog slobber, toilet rim stuff, and a little girl mouth swap) to grow out so we'll have to wait and see on that one. Unlike one of the other reviewers, our prep of the gelatin for the petri dishes went beautifully. Plus, there are enough supplies to do all of the experiments more than once if you are willing to rinse out the balloon and a few other easy things. We all highly recommend.Customer Review: A compromised 3-star rating: parents say so-so, child says yay
Summary: 3 Stars
From a parent's perspective, wow, what a bad deal. Someone is making a killing here charging 19.99 for a bit of sugar, some gelatin, a balloon and 4 cotton swabs, etc. The "science" experiments were underwhelming from the adults' point of view. Also, not really gross or disgusting. There is also a bit of prep time involved for the experiments involving gelatin. But from a kid's perspective? My 5-year-old daughter thinks it's awesome. She really enjoyed coming up with ideas for germy things to put in the petri dishes. And making the bloody scab. So far that's all we've done, but she's psyched for more. So, while I think the price point is out of line for what's offered, I will probably buy another kit at some point (but on sale) because my daughter likes it so much. She is very proud of her experiments and she gave the kit a five out of five for fun.Customer Review: They Saw Me Coming!
Summary: 1 Stars
Scientific Explorer's Disgusting Science - A Kit of the Science Of Revolting ThingsDisgusting Science
The previous reviewer is correct, this price is much higher than elsewhere. I wish I had checked first.
The kit just arrived, and I looked at the contents. I paid twenty dollars for 4 petrie dishes, 1 magnifier, 4 cotton swabs, 1 oz suger, 1 oz baking yeast, 2 oz. gelatin, red and green food coloring, a baloon, a plastic bag, and a booklet. I could pull all the items except the booklet out of my kitchen for nothing. I resent paying a premium price and getting such small returns, all in a box which could have been much smaller.
I will present it, and perhaps write again with the giftee's views on the subject.
Customer Review: sort of works
Summary: 4 Stars
We have only done one experiment, so I can only tell you what happened there. First of all the gelatin is very hard to set...it took ours a while longer then they said anmd a couple did not really set. We did the experiment where you swipe something gross with a q tip and swirl it into the gel. We did 4 different things. They all DID eventually grow something..but I am unsure as to whether they grew something from being germs or if they grew something from just being nasty old gelatin. Pretty much all the things (mold basically) looked the same. And it WAS gross...my son gagged when he saw it.
Other then that we've not done another thing. It takes a few days to see any results...actually it took us a week and a half.