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: 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: Gross Science Kit
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a gift for my 10 year old son. Boys are always into gross things, that's part of my reason for buying. We haven't made any fake snot yet, but I'm sure it will be loads of fun!! It's a fun way to get children into science!!Customer Review: Great fun, great teaching opportunities, but little in box
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a fun and convenient kit containing some gelatin, sugar, yeast, a balloon, four petri dishes, a magnifying glass, and some red and green food coloring. Also a few pages, perhaps 6, of projects/instructions.
The kids and I are having fun with this, but then I am in education and was a bio major. So that helps.
For this to be really worth it, it would be nice if it came with a few more projects, or perhaps an actual book for the kids to read.
Customer Review: Fun and simple
Summary: 5 Stars
Son is 5 and we had lots of fun putting this together. Good idea to keep track of the original experiment quantities if you want to repeat them down the road. Really simple stuff and probably easy to replicate without the kit, but well organized and convenient. You need access to your kitchen and some heat source. Along with measuring devices. 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.