Scientific Explorer Tasty Science Kit

Excellent starter kit to get them interested in exploring chemistry and compounds of solids and liquids, safe to eat and keeps the young scientist intrigued with what they have created !!!

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

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

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

I bought this for my 7 year old son for Christmas. We were very excited to get it out of the box and try it out. Our first project was the soda, it was simple enough to make, but the taste was horrible, even though we followed instructions and added more flavoring for taste. The cupcakes and cookies had the same result. The instruction booklet it comes with does hold some educational value, and if you do all the steps in order, it can be a fun learning process. Just don't expect your child to be willing to eat the projects!