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Top 9 Science Kits for ages 4+

By Beverly Hernandez, About.com

Here are science kits for your younger scientists. Watch their faces light up as they try these fun experiments. These kits are for ages 4 and up with adult supervision.

1. My First Chemistry Kit

My First Chemistry Kit sets up a lab that is safe enough for preschoolers yet sophisticated enough for beginning science students. It comes with a 300x microscope, vials, test tubes, petri dishes, and an easy to follow manual. The easy projects will introduce kids to acids and bases and simple non-toxic chemical reactions. Ages 4 and up.

2. Mind Blowing Science Kit

This fun kit has many experiments to delight and educate young scientists! Erupt a color changing volcano. Mix up magic ooze with a mind of its own. Play with sand that never gets wet. Mix safe chemicals and watch colors change before your eyes. For ages 4 and up.

3. My First Science Kit

The perfect science introduction for younger kids. Set up a color mixing lab, perform 10 science experiments, grow gobs of crystals in 24 different hues, and capture a rainbow in a tube.
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4. My First Weather Kit

Kids will learn all about extreme weather as they have fun with this complete weather station. Ages 4 and up.

5. Fizzy Foamy Science

Children will enjoy mixing safe powders to create solutions that foam and fizz in this Fizzy Foamy Science Kit. What makes soda pop? Bread rise? This Fizzy Foamy Science Kit includes citric acid powder, baking soda, yeast, tub tints and more for multiple investigations. Children will learn fun chemistry while developing science skills. Ages 4 and up.

6. My First Geology Kit

Kids can play in the dirt all day like a geologist does and learn all about the earth's layers as they build a rock collections and use real tools for rock writing. Then they can use all their knowledge and explore their world, starting in their own backyard. For ages 4 and up.

7. My First Dino Kit

With My First Dino Kit, you’re a real paleontologist! Use excavation tools to dig up a dinosaur skeleton and then classify and display your findings. Build a glow in the dark model, or grow and shrink some giant dinos, all while you learn about the prehistoric past. Did some dinosaurs have feathers? Are crocodiles as ancient as the dinosaurs? You’ll find out. Ages 4 and up.

8. Bubbling Potions

Kids will delight in erupting lava, exploring colorful sparkling liquids and more. Packed with color tablets, oil, mixing containers and glitter. Science guide included. Ages 4 and up.
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9. Jurassic Plant

Watch your Jurassic Plant come alive right before your eyes. You can even hear it grow! You literally wake it up with water and can put it back to sleep. It grows when you give it water but will sleep for 50 years without it. For ages 4 and up.

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