THE YOUNG SCIENTISTS CLUB The Magic School Bus Math Explosion, from THE YOUNG SCIENTISTS CLUB, lets kids ages 5 and up hop on board with Ms. Frizzle and discover science and math in an entertaining game. Players can customize math facts with a math fact creator so that kids of any age can play. The first player to get their math facts correct gets to explode the volcano. The two-sided game board includes both a speedy and an extended game, volcano facts, a volcano for the explosions, a bowl to catch the volcanic “lava,� and colorful measuring cups for game pieces. Bonus cards, printable math fact sheets, and an online math creator for unlimited math facts are also included. The Magic School Bus Engineering Lab lets kids ages 5 and up explore the world of engineering. Young scientists solve problems that lead to discoveries in the fields of chemical, electrical, mechanical, and civil engineering. Kids can build a solar oven, design a car, construct a bridge, create solar energy, and more. This bus-shaped kit comes with 33 experiment cards, a data notebook to record experiment designs, a solar panel, a motor, a buzzer, and electric wires. With the Clifford Animal Science kit, kids ages 3 and up can use the included lab tray, measuring cup, and magnifying glass to perform experiments in animal science. The 20-page manual guides kids through versatile experiments such as animal habitats, edible play dough, animal track cast, and more. The kit comes with reusable habitat stickers, a scavenger hunt chart with stickers, a bug house, 12 miniature animals, and more. The Clifford Food Science kit lets kids explore the science of food with tasty experiments such as rainbow ice, ice cream in a bag, homemade butter, rock candy, and more. The kit includes a lab tray, a measuring cup, test tubes, a funnel, and a pipette.
MAY/JUNE 2014