4M Steam Powered Kids Kitchen Science Kit

My daughter did enjoy some of the experiments on the box. The submarine/sinking man is interesting. The jumping balls/static experiment is fun. However, there are some which are quite disappointing. The water cycle experiment. This by far seems to be the most exciting one of all, which produces a nice illustration of the water cycle from evaporation to rain. There are several flaws in this. (i) it needs an incandescent/halogen bulb to encourage evaporation, which for me is difficult to find as most of my bulbs are energy-saving or LED. (ii) when you have a cup of water and evaporating (to have condensation on the 'cloud'), it is impossible to see what's happening as shown in the instruction, as the entire glass is fogged up that you can see anything unless you constantly taking the cover off and wiping the inside of the glass. The highlight of the erupting volcano is disappointing. The volcano mountain model looks impressive and nice, but I think the hold to store the ingredients can be made bigger and better (ie larger container, smaller opening?), as the eruption is more of an overflow of lava than an eruption. Hovercraft CD - the weight of the attachment, weight of the balloon, and/or the hole on the attachment, made a rather disappointing working hover CD. I think the attachment's hold for the air flow can be bigger for this to work. We'll be doing the bubbles tomorrow, hopefully, those will be better.

Kids loved it

Not that impressed. There’s so much that you need from around the home including outdated things like an incandescent light. With homes converting to LED light bulbs this needs updating. Even things like a glass that is wide enough at the bottom to fit the ‘mountain’ but narrow enough to fit the ‘clouds’ onto top is tricky. It’s been designed around lab equipment like beakers but the hind does not have these items. They could have included a plastic beaker for this activity. The explanations are good and it makes a child think about how things work. You are basically paying for some pieces of plastic and an instruction book.

Was hoping for more from this set, but given what it cost I can’t complain too much. Some of the experiments are not well designed and the scientific explanations are not so detailed or engaging. You’ll also need things from around the house to make a lot of them work. In balance I think you’re better off looking up good experiments to do with things you’ll already have rather than buying a kit like this.

Arrived on time we have not opened it yet as its Christmas present but i am sure my kids will enjoy it as it looks a lot of fun and kids seemed very interested in that kind of stuff

Lo compré como regalo de cumpleaños para mi sobrina de 6 años. Lo han disfrutado mucho en familia, tiene experimentos interesantes y divertidos para los niños.

Deneyler için gereken malzemelerin çoğunu evden temin etmek gerekiyor. Deneylerin çopu başarısızlıkla sonuçlanıyor ve çocuklar bu durumdan hoşnut olmuyor. Ayrıca kitin içinden çıkan malzemler de çok kalitesiz.

My son LOVES this! He is 5. The experiments are easy, kid friendly and continue to blow his mind. Also easy for adults to explain.

I will not know how to rate this until I hear after Christmas. It looks interesting.

Perfect present for a child getting into science