Ages 8 and up
40 page science book with materials
Awards

    National Parenting Magazine Award
    Creative Child Magazine Award

This should be one of your child's first science kits. The large, color coded magnets should be played with in Kindergarten. The first 15 activities explore which metals stick to magnets, magnetic poles, attract and repel, magnets through materials, and temporary magnets. The kits includes high quality, color coded, SAFE ceramic magnets.
Activities in the first part of the book

    Draw with iron filings
    Discover what sticks to magnets
    Levitate and bounce rings
    Swim a duck
    Make a temporary magnet
    Detect iron
    Go fishing
    Play with magnetic poles


Sometime between second and third grade children should revisit this book, repeat their favorite activities, and do the more advanced projects in the second part of the book.
Advanced Activities

    Build an electromagnet - then flip the poles