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ScienceWiz / Light Experiment Kit

3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 88 ratings
Size One Size
Brand ScienceWiz
Age Range (Description) Kid
Item dimensions L x W x H 1.75 x 8.25 x 10.25 inches
Item Weight 431 Grams

About this item

  • Bounce, bend and blend light in 25 different activities with this award winning kit
  • Learn about the fundamentals of light with lenses, reflection, refraction, microscopes and more
  • Creative Child Magazine and National Parenting Magazine Award Winner
  • Includes a 40 page book and materials for your creations
  • For ages 6 to 12 years

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Light is an award winning kit which includes a detailed and highly visual step-by- step instruction book along with the materials your child will need to perform 25 experiments. Your child will split light into a cascade of rainbows, make a kaleidoscope, mold lenses, make a microscope and telescope, capture a shadow, box a camera, diffract with feathers, play the I Spy game with mirrors and solve filter puzzles. Step-by-step 3D directions and the use of everyday materials brings clarity to how light works.

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3.6 out of 5 stars
3.6 out of 5
88 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the quality and educational value of the science fundamentals kit. They say it's well thought out and packed with information. Customers also say it is fun and hands on for all age groups. However, some customers disagree on ease of use.

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12 customers mention9 positive3 negative

Customers like the quality of the science fundamentals kit. They mention it contains well thought out activities with easy to follow instructions. They also say it's educational, packed with information, and does teach some fundamental physics. Customers also enjoy the light experiments.

"This is a great kit packed with information...." Read more

"Our family loves these kits. Great ideas, fun, educational, great opportunities to bond on a rainy day." Read more

"cool, but not that great. Experiments were kind of boring." Read more

"My 6 year old son loves this science kit. It contains some very well thought out activities with easy to follow instructions..." Read more

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Customers find the science fundamentals kit fun and hands on for all age groups. They also say it's the best gift yet.

"Our family loves these kits. Great ideas, fun, educational, great opportunities to bond on a rainy day." Read more

"Best gift yet! Fun educational we loved this gift I would recommend this light experiment for any child who likes to discovery and creat this was a..." Read more

"...Super fun and hands on for all age groups." Read more

"I got this for my grandkids. It is a fun, educational kit. It has been used for "show and tell" several times." Read more

7 customers mention3 positive4 negative

Customers are mixed about the ease of use. Some mention that it's easy to use and follow the instructions, while others say that it lacks instructions and a book to explain what to do with the various components.

"...To my surprise, there is no book to explain what to do with the various components...." Read more

"...It contains some very well thought out activities with easy to follow instructions (although, for a 6 year old, you're oging to be helping along)...." Read more

"This was purchased for a seven-year old boy so requires additional assistance to use...." Read more

"This kit was very user friendly and my grandson (age 10) enjoyed the light experiments. He was most interested in the light sabers." Read more

Top reviews from the United States

Ekaterina
5.0 out of 5 stars Great learning kit for 9-year old
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2015
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My 9-year old had received a different kit from Science Wiz (DNA) for her birthday and loved it so much, we had ordered a couple of other kits of her choice, including Light. She is very much a hands-on learner, and she absolutely loved the experiments in the Light kit. She did need my help with some of them, but in the end, everything worked the way it supposed to.
The kit includes a variety of easily packaged items, and you will need to use a few of more things from around the house ( I had to buy gelatin for the lens making experiment). I did not have clear plastic cups, but we used clear molds instead in making of the kaleidoscope. I wish I had read ahead of time the comment that advised using the colored sheets of paper to explain mixing of colors instead of food coloring - this was a great idea! Mixing of food coloring was messy and the resulting colors were rather muddy.
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Daniel J. Green
1.0 out of 5 stars DIY science kit. You provide the materials and the instructions for the experiments. We supply the pretty throwaway box!
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2015
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I bought this in November, anticipating I would run the experiments with my kids during the summer vacation. Well, summer vacation is here and I opened the box. To my surprise, there is no book to explain what to do with the various components. I have an MIT degree, and can sort of figure it out, but the average person will be puzzled by the kit without a few instructions. Unfortunately, the components are quite cheap, and you'll wind up throwing them away and substituting higher-quality stuff you have around the home. The components are a lot less expensive looking than the packaging -- so it's entirely possible to throw away nearly then entire kit looking for the materials, not realizing, oh crud, that that part is supposed to be an experiment; it's not packaging waste.

Most things in the kit are stuff the average scientifically literate person has around the house in higher quality for his kids anyway -- the included prism, magnifying glasses, and motor are poor-quality jokes. And alligator-clip wires? Seriously, if they included that they should have included the crayons, too -- which the box says you need to run at least one experiment in the nonexistent book. After all, they included a strip of wax paper, some cheap cellophane, and a rubber band. Particularly interesting is that they included two cheapo plastic sample trays, but noted on the shopping list on the box that it was impractical to include two cheapo plastic cups. Really?
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Amazon user
4.0 out of 5 stars great kit, but beware of hazard
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2010
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This is a great kit packed with information.

However the included LED light saber can be a hazard as the light coming from tip is too powerful and kids (or even adults) who would be temped to look into it could be hurting their eyes.

Also I have a suggestion for small improvement. They include small red, green and blue transparent sheets that are supposed to be cut up for the Kaleidoscope. Instead I found these to be valuable to show how white light (say sunlight) passing through these sheets will become colored. These are also useful to show how different colors can be overlapped to create new colors. Seems a much neater way to explain the concept rather than mixing messy colored liquids (not inlcuded in the kit, anyway).

Otherwise, this is an awesome kit.
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S. Bracebridge
5.0 out of 5 stars Great ideas, fun
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2018
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Our family loves these kits. Great ideas, fun, educational, great opportunities to bond on a rainy day.
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isa
2.0 out of 5 stars Not so much fun for my grandchildren.
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2011
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They were 5 and 7 this summer, when I brought this toy to them. They seemed to know all the experiments, and to find them boring rather than stimulating. I should have found more about the science wiz light kit, and about what they already knew. The truth is that i thought it was going to be more playful, and I did not find it that engaging either.
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grownup kid
5.0 out of 5 stars For the price, you just can't go wrong
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2008
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My 6 year old son loves this science kit. It contains some very well thought out activities with easy to follow instructions (although, for a 6 year old, you're oging to be helping along). Not just a toy...it really does teach some fundamental physics.

Having purchased the Light kit, I'm going to get some more of them.

Oh, and by the way, the grown-ups will probably like playing with this kit as well :-)

For the rpice, you just can't go wrong in my opinion.
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Nej
1.0 out of 5 stars Deceiving
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2012
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This kit may look fun, but it is very deceiving. The light sticks pictured on the cover shows two large objects, when in fact, the kit only contains one, very small, light stick (the size of a child's hand). I returned it as soon as I received it. The contents inside were covered with white dust that had leaked out of an exploded battery. In addition, the motor simply did not work no matter how we tried to connect it, and we tried several different ways to get it to work. I'm very disappointed in this product and its packaging, given its previous positive reviews.
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Trailblazerb
3.0 out of 5 stars Hokey but the kids enjoyed it.
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2013
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You get what you pay for - that is true. It did keep the kids busy for a few hours. But then it was tossed aside. OK quality as long as you do not abuse the inexpensive plastic parts. Interesting experiments, that are all in one place - but these are nothing new and can all be found on the internet easily. A good gift for a 6-10 year old who is interested in experiments.
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MS
5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Gift to Make Learning Fun
Reviewed in Canada on August 22, 2020
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This was purchased as a gift for a young boy and boy let me tell you this was the perfect gift that was fun to create and use but also brought out a whole new way to learn while having fun.

It may seem expensive to some but its worth it. The book comes with all the materials to create the product.

I would not recommend for any child under 8 though as you have to follow the instructions step by step and if its something you want your child to do and explore on their own than 8 is the perfect age but if you are going to do it with them than under 8 is fine.

It was a definite win.
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D. Larry R.
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in Canada on October 29, 2016
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Maria C
5.0 out of 5 stars Great product!
Reviewed in Canada on February 27, 2017
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Great! Easy to use!
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