Best Classroom Science Kits for Teachers

Introduce your class to the ins-and-outs of a career in prehistoric exploration with a paleontologist classroom kit! Students can use tools to excavate bones, then assemble them into a dinosaur skeleton display. Then, they can create amazingly detailed fossil impressions with a set of mini dinosaurs, modeling clay, and plaster. Comes with reading materials about the geologic timescale, how fossils are formed, and the on-the-job adventures of a real paleontologist.

Add a little color — and a whole lot of science — to your classroom with a chemistry kit! Students can learn about the scientific method through reading materials, then put together a bubbly chemical reaction in their own fab chemistry lab. Young scientists can mix experiments, make some colorful art, and learn about everyday chemical reactions.

Designed for 3rd to 5th grade classrooms, each of these classroom science kits include all the materials, instructions, and lesson plans to explore STEM topics through project-based learning, while aligning with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The below projects are broken up into multiple suggested class periods and serve 20-40 students. They make a perfect gift for teachers, educators, classrooms, maker spaces, after school programs, and camps.

Value: $6 per student, covering up to 3 hours

Inspire a class of young engineers with this classroom pack of 10 robot crawlers. Students will build motor-powered robots that walk (and even race) to explore linkages, friction, and mechanical energy. They’ll also experiment with variables, test the results, and redesign the robot to make it as fast or strong as possible.

In this classroom pack of 10 drawbots, students will explore physics and engineering concepts by building a simple motor-powered robot in pairs or small groups. Encourage kids to experiment and design! They’ll use critical thinking to make predictions, form observations, and record results. Students will also investigate balanced and unbalanced forces by solving open-ended engineering problems.

Students will build jointed claws inspired by the biomechanics of a human hand. They'll learn about articulation and tension as they modify the number of joints and fingers in their claws, using limited materials. Students will also work together to solve engineering challenges, from picking up a slippery marble to playing a clawsome board game.

Slither into the world of robotics by building a remote-controlled snake robot! Students will assemble and wire the electronics that drive the robot, customize it by adding a decorative skin of their choice, then drive it through a maze! They’ll read about how switches help their snake shimmy from side to side, then explore engineering solutions inspired by nature — from real-world snake robots to bullet trains.

Harness the power of physics to engineer a mind-boggling magic trick — a levitating lantern that floats in thin air! With these classroom science kits, students will wire up the lantern, build the stand, and learn about how tension and tensegrity make an “impossible” illusion possible! They’ll read up on the science and mechanics behind other illusions, from flying candles to hovering magicians!

Students will create two custom neon signs with EL wire. They’ll choose from five existing templates, or create their own from scratch. Then, they can hang their creations or put their signs on display with the included wooden stand. Turn the lights on for an awesome glowing final effect.

Mix up chemical solutions that glow in the dark! This classroom science kit for highschool contains everything students need to try 3 chemistry experiments exploring the science of fluorescence, phosphorescence, and chemiluminescence. With a UV light and a spiral stand to help mix up their solutions, they’re good to glow!

Students will make some music (and some engineering memories) with a four-string ukulele they build themselves! They’ll explore the science of vibration and sound waves, and discover what makes wood the perfect material for their uke. Then they’ll learn to tune their instrument and crank out some classic songs.

Put the "fun" in functional by engineering a linkage-powered trashketball game. With this highschool science kit, students will explore the history of basketball technology — from the invention of the game to the evolution of hoop design. They’ll harness the power of parabolas to aim, shoot, and score with science!

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