Show me a child who does not use direct experience as an avenue to understand his surroundings and I will show you a two dollar bill. Inquiry, scientific inquiry is the most potent vehicle for learning. A child can retain new knowldege more efficiently when it is gathered by direct observation. This kind of learning is what makes children who think for themselves, have the confidence to dig deeper and deeper until they organize their thoughts into scientific inquiry where direct observation runs the process of learning. StarChild Science kits and materials are affordable to any homeschooler or traditionally schooled child. Homeschooling parents and classroom teachers can design their own science programs that promote learning from direct experience and original sources.

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Some school districts and homeschooling groups are trying to catch light, bend it, and magnify the image of objects with it.

School District orders are available. Each School District Light Kit contains:

30 prisms, flashlights, diffraction glasses, magnifying glasses plus

1 copy ebook-- StarChild Science: Teach Your Own

SC#1113-District Light Kit---$300.00

(California residents add sales tax 8.25%)

SC#1114 -Individual Light Kit -1 2 1/2" right angle acrylic prism + 1 pr diffraction glasses+ 1 flashlight + 1 pr magnifying glasses--- $9.95 (California residents add sales tax 8.25%)

EARTH KIT

Watch video of StarChildren making their own model of Earth.

You can see that Chance added a dandelion to his model of Earth before it turned to seed!

“I’m going to use the green tissue for pastures and meadows.”

“I’m going to use blue tissue for oceans and turquoise for creeks and rivers.”

StarChild Science Earth Kit contains: Styrofoam sphere covered with potting soil Sculpey clay for volcanos and mountain ranges colored tissue paper for lakes, oceans, meadows and valleys

Earth Kit— — We all know how important a model of something is. A model is often used in science to help visualize something. The model of Earth we use in StarChild Science is SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE! A child can add anything to this model to grasp the big picture. He can add flowers, clay volcanoes, blue oceans, pine needle forests, anything he can gather in his environment.

But the important thing is, make a model of Earth with your child. All kinds of discussions come out of this one model.

Some children focus on animals, some on plants like their favorite flower; or some focus on the biggest volcano. Whatever a child begins to focus on, be grateful this little model guides a child's attention to Earth!

I once watched as a child added a carrot to his Earth. It was made out of orange construction paper and a stem made out of a green pipe cleaner. I asked him what made him put a carrot on his Earth. And his reply was, "Carrots are good for your eyes. My grandma has carrots in her garden." I knew at that moment that this little model of Earth had become personal to this child. And because of this, the memory of it was going to stay with this child for a long time.

SC#7700 StarChild Planet Earth Kit—--$12.95 (California residents add sales tax 8.25%)

rainforest

You can see these wonderful animals on our Suncatcher. Place it on your window and watch these animals catch the light of the sun.

50% of the earth’s animal species live in the rainforest. There may be as much as 15,000 different animal and plant species in a single acre of lowland rainforest.

Stick a Suncatcher on your bedroom window to make your room like it was designed by Disney himself. Rainbows everywhere! Even the little light on a foggy day can brighten up your room.

SC#1113 Suncatcher —-$8.00 (California residents add sales tax 8.25%)

“I’m rich. I’m rich,” Nissa screamed out when she looked at her rock through the microscope.

Your very own microscope that has special eyes that can magnify images for you. When you look down the eyepiece of this microscope you can see structures inside rocks and pebbles that you can't see with your naked eyes. Maybe you will find real quartz in rocks that have real gold stuck in them. Or maybe you will find giant amethyst rocks and diamonds the size of your thumb. Every explorer knows there are lots and lots of treasures in the earth.

SC#3331 Microscope—-$100.00 (California residents add sales tax 8.25%)

What does the magnetic power feel like?

Do you want to feel a force many times stronger than gravity? Get your child involved with magnetism.The magnetic force between two magnets is so strong you can actually feel it push and pull your hands all around the place. Keep your eyes closed so you can feel the magnetic forces of push and pull.

SC#2221 2 magnets + compass—-$5.50 (California residents add sales tax 8.25%)

Each kit includes teepee material & string, pipe cleaners, Indian family, 2 bears, 1 deer, electrical circuit, compass and clay for modeling, one copy of the Indian Thanksgiving Prayer

SC#2222 Teepee Kit—--$18.95

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Light up the American teepee with an electrical circuit. Your Indian family can enjoy the comfort of reading at night with electrical energy for the first time.

This motor allows you to use an electric current to create the push and pull forces of magnetism that power wheels to turn around and around. This little motor is a model of the invention that is necessary to get you to school, to a birthday party, to the beach and to your favorite friend's house.

To view a stripped down motor go to the wonderful Exploratorium movie on how to build a motor.

SC#2224 Simple Motor—-$4.95 (California residents add sales tax 8.25%)

After you make a fan whirl around and around, ask your child if there are any fans in the house? In the garage? In daddy’s office? In the car? At the grocery store? At church? At the park?

After you make a speaker speak, ask your child if there are any speakers in the house? In the garage? In daddy’s office? In the car? At the grocery store? At church? At the park?

After you see light from the bulb, ask your child if there are any light bulbs in his/her bedroom? In the house? In the garage? In daddy’s office? In the car? In the grocery store? At church? At the park?

This method is always successful with a child. It primes a curious mind to observe the environment.

When you are teaching young children science you have to put the pieces out there for them to play with. This kit is perfect because it has pieces that, when put together a certain way, will light up a bulb, make a speaker have sound and even make a fan spin around and around.

This kit opens the world of electricity to a child in a very clear manner. It’s durable and the pieces are just the right size for little hands to maneuver.

StarChild Science: Teach Your Own StarChild Science over 200 pages of discussion, experiments and explations of nature's ways.

aauaudio of electricity Teensy weensy pieces of matter called electrons can travel near the speed of light. In static electricity they leave the cat's hair and gather on the surface of the balloon. Then what happens? Read our ebook to find out: SC#1111 Teach Your Own—-$9.95 in pdf, 9 MB in size- Press the Pay Pal Buy Now button if ordering ebook only.

SC#2225 Simple Electricity Kit—$30.95(California residents add sales tax 8.25%)

You and your child can put this buzzer together in minutes.

Because it includes Morse Code, this kit will get your child's attention to the correct spelling of words.

Learn Morse Code to send secret messages

Make up your own messages then send them to a friend.

SC#2226 —

Electric Buzzer - $9.95 (California residents add sales tax 8.25%)

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