In the spirit of Earth Day today, we wanted to showcase some of our great, earth friendly, science kits!

4M has an AMAZING line of "Green Science" Science Kits (perfect for kids 8 and up) that encourage you to recycle products around the house AND learn about science and recycling at the same time! Each kit comes with detailed instructions, and at $14.95, they are a perfect little science project!



The Potato Clock (MM# 102525, $14.95) helps you to learn how you can power a cool little digital clock using (if you can believe it!) a potato! Not only that, but this kit also shows you what other neat household foods (and drinks!) you can use to power this digital clock!



Now, the Bottle Catamaran (MM# 84675, $14.95) is REALLY neat! Using 2 leftover plastic pop bottles (make sure you rinse them out first!) you can create your own Catamaran which will skim across the water on it's pop bottle floats pushed by its spinning propeller!




The Soda Can Robug (MM#79013, $14.95) is awesome because it is a science project AND a toy! Use an old Soda Can to create your own little robot! Once completed the robot makes sounds and moves across the floor!






The Amphibian Rover (MM# 106595, $14.95) can be made into a car, a boat or both! The Amphibian Rover requires the use of four leftover pop bottles which act as either the wheels OR the floats. This means you can use it on land AND on water! How cool is that? This kit is also great for learning about mechanics and electricity!


For those who want a little bit more of a challenge and a little more in-depth science project we have the perfect kit for you from Thames & Kosmos.


The Wind Power Renewal Energy Science Kit (MM# 86700, $64.95) comes with an extremely detailed, full colour manual and 20 great experiments! This kit teaches how to build a wind turbine to harness power out of thin air! This amazing kit will help both you and you child to learn about how wind is a very promising energy source!





-- Lisa the Toy Whiz