{"id":6,"date":"2010-01-01T14:37:40","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T21:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinkinglogically.com\/?p=6"},"modified":"2010-03-03T08:36:23","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T15:36:23","slug":"chemistry-kits-without-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinkinglogically.com\/?p=6","title":{"rendered":"Chemistry kits without chemicals??"},"content":{"rendered":"

Awhile ago, I watched a PBS show called “Wired Science”. I didn’t especially like the format of the show, so I didn’t end up watching many episodes. However, the first episode had a segment they called “Dangerous Science”<\/a>, which completely horrified me. The segment focused on how today’s chemistry sets don’t have any real chemicals in them!<\/p>\n

I’m not advocating that we should go back to the days when there are radioactive chemicals and mercury included in a chemistry set, but I do think it’s too bad that kids nowadays can’t do much more than kitchen chemistry with these sets. I had received a chemistry set once when I was a kid, and I remember being a little disappointed with what sorts of experiments I could do. They weren’t anything especially exciting, but I think that I could do more than some of these kits included! (This was in the late 1980’s.)<\/p>\n

Now, with my outreach activities, I know where to look to buy a bunch of chemicals and do REAL chemistry in front of kids, but I have a lot more knowledge about this than many parents would. I also am a lot more motivated to find “WOW” items!<\/p>\n

So, in the interest of sharing my love of science, here are some of my favorite websites where you can find all sorts of fun and kits for some REAL chemistry:<\/p>\n