The Dangerous Book for Boys: Classic Chemistry Set

The older generation (yes, that's us) will find the nostalgic charm of this book and kit so appealing, we'll want to share the fun of Classic Chemistry with the kids! The best-selling Dangerous Book for Boys is the basis for a Chemistry set that makes an exciting adventure of lab learning with a grab bag of experiments and activities that bring this important science home.

The experiments are written in straightforward, easy-to-understand language, and broken down into a section each for Materials, step-by-step Procedure, and Explanation. As you and your son or grandson work side by side at your kitchen-table lab, you'll experiment with organic chemistry, chemical reactions, acids and bases, indicators, and electrochemistry, plus metals, metalloids, and nonmetals. Atoms, elements, compounds, and bonding will become dinner-table subjects, and the Periodic Table will go from a collection of letters and numbers to something your junior chemist can easily explain. On the extra-fun side, there are also experiments in making slime, and crafting the old-school smoke bomb and stink bomb!

All in all, you'll conduct 30 experiments, each detailed in the 32-page experiment manual with important safety precautions. The kit includes necessary materials and chemicals, plus one pair of safety goggles (get your own!). There's really nothing 'dangerous' about it, but if you like, you can suggest that there might be an exciting explosion or two just around the corner to be sure to keep thing interesting!

Ages 8 and up.