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Science Kits and Materials for Hands-on Learning at Home

Get hands-on materials to your students quickly and easily wherever they are.

With convenient science kits and all-in-one activities for every topic, we make it easy to continue hands-on learning at home. These kits and solutions are ideal for independent student learning, parent-led practice, or for easily supplying students with hands-on matierials to support virtual lessons.

Discover our recommended solutions below.

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Science Take-Out® Kits

Science Take-Out Kits are innovative and easy to use lab activities that are pre-packaged, cost-effective, and ready to use with no lab equipment required. Just add students! The included teacher guides contain answer keys, descriptions of core concepts, and suggestions for extension activities. Educators or parents may use kits with minimal science background or teaching experience.

Check out a few of our favorites below.

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Ward's Essentials Student Compound Microscope

This cost-effective student microscope boasts the same features as many advanced models, but in a 3/4 size, making it an ideal solution for individual student use at home. Featuring 4x, 10x, and 40x objectives with included 10x and 25x eyepieces, this scope delivers up to 1,000X magnification with flexible features that accommodate lessons from middle school to higher education.

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NewPath Learning Centers

These engaging, ready-to-use learning kits combine instruction with a game-based review of standards-based topics in life science, math, physical science, and earth science and are ideal for at-home or classroom use. Convenient and reusable, all materials zip up in a vinyl storage pouch, making them easy to pack, carry, and distribute to students and parents in your community. When school is back in session, use them for individual or small group learning or test prep in the classroom.

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Shop NewPath Learning Centers for Life Science, Physical Science, Earth Science, Math, and Human Body.

Science Olympiad Kits

You don’t have to be part of a Science Olympiad team to build creative thinking, problem-solving, and STEAM skills using Science Olympiad Kits from Ward’s Science.

Exclusively available from Ward’s Science in partnership with Science Olympiad, these NGSS-aligned kits include materials to support Science Olympiad’s official events – their signature STEAM challenges requiring students to think creatively to solve real-world problems – and are perfect for extending learning at home or in the classroom.

From mastering the art of the Mousetrap Vehicle and building a Boomilever, to testing Water Quality and Defying Gravity, there are dozens of kits and challenges to choose from.

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*Please note: Kits contain a printed copy of rules and basic instructions for getting started - however, it's up to students to determine the best use for their kit materials to complete the event in the way they see fit. Creativity, problem solving, and teamwork are what Science Olympiad is all about! For more information about Science Olympiad, including free digital Rules Manual for events, visit Science Olympiad.

NewPath Skill Builder Flip Charts with Multimedia Lessons

A perfect blended learning solution. Each Curriculum Mastery® Flip Chart Set provides graphical instruction and write-on/wipe-off activities with one-year online access to a corresponding Multimedia Lesson featuring in-depth, interactive coverage of the concept. The Multimedia Lesson can be accessed by a teacher and all your students anywhere, any time, on any device including Chromebooks, tablets, computers, and mobile devices.

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Combine 'Write-On/Wipe-Off' activities with interactive, multimedia coverage of key NGSS topics.

Ward’s Murder at Old Fields Virtual Lab Activity + Real-World Kit

What’s better than a Netflix murder mystery marathon? This captivating forensic science lab activity based on the actual details of a double murder that took place on the Smith Farm in Old Fields, NY in 1842. The real-world kit and the virtual lab activity combine to make a powerful and flexible “blended” activity featuring the best of both school lab activities and online activities. The kit and the virtual activity can be used in combination or as separate stand-alone activities.

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Ward's Quick Kits

Need something a bit more custom? With Ward's Quick Kits, you can build your own science kits with materials and quantities you select – and get them fast! Simply choose from a list of hundreds of our most popular supplies and components, and we'll box them up and ship them to your door. These kits are great for distance learning and easy to distribute to parents and students at home in your community, so students are equipped with all the hands-on supplies they need to keep learning.

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4D Anatomy Models

Perfectly suited for outreach programs or take-home items for students, these accurate 4D human anatomy models help students learn about basic anatomy through a unique puzzle challenge that inspires critical thought and mental acuity.

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