One company in particular still carries a torch for the good old days of corrosive compounds, piercing audio tones and home explosions. (Don't even get me started on the Magic Science kit, which lets you "cast spells" to change the colors of liquids, or the one that shows Einstein pulling a rabbit out of a hat on the box. At least, not the kind of lesson our parents were learning when they accidentally burned holes in their carpets. And while I'm sure little girls would love to concoct their own lipstick, and little boys want to look at their boogers close up, there aren't many science lessons in there. Many of them are also specific to different genders. For the most part they're targeted to the very young most manufacturers expect children as young as six years old to play with them. A cursory Google search will prove there are more "experiment" kits out there than you can count. As cool as it was, it made me sad – science kits just aren't as awesome anymore. The large wooden box's double doors opened to reveal a full-size metal microscope, glass slides and a slew of toxic chemicals that would never make it into the hands of our precious modern-day youngsters. I was wandering the aisles of the Bay Area's largest rummage sale not long ago when I came across a thing of beauty: an ancient but extremely well-kept kids' science experiment kit.
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