Scientific Explorer's Fun With Your Dog Science Kit

by Scientific Explorer

Product Features

• "Fun with Your Dog" is the winner of Parents' Choice Silver Medal
• Can a dog taste sweets? Find recipes for making dog treats!
• Through fun experiments you learn to observe and understand your dog's body language
• Teach your dog new tricks
• Fun, non-invasive experiments that help you better understand your dog's world

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 2.8 x 12 inches ; 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000IS8D
• Item model number: 211
• Manufacturer recommended age: 6 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #130,332 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Editorial Review

Scientific Explorer's series of great science kits includes Fun with Your Dog. It's a nifty way to learn about animal intelligence through fun experiments. Perform ultrasonic sound testing with a bona fide dog whistle. Put together a pair of "dog glasses" (says the manufacturer: "See the colors your dog sees..."). Conduct a "personality interview" to discover your dog's temperament. The taste-testing experiment, which features a kit for baking delicious dog cookies, will reward your pooch's patience and cooperation. Scientific Explorer kits are both fun and educational and have won several awards. --Chris Livesay

Product Description

Read your dog's mind What's on your dog's mind? Find out with fun experiments as you observe your pet's eyes, tail, and body language. Give your dog a Personality Interview and you'll know your pet better. Does your pet hear sounds that you can't? You'll find out with this kit. See the world through a dog's eyes Do you know what colors your pet sees? Put on Dog Glasses and you'll see for yourself. You might be surprised to discover that the world looks very different through a dog's eyes. Bake tasty Dog Cookies your dog will love Can dogs taste sweets? You'll know the answer when you bake healthy Dog Cookies as a treat. Compare your sense of smell to your dog's remarkably intelligent nose. We bet you can't recognize 20,000 different odors like your dog does.

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Customer Reviews

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148 of 150 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun and educational too!, November 25, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Scientific Explorer's Fun With Your Dog Science Kit (Toy)

I thought this was a wonderful kit for my eight year old daughter and nine year old son. It entertained them for a few days and I think they learned a lot too. The kit comes with a science guide with a whole bunch of different experiments and fun activities. The most enjoyable part (for the kids at least) was the dog sunglasses that they made, which let you see the world in the same colors that your dog sees. Did you know that dogs only see in red? Lucky, our dog, thought it was all great fun too. The kids really enjoyed baking dog cookies and Lucky loved eating them.

I would definitely recommend this kit - especially for parents who want to spark an interest in science for their kids. I think it would make a good Christmas gift.

77 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Science Fair Preparation!, September 2, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Scientific Explorer's Fun With Your Dog Science Kit (Toy)

I have been trying to get my third grade daughter interested in entering a science fair for two years and thanks to this kit I have found something that interests her enough to consider it. The dog whistle was the most fascinating (I thought those things were a hoax!) and worked well. We taught our dog, Yoda, a new trick by following the project on sense of smell, and we all enjoyed baking biscuits in a variety of shapes. Yoda gives them 5 stars!! A good value and a great way to learn about "man's best friend". It has encouraged study of other animals as well.

55 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not very fun or interesting..., November 4, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Scientific Explorer's Fun With Your Dog Science Kit (Toy)

I got this kit the year before last. It looked very interesting from the packaging, but when I opened it I was not impressed. There are not very many experiments in here. The glasses were interesting for about 1 minute, until I looked through them. The dog biscuit recipe was nice, however, but the other experiments were not very interesting at all.