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- 24 DAYS OF SCIENCE – Each day of December as Christmas approaches, kids will open an exciting science experiment to conduct from our world-class science kits, or a gemstone specimen to add to their collection!
- CONDUCT 13 FUN EXPERIMENTS – We selected 13 incredible experiments from our science kits for this advent calendar. Kids will love hiding/revealing a secret message, making a test tube glow, floating coins, growing a colorful crystal tree & much more!
- COLLECT 11 STUNNING SPECIMENS – The gemstones for kids in this STEM kit include carnelian, chevron amethyst, snowflake obsidian, geode, tiger’s eye, and more! A storage pouch is also included for their new collection.
- DIG OUT A SPECIAL SPECIMEN ON THE FINAL DAY – The final piece in this collection is a stunning pyrite (fool’s gold) specimen kids will unearth from a mini dig brick, just like a real geologist!
- HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL TOYS – We’re proud to make the highest quality hands-on science toys, and all our products are backed by exceptional service. If your experience is less than stellar, let us know and we’ll make things right!
Lauren B. –
The rocks are bigger than I thought and bright and beautiful. My grandchildren love them and the little carrying bag and jewelry. I gave it to them as an advent calendar from Halloween to Thanksgiving. The only flaw is the difficulty in opening one cardboard window without ripping into the next one. Also, so many of the stones are a little larger than can fit into the jewelry pieces they provide. Overall, though, it’s a great gift. I gave it to three families with kids ages: 3 1/2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 13. Only the 13 year old didn’t get excited.
Stacy S. –
This was on a family member’s wish list for his seventh birthday, and what a hit!
You’re going to see a great mix of fun, educational and interesting – parents will enjoy it as well. This is a stellar idea especially compared to more generic advent calendars filled with cheap candy or little toys that end up getting stepped on in the dark at 2am…you’ll also have small daily activities, which will be appreciated during holiday breaks, again with no candy and cartoon figures involved.
I always veer toward kids’ gifts that are not just garbage and cheap plastic. This will satisfy like-minded adults, in addition to your kiddos.
JM –
My kids are loving this count down! To be honest, it would also be great as fun way to do science experiments. My kids are sharing it and so far, they have given enough supplies to do each experiment multiple times. I will say, one thing I missed, it to save the supplies and mixtures they give you. You will use these items for multiple experiments. The instructions can be a little hard for my kids to understand at times, so a parent may need to help and look to the pictures for further instructions.
Quick update… my kids still love this countdown. We have had a few items/experiments come out of order compared to book. No big deal, everything is there and we are able to find it in the book.
Jen F. –
My grandson did the activities with his 2 and 4 years old siblings. They loved the activities!!
Amazon Customer –
Sent directly to my grand daughter.
It is huge and amazing. Mega science advent calendar
(Science kit and rock collection)
Highly recommended.
Will definitely get another National Geographic Advent Calendar next year,
Just not this one since she is already doing it this year. Recommend for all!
Lori R Zimmett –
My 10 year old loved this calendar. The experiments were engaging and kept his attention without being too complicated that he couldn’t do them on his own. The directions were easy to understand and gave excellent explanations of the science behind the concept. Overall, great advent calendar that I would absolutely buy again.
Heremeow –
I’m 40yr old. I don’t have children. I have been a chemist for over 20yr – I go to work and talk about and do science all day, every workday. My husband bought this advent calendar for me this year. It has been fun to do. The experiments are well planned, instructions are clear and they work well. The equipment provided is good quality for the number of times you will use them. I would recommend doing the experiments over a plate or baking sheet for easier clean up, especially if the researcher is someone who is still developing their fine motor skills. The gem and fossil and stone specimens are also of good size and quality. Overall, well worth the $1.67 per day ($40/24 days), and way better than some crappy chocolate.
Heremeow –
We used this set for an advent plus homeschooling science projects. I normally get overwhelmed by science kits but these experiments were easy, fun, and only a few steps. The mineral specimens and fossils were nice and very pretty. I like that there were enough of each ingredient to do each experiment more than once. My son’s favorite is the instant snow (he won’t let me throw it out). I highly recommend this even if you don’t use it for an advent calendar, just use it for some cool science experiments. Worth the money for sure.