The Abacus Science Kit (What's the matter? ™) comes with a range of equipment to assist the learning and researching of different solids, liquids, and gasses. The materials included provide students with a practically applied understanding of chemistry. Furthermore, equipment such as the measuring cups and stopwatches help cover mathematics material such as units of measurement and time.

Magnified fun

This kit comes with a packet of small magnifying glasses that can be used for closely observing an experiment. These serve as a great demonstration tool for teaching students about magnification.

Easy to store

All this equipment is packed into a sturdy Gratnells storage box, which can be integrated into our Abacus Science Frame.

In the classroom, the Abacus Science Kit (What's the matter? ™) is ideal for conducting chemistry experiments, and observing how different elemental properties behave. Containing enough equipment, materials, and consumables for 30 people, students have the option to work independently or buddy up for experiments.

In full, this product contains the consumables:

• Gratnells storage box
• Balloons
• Buckets
• A4 Cards
• Chalk
• Jars
• Magnifiers
• Marbles
• Measuring Cups
• Play Dough
• Rubber Bands
• Self Adhesive Notes
• Kitchen Sponges
• Metal Spoons
• Stopwatch

Additional Information:

• Download the activities featured in the Primary Connections® - What's the matter?™
• This product can be used in teaching the Australian curriculum code ACSSU077: Science Understanding - Chemical sciences - Solids, liquids and gases have different observable properties and behave in different ways
• What's the matter?™ and Primary Connections® are trademarks of the Australian Academy of Science and not affiliated with Abacus Educational Suppliers