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Item: The Starter Kit, which includes the Teaching Tank® and Discovery Book Vol. 1 (50 lessons)

If you're looking for a self-contained tabletop science kit that will allow you to demonstrate nearly every branch of science as your children learn it, and can be used over and over, year after year, then you need the Teaching Tank®!

The Teaching Tank® is a new concept in science learning tools. You put it together in minutes using the Plexiglas sides, plastic tubing, and plastic screws tightened by hand. No tools are required. It sits securely in its stand, and then the fun begins! There are 150 lessons available in three Discovery Books©, covering everything from biology and earth science to chemistry and physics. The lessons are designed in such a way that you can tailor the experience to your child, making it ideal for use with children of different ages.

What struck me about the Teaching Tank® is how much easier it is to view experiments that I'd formerly conducted in drinking glasses! Obviously, any water-based experiment is easily viewed through the 12x12 inch panels, but you can also use the tank for soil experiments, growing plants, and even creating an ant farm! An expansion kit allows you to convert the tank from a thin viewing system to a thicker one that allows a wider range of experiments. Using this kit for a science fair or demonstration would be ideal.

Ordering from the Website is fast and easy. They offer a wide selection of products, including a starter kit and sampler kit for the large tank. All three books can be purchased together or separately. A welcome addition is the Budding Scientist Kit, an 8x8 inch tank with the Discovery Book Sampler offering eight fully developed lessons. It allows you to experience the Teaching Tank at a lower cost.

Additional supplies are listed in the books along with suggestions on obtaining them. However, 90% of the supplies are normal household items. The comprehensive Website contains product information, sample lessons and a curriculum guide identifying the scope of each lesson. The best thing about the Teaching Tank®, though, is how much fun it is. After you get started with it, your children might not want to do anything else!

Review by: Karen Matlock, D.V.M. for Home School Enrichment, Inc.

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"I have been home schooling my son for four years and science was not the easiest subject to teach. The Teaching Tank® and book have been a tremendous help. The lessons are concise and easy to follow. Its list of supplies needed for each experiment, simple to follow steps, and expected results have allowed us to get excited about science.

Other programs we have tried left me racing around trying to assemble items needed but, with the complete list of supplies in the back of the book I was able to plan ahead and have everything on hand that was necessary before we started.

The lessons are designed to keep the child's / student's interest and also opened ended to keep them thinking. We have had such fun and can't wait for Book II.

Thank you so much."

Review by:Charissa Hammond, Oakdale, Connecticut

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"I had the opportunity to meet many of you homeschloolers at the Boxborough conference in Boxborough, Massachusetts. I had a most enjoyable time presenting workshops and working at my booth. After having done many workshops throughout the northeast region for classroom teachers I was pleased to show the many parents at the conference how to make science come alive with little or no money. In fact one of my teacher workshops is called 'Teaching Science With Junk' and it has been very popular.

Therefore, I was very excited when I discovered The Teaching Tank® this past August while working on a science project in New Hampshire. This was not junk and I knew that I had to have one. I have been using it now for several months in my visits to schools, teacher workshops and with my Royal Academy homeschool children. It is an outstanding invention and one that can be used over and over again to teach many lessons that touch upon all areas of the science curriculum. The Teaching Tank® reaches across all grade levels. Parents would find it both a valuable and fun teaching tool."

Review by:Gordon Corbett, Educational Consultant.

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"I used The Teaching Tank® for my seventh grade Science Fair Project. The Tank allowed first hand observation of my experiment with plant root growth. It made the project fun and exciting and a real learning experience for me and other students in the school."

Review by:Hilary Jordan, Woodbury School

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"As the Science Curriculum Facilitator in our school, I have ordered the Teaching Tank® for use in grades Readiness through 5. It is rewarding to watch students of all ages and abilities become mesmerized as they observe science up close through the transparent tanks."

Review by:Marie Ross, Grade 5 Teacher, 1995 NH Elementary Science Teacher of the Year

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"The Teaching Tank® has allowed me to integrate various science concepts into my thematic units, as well as extend activities from existing curriculums. If you are looking for an easy way to spark interest, create dialogue, and enrich comprehension, the Teaching Tank® is for you!"

Maria G. Clark, First Grade Teacher, Londonderry, NH.

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Many age groups can interact with the Teaching Tank® and the lessons on various cognitive levels. It is the company's intent to show that the Teaching Tank® is not a single activity, single concept, use it once and store it in the closet product. The Teaching Tank® and lessons can be used across disciplines: Earth Science, Physical Science, Life Science, Chemistry, and Mathematics.

The Teaching Tank® is made totally in the USA, their lessons directly correlate with state and national science standards, quality Plexiglas and resins are better quality than what comes from imports. Most important - is the fact that the three co-authors, can be reached by e-mail for additional support, explanations, etc. through their website

Today, American Educational Products LLC has a family of Teaching Tank® materials including an Expansion Kit that allows one to turn the Teaching Tank® into a small aquarium in about three minutes.

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