Nickelodeon Experimake Rockets And Beyond Review And GIveaway (age 8+) For Addo Play

We love science and over the last few days of the Summer holidays my boys have been experimenting with the Nickelodeon Experimake set - Rockets And Beyond from Addo Play. This is a carefully thought out set with a handful of simple, yet interesting, experiments suitable for children aged around 8+.

Inside the box are most of the items you'll need aside from things that you can find around the house - plates, water etc. Aside from a couple of plastic bags, packaging is all reused for storage and it takes seconds to open - with the only construction being the papercraft space buggy.

Everything inside the box is cleverly packaged onto 2 cardboard trays which come out for you to do your experiments on. They're genius - it keeps everything clean and tidy and stops anything rolling off the table.

Included in the box is the equipment necessary for 6 different experiments which all support STEM learning in school, teaching skills  and knowledge in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.

The experiments in our set are Missile Launcher, Ballistic Balloons, Balloon Rocket Race, Zooming Space Buggy, Fizzy Bombs and Explosive Rocket. These experiments demonstrate propulsion, as well as teaching your children about other concepts including friction, speed, fuel and air pressure.

The easiest experiments demonstrate the power of air pressure for propulsion, starting with a simple squeezy bulb which shoots a rocket a good 10 feet if you are fast. Then we moved on to the balloon experiments - flying a 'Balloon Rocket' along nylon thread is loads of fun - depending on how tight you've taped it and where you tape it, you can get very different results.

The Space Buggy was a bit of a disappointment first time, but second time it did slide down the hallway at speed. Most of the experiments can be repeated again and again, and with more than one scientist it can get quite competitive.

The last two experiments in the book involve making 'Fizzy Bombs' using items including citric acid and sodium bicarbonate. We didn't have a lot of success actually making the bombs into a paste, and our bombs had to be dropped into the water while still in the pots! Science is about getting it wrong, as well as right. We need to try this one again.

The Nickelodeon Experimake Science Kits are created by scientists and aim to provide children with fun activities, that demonstrate the science in a way children can understand and relate to. I think they have definitely achieved that. We had fun and my son was able to tell me about the science he was showing.

Nickelodeon's Experimake Rocket And Beyond is suitable for children aged 8+ and has an rrp of £20. Available now exclusively from The Entertainer, where it is currently on offer at half price - £10 - bargain!

Addo Play have very kindly offered a Rockets And Beyond Set as a prize for one of my readers. Entry to the giveaway is by Gleam form blow and it will close at midnight Sunday 1st October. Open to UK entrants only, please see the bottom of the Gleam form for full T's and C's. For help with Gleam and to see my other giveaways, please look at my Giveaways Page...

Nickelodeon Experimake Rockets And Beyond Giveaway (age 8+)

We were sent our Experimake Set for review.