Thames & Kosmos Physics Workshop

The Thames & Kosmos Physics Workshop is the perfect kit to start off your little science aficionado. Although chemistry kits are fairly common, this is one of the first physics set that you will find, and your child will certainly enjoy the experiments that come with this kit. It allows him to build 36 models and conduct subsequent experiments, which you will also enjoy as it will teach him the foundational laws of mechanical physics.

The kit starts off with small models like a fixed pulley, which teaches important truths about basic forces and simple machines. Slowly you will be working your way up to more complicated machines, including a pendulum clock, which teaches principles like work and centripetal force. You and your child will surely enjoy bonding over these educational experiments, and it will certainly propel your little one to great exploits someday as he learns from an early age that learning and science can be fun!

Product Specifications and Features:

The kit comes with over 300 building pieces;

It allows users to experiment with simple machines like levers, gears, screws, pulleys, axles, wheels, and inclined planes;

It teaches the most fundamental equations in physics;

It allows you to build a sail car, a two-speed crane, a windmill, a hammer machines, and a mars robot, among others;

It comes with a 64-page experiment manual with full-color illustrations;

You can also build more complicated machines like a pinball game, a ship’s lantern, centrifuge, centrifugal switch, among many other models.

It is not suitable for children 3 years old and below because of small parts that could pose a choking risk;

The suggested age range is from 8 years old up.

Thames & Kosmos Physics Workshop Review:

The reviewers of this science kit gave it a rating of 3.9 stars on average. Many reviewers rated it a perfect 5.0 stars, reporting their kids enjoying it tremendously and their finding the materials exceptionally sturdy. One home-schooling mother thoroughly appreciated the educational factor introduced by this kit. The pieces were also reportedly easily identifiable. Many of the buyers reported giving this kit as a present for a child or a grandchild, and they have not been disappointed.

However, the main concern brought up by the reviews was that the instructions were not as clear for kids to understand on their own: one reviewer bought several of these kits for a school club and had to explain the mechanisms to each group on her own. The same reviewer conceded that the kit was best for one-on-one settings, though, and not for classroom environments, and for that setting, she admitted to finding it exceptional. Interestingly, other reviewers commented that the manual was easy to understand, with one reviewer sharing how her 10- and 12-year-old children having no trouble with it.

As such we would happily recommend this physics kit for anyone whose kid already likes anything mechanical as well as for those who hope to spark up an interest in anything scientific. You will surely not be disappointed.