Water Investigation Kit [1]

Explore and learn all about water with this water investigation kit which is suitable for key stages 3, 4, 5 & 6. Use the kit to discover more about the principles of temperature, solids and liquids and evaporation.

KITS ARE RENTED ON A TERMLY BASIS AND CAN BE HIRED FOR UP TO 6 WEEKS. ONLY 2 KITS PER SCHOOL AT ANY TIME.

You can use this kit to: 

The water investigation kit can be used for students to: 

• investigate temperature and how to read it on a scale.
• learn how a solid and a liquid can be mixed to produce a solution and investigate how this solid can be reclaimed by the process of evaporation. 
• learn how solids can change state and how some changes are reversible and some irreversible 

Click here to watch an in-depth demonstration of this kit, including what's in the kit and how you might use it in class.

The Kit Contains:

• 25 thermometers
• 10 thermometer beakers with lids
• 1 large thermometer
• 10 Science dictionaries
• 6 Balloons
• 2 bottles of food colouring
• 1 jug
• 15 safety trays
• 15 metal stands
• 15-night light candles
• 15 metal trays
• 15 plastic cups to hold sand
• 15 beakers
• 15 pipettes
• 1 lighter (only to be used by the class teacher)
• 1 box of sand  

Items not included:

• Recording sheets (a master copy is provided in Appendix 1)
• Chocolate chunks
• You will require a freezer to freeze the water balloon and a large bowl or tank to put the ice balloon in