Science Kits
These science kits are designed to bring the wonders of science and technology to children in our community. Our goal is to ensure that every child can explore and learn no matter where they live! Each themed kit includes real scientific equipment, age-appropriate books, and easy-to-follow guidebooks.
How to Borrow a Kit
- Borrow at the front desk with your library card.
- Borrow for 2 weeks (14 days)
- No renewals – please return your kit by the due date so others can enjoy it, too
How to Return a Kit
- Return your kit directly to a library staff member.
- Do not use the return chutes.
- Before returning, please ensure:
- All components are packed back into the carry bag.
- Equipment is clean and dry.
- Nothing is missing or damaged.
- The kit is returned by the due date.
- If you notice anything missing or damaged, let staff know when you return it.
Explore a range of animals from inside and out, read x-ray photographs, examine bones and get inside a frog or dog!
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- X-rays and photos of animals
- 1x Explore Animal book
- 1x Teeth samples
- 1x Knucklebone game
Are you good at balancing? Discover what your body can do with this fun and interactive kit!
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x Stepping Stones
- 1x Toss and Catch
- 1x Up on Top Balance Heads
Get inside out with the human body! Examine human x-ray images, understand the location of human organs in a model torso, and head/brain.
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x True-to-life human x-rays
- 1x Light table
- 1x Soft brain model
- 1x Torso model
The kit celebrates Australia’s involvement in NASA’s Artemis program! Complete a series of missions using the Roo-ver Jr. through the science and technology underpinning sending a rover to the moon!
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x Roo-ver Jr. programmable robot
- 1x LEGO-compatible components
- 1x Solar panel & voltmeter
- 1x Weather station with remote sensor, remote control & torch
- 1x Genuine meteorite sample
- 1x Mission test track
- 1x Mission guidebook
Why does your fruit have seeds in it? Discover how animals and plants grow and change with this kit!
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x Life Cycles Kit
- 1x Bug Viewer
- 1x Backyard Bugs
- 1x Sorting Jars
Discover how our eyes see light and colour! Will this box change the way you see things?
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- Colour Mixing Glasses
- 1x Periscope
- Mirror/lens Set
- 1x Bug Eye Viewer
Explore light and why you see colour! Discover how light can be used to alter the way you see objects.
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x Torch
- 1x Spray bottle
- 1x Set of lenses
- 1x Blank CD
- 1x Spectroscope
Discover what magnets are and how they work! What will you ‘catch’ with your giant magnet?
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x Giant Horseshoe Magnet
- 1x Magnetic Match Rings
- 1x Magnetic Super Challenge Game
- 1x Matching Game
- 1x Fishing Game
Explore the natural phenomenon of magnetism! See ‘invisible’ magnetic fields made visible. Learn how a magnetic compass works to help in navigation.
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x Magnetic Field Demonstrator
- 2x Magnets
- 1x Magnetic Levitator
- 1x Compass
Discover all the different ways we can measure things! What will you find to measure?
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x Mini Motor Math
- 1x Giant Tape Measure
- 1x Junior Balance: scales, containers and assorted bears
Get up close to examine resin-encased bugs! Be a responsible bug-catcher to observe live bugs in action and learn how to recognise their various life-stages.
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x Magnifying Container ‘Bug Jar’
- 8x Resin encased mini beasts
- 1x Port-a-bug pop-up container
- 1x Butterfly lifecycle
- 1x Magnifying glass
- 1x Insect net
- 1x The Best Book of Bugs book
Can you make a pattern? Discover how we use patterns to make sense of the world around us!
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- Lacers
- Tiny Figures
- Sound Matching Gem Blocks
Explore how plants work from cells to life-cycles! Understand how much you can learn about climate by examining tree rings.
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- Plant cell model two parts
- 1x Handiscope
- 1x Tree ring
Learn the science of light and lenses and how microscopes work! Discover an amazing microscopic world by examining the very small details of insects and plants.
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x Microscope
- 1x Magnifying glass
- Prepared slides
- 1x Tweezers
- Lens paper
- 1x The Ultimate Guide To Your Microscope book
Explore a mineral and rock collection! Understand how they are sorted by colour, chemical, crystal shape and more.
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x Mineral sample collection
- 1x Fossil collection
- 1x Field magnifyer
- Nail, streak plate, guide
Are you good at making noise? Discover what sounds you can make using the instruments in this kit!
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x Talking Tube
- 1x Talk and Listen Telephone
- 1x Xylophone and Mallet
- Rhythm Sticks
- 1x Rainmaker
Explore the science of sound! Use a range of instruments to make interesting sounds and music.
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x Hand drum
- 1x Wooden agogo with mallet
- 1x Kalimba (thumb piano)
- 2x 440 Hz tuning forks
- 2x Small tumblers
- 1x String
- 1x Music box mechanism
Learn to use a telescope to see planets up close. Use a star chart to find your way around the night’s sky.
Kit Contents
- 1x Container
- 1x Dobsonian Telescope
- 1x Star Chart
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