NSTA Gadgets & Gizmos Books and Kits


The NSTA Kits support the lessons and experiments found throughout the books from NSTA Gadgets and Gizmos series. These kits are available and each includes tools to support lessons in angular momentum, buoyancy, magnetism, pressure, energy, and more.

Using Physics Gadgets & Gizmos, Grade 9-12

NSTA Book: Using Physics Gadgets and Gizmos

The 54 experiments in this book encourage your high school students to explore a variety of phenomena.

NSTA High School Kit #1

  • Pressure
  • Laws of Thermodynamics
  • Energy

 

  • Colors
  • Resonance
  • 2D Motion

NSTA High School Kit #2

  • Buoyancy
  • Angular Momentum
  • Magnetism

 

  • Electromagnetic Induction
  • More "Cool Stuff"

Using Physical Science Gadgets & Gizmos, Grade 6-8

NSTA Book: Using Physics Gadgets and Gizmos

35 experiments covering topics including pressure and force, thermodynamics, energy, light and color, resonance, and buoyancy.

NSTA Middles School Kit

  • Waves
  • Color
  • Thermodynamics
  • Pressure

 

  • Density
  • Force, Motion and Energy
  • It's Science, not Magic

Using Physical Science Gadgets & Gizmos, Grade 3-5

NSTA Book: Using Physics Gadgets and Gizmos

30 experiments covering a variety of phenomena involved with speed, friction and air resistance, gravity, air pressure, electricity, electric circuits, magnetism, and energy.

NSTA Elementary School Kit #1

  • Velocity
  • Friction

 

  • Gravitation
  • Pressure

NSTA Elementary School Kit #2

  • Electricity
  • Electrical Circuits

 

  • Magnetism
  • Energy