🦞 Own a piece of prehistory—hatch, feed, and watch evolution unfold!
The Thames & Kosmos My Discovery Triops kit offers an immersive educational experience where kids 8+ can hatch, feed, and observe ancient crustaceans that have existed for 300 million years. The kit includes all materials needed to create an optimal habitat, encouraging hands-on learning in biology, critical thinking, and problem-solving without any assembly or batteries required.
| Product Dimensions | 33.2 x 22.61 x 7.9 cm; 540 g |
| Manufacturer recommended age | 6 - 6 months |
| Item model number | 510449 |
| Educational Objective(s) | Critical Thinking, Problem Solving Skills |
| Assembly Required | No |
| Batteries Required? | No |
| Material Type(s) | sand, Wood, Plastic, Acrylic |
| ASIN | B016DRWQC8 |
E**E
Why sell incomplete kit? Waste of money and time
Latest update: none of the eggs hatched! Waste of money and great disappointment for children guaranteed !There’s a missing essential item which is the heater - water should not drop below 21 degrees for the triops to hatch. Thermometer stopped working on 2nd day for no reason. Will update my review with results: we hope they hatch especially after extra spending for heating pad.
A**R
Ok
Don’t bother using the thermometer that comes with it as it’s completely rubbish as the mercury keeps splitting so u can never get a proper temperature reading, after 2 weeks of following the instructions to correct it it’s now not working at all so the first lot of eggs we tried to hatch didn’t work as we could get a stable temperature.Now going to try again as I’ve had to purchase another thermometer and hope we have more luck this time.
K**H
Didn’t work! Don’t bother
Waited ages and the eggs didn’t hatch! Very upset little boy. Waste of money and time and effort
G**5
Missing information
What was not clear (or maybe I missed it) you will also need a heat lamp with this set if not taking place in summer. Personally there also seems to be a contradiction within the instructions for when sand is added to the nursery pool. My daughter likes the set though so this is a positive.
V**A
Never hatched. Waste of money.
We ensured ideal conditions for the eggs to hatch but they did not. Very disappointing.
C**P
Did not work
Followed instructions to a T, total dud, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Just throw the money in the bin and save yourself the hassle.
A**N
Exciting learning
Great educational experiment.Fun for children to learn how crustaceans hatch and grow. Really exciting for children.Unfortunately the plastic pond was cracked leaking water. We continued with the experiment by placing it inside a small fishtank. I(Needed for use is a heat lamp and 1 litre of mineral water.)
A**R
Not the best on the market for its price
Speedy delivery, shame there were components missing, which then had to be re-ordered. Not the best on the market for its price, but equally not the worst.
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