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Review–Indoor Gardening Kit

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Product Description   Young plant lovers can watch nature at work by growing a beautiful flower garden and fresh herbs in just days with the world’s most earth-happy gardening set. Like all Green Toys products, our Indoor Gardening Kit is made from advanced environmentally friendly materials, helping to reduce fossil fuel use and CO2 emissions, all in the name of Good Green Fun! Product Review   This kit was an easy to use, fun way to teach the kids about plants.  Almost everything you need is included with the kit.  The only thing you need to supply is water and sunlight.  Of course, you want to make sure that you do this in an area where you don’t mind a little mess.  We spread out an old table cloth on the floor while we were working on this.  That way, we didn’t have to worry about water spilling on the floor or dirt getting anywhere.  All the materials are made of a thick recycled plastic.  There isn’t any chances of your child getting hurt on the parts.  The instruc

Early Review–Catch The Wind Harness The Sun

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  Book Description   Kids ages 8—12 will love these 22 exciting activities and experiments focused on producing and playing with renewable energy. Projects range from the quick and simple — like the Pie Plate Wind-Maker — to the thrillingly large-scale, like Pedal Power, in which kids use a bicycle to power a 12-volt battery. Each activity teaches children about renewable energy and larger environmental issues. Education doesn’t get more fun than this! Catch the Wind, Harness the Sun offers more than enough to get any kid charged up about renewable energy. Book Review   Are you looking for ways to teach your child about environmental issues?  Are you hoping to show your child how to create a greener future?  Is your child just generally interested in science and experiments?  If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you need to get this book. First off, the author explains the impact that the current sources of energy are having on the planet.  He does it in fun and easy to