Some days I love my job. There are other days my kids love my job. Today is a day we both what I do. At the Chicago Toy & Game Fair, I was able to meet some amazing entrepreneurs. One of the companies I fell in love with that day was Mel Chemistry. I actually went and talked to them for quite a while. I loved them so much I went and found Bill and the kids (who were going through the Toy & Game Fair at their own pace) and brought them to their both, so they could see the wonderfulness of Mel Chemistry.
The first thing you will notice if you sign up for a Mel Chemistry subscription is that you get real supplies. Their sets aren’t cheap plastic crap. They are real chemistry products you’d use in a laboratory (2 years of chemistry in high school and a year on college here!). Also, in your starter kit, you get everything and I mean everything you need. There is no need to run out and have to buy extras supplies (which is what I’ve encountered with any other kit on the market.)
Seriously, everything you need. The subscription starts with this starter kit and 2 chemistry sets. My picture up above is the starter kit plus one months worth of experiments (Each month you get 3 chemistry sets) Everything is reusable except the single use plastic cups.
Each chemistry set comes with 1-3 experiments. They can take varying length in time to do, but they too come with everything you need.
This also includes gloves!
They even have an app you can use to follow allow with your experiment. The app allows you to see molecules as 3D models, discover the structure of the compounds in a chemistry set, scn the MEL codes on chemical containers, and scan the MEL codes on experiment instructions.
Let me add that Bill had a little fun with the VR glasses also included. (To be used with the app). Besides crystal lattices, you will be able to observe discrete molecules.
We had so much fun as a family working together. I loved that they included enough reagents in the pack so you can do the experiments more than once. This comes in handy with multiple kids. For me, that alone makes it worth the monthly cost! Here are the kids doing their first experiment:
Insta snow! Right now, the kids wanted to keep it so it’s sitting in a mason jar in my kitchen! They loved it.
I love this set. I love this company. I can only recommend getting your kids a MEL Chemistry subscription. I’m signing up for one for my kids as soon as I finish this post. That’s how much we loved it. It’s a great way to spend family time together!
What are your thoughts about MEL Chemistry? Is this something your kids would love? (I can see this working well for homeschoolers too!)
This is SO cool! Both of my boys are so into science experiments and would absolutely LOVE this.
That’s so fun! I had a chemistry set when I was a kid, and I had a blast. Go science!
I would like to more information for my grandchildren. They are home schooled and this is right up their alley!
My son is totally into science and chemistry! He would love this I wish I saw this before Christmas so I could a got him something like this for Christmas.
Well goodness, I don’t know why I haven’t heard of MEL Chemistry before now. My grandkids would love real chemistry sets to try. I know they’d love that snow as it doesn’t snow here so they aren’t really sure what it would actually look like.
How cool is this? There are a lot of subscription boxes out now but this one is actually one I would subscribe to.
I love the quality of the equipment! How many “science” kits have my kids been through that were super cheap and didn’t last 3 days. These ones look so much better!
What a cool chemistry set!! I love science and work in healthcare and would have loved a set like this when I was younger!!
My kids used to love doing science experiments when they were younger. This is a perfect gift idea for my niece. I will have to share this with my Sister.
This is so so COOL! Looks like a lot of fun. I bet my kids would really love this, Such an amazing activity
Awesome! It is great to see that there are stuff like these nowadays to spark a child’s interest in science. My children are all adults now, so I would share this with my sister. Her kids are 12 and 10 years old. They’ll love this!
Interesting stuff! Mel Chemistry sounds so cool! I’d love to get this kit for my boys, they’re 13 and 16 yrs old. I’m pretty sure they’ll love this.
Oh my goodness, my kids would love to do this! I will check this out for them!
Oh my, this is super cool! My granddaughters will have a blast making instant snow. I will check this out.
When I homeschooled my daughter we always did fun experiments. I bet we would love this!
What a super cool resource for homeschooling. My kids love doing hands on experiments and this looks really fun too!
Wow, insta snow! My son has always been fascinated with science and he is enjoying his science subject so much because of all the experiments that they do. He’d love that, no doubt!
How cool! This would be so fun to do with my kids. They would love it! I am going to have to try to find it!
liquid snow is so fun! My boys LOVE it!
I’ll admit that I didn’t like science when I was younger, but I’ve grown to appreciate it as I’ve gotten older. I know that my son would love this. He loves science! 🙂
How cool is this? Love the idea of everything together in a box!
So cool! My oldest daughter loves science! We’re definitely going to try this! Thanks!