Accession No

6616.22

Brief Description

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Air Pollution, no. 10), by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1967

Origin

Cambridge, England

Maker

Advisory Centre for Education

Class

demonstration; games

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

(c)

Material

Paper (card, paper); metal (aluminum); plastic; glass; cork

Dimensions

152mm (width) x 114mm (height) x 27mm (depth)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from www.eBay.co.uk on or before 18/12/2015.

Inscription

Description Notes

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Air Pollution, no. 10), by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1967.

Things of Science kit, no. 10, ‘Air Pollution’, 1967.

Contains folded up bit of tin foil and a plastic tube with chemistry paper with cork contained in a plastic tray. A lot of the materials are missing: a candle, square of white plastic, a pill box with yellow chromate power, pyrex glass test tube, specimens of coal, anthracite and coke in a bag/cellophane and a square of green colour match for pH test paper. Also contains fold-out instructions containing information about air pollution and how to test the air for pollution

What remains is in good/fair condition, but box has been opened along the side. Box contents are mostly missing; incomplete.

References

Events

Description
These Things of Science kits, created by Advisory Centre for Education in the 1960s, would have been sent out to young audiences in the U.K. and enabled the user to practice science experiments relating to the contents of the box. Subjects were broad and covered topics such as simple machines, osmosis and shells as well as road safety. The kits were inspired by their U.S. counterparts, created by Science Service from the 1940s onwards. Originally, Advisory Centre for Education purchased the U.S. kits and relabelled them, but although these kits contain the same materials as the U.S. kits, they are completely repackaged.
08/09/2016
Created by: Rosanna Evans on 08/09/2016

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