Accession No

6616.23

Brief Description

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Road Safety, no. 11), 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; wood; rubber; string; plastic

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 (Road Safety, no. 11), by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1967.

Things of science, no. 11, ‘Road safety’, 1967.

Contains small wooden wheel, paper clip, elastic bands, a piece of metal foil, a piece of sponge rubber, a yellow card cut-out as well as an additional piece of string unlisted in the contents - however the box is missing a piece of felt. Comes in a plastic container with 5 experiment cards and fold-out instruction leaflet containing information on road safety, cars and reaction time.

In very good condition, although unclear if string is felt replacement.

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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