$21.99 from PetSmart - This deluxe starter kit includes: a water dish, all natural sea sponge, hermit crab shell, Wipe Out 3, Reptisafe, hermit crab seafood pellets and wet food.

$24.95 from Edmund Scientifics - This live frog habitat is a break resistant, escape proof rain forest environment complete with a pond, plastic plants, and "rock" cavern. Comes with a mail-in order coupon for live Leopard frog tadpoles. Age 6 and up.

$19.95 from Edmund Scientifics - Raise your own Praying Mantises and learn about the life cycle of the fascinating insect with this desktop kit.

$34.95 from The Discovery Channel Store - Investigate the fascinating world of DNA - secrets only heredity can reveal. Includes goggles, test tubes, swabs, a 48-page manual and more.

$59.95 from Edmund Scientifics - The set comes with everything you will need to build and 'power-up' hundreds of marble run designs. Ages 8+.

$4.95 from Edmund Scientifics - Hand Boilers are looped and twisted glass sculptures containing a liquid that will "boil" using the heat from your bare hand. Fascinating science toy that demonstrates energy transfer. Comes in blue, green and red.

$34.95 from The Discovery Channel Store - Take your child on a tour of the solar system and introduce the wonders of space.

$49.95 from National Geographic - Bring the night sky indoors as a rotating star-dome projects images of Northern Hemisphere stars on the ceiling.

$19.99 from Brain Builders - This is a science kit your dog will love! It is filled with activities and experiments that lead to new discoveries about our faithful canine companions.

$18.95 from Edmund Scientifics - This fun and interesting kit will have you "growing" a frog in no time. As this laboratory-bred specimes grows and develops, you will witness first-hand the transformation from a tadpole to a frog.