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- Page 1 WARNING — Science Education Set. This set contains chemicals and/or parts that may be harmful if misused. Read cautions on individual containers and in manual carefully. Not to be used by children except under adult supervision.
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Page 2: Safety Information
SAFETY INFORMATION WARNING! Not suitable for children under 3 Keep the packaging and instructions as they years. Choking hazard — small parts may be contain important information. swallowed or inhaled. Clean all equipment and utensils thoroughly Strangulation hazard — long cord may become after use. -
Page 3: Kit Contents
KIT CONTENTS ALFALFA SEEDS Part No. Description Quantity Part No. Description Quantity Packet of alfalfa seeds Terrarium sphere Faux plants UV LED string lights Bag of glowing pebbles Small clear hooks (approx. 60) Planters Glow-in-the-dark stars Tweezers with clip sticker sheet Growing medium pellet (coconut coir) You will also need: Bowl, spoon, water... - Page 4 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Welcome to your Light-Up Terrarium Wow-To Guide! GUY RAZ (WOW IN THE WORLD HOST) A terrarium is sort of like an aquarium, only it’s for plants, not fish. MINDY THOMAS This guide has all the info you need to create (WOW IN THE WORLD HOST) your terrarium, by growing plants from seeds! And also how to give it a glow-up by adding the LED lights we’ve included!
- Page 5 SETTING UP YOUR TERRARIUM Place the two planters on a level With a spoon, carefully divide surface with some newspaper or the coir growing medium evenly paper towels under them. between the two planters. It should fill each of them a little less than halfway.
- Page 6 SETTING UP YOUR TERRARIUM ×4 Top view Place one of the faux plants Stick the remaining four hooks on top of the coir in each of the evenly spaced in a ring around the planters. It’s okay if they cover inner surface near the top of the some of the seeds.
- Page 7 SETTING UP YOUR TERRARIUM Place the terrarium near a window that gets some natural light. Observe the seeds daily. They will Place the terrarium sphere on likely germinate a level surface. Carefully place (or sprout and start the two filled planters inside the to grow) in a day terrarium.
- Page 8 As long as the alfalfa seeds are dry, they start to grow. will not germinate, or When they come in contact with water, the seeds It’s easy to observe swell and begin to grow. perennial flowering plant germination and Alfalfa is a that feed animals like growth with alfalfa...
- Page 9 invisible emits Range of light visible to humans light in addition to visible rainbow, light. In a you see the colors that are visible to the naked eye. Each bordered by light that end of the rainbow is our eyes cannot see! There is an infrared range red light as well as an ultraviolet...
- Page 10 To see the terrarium’s glowing effects in action, put the terrarium in a darkened room and turn on the UV LED lights. The UV LEDs will cause the phosphorescent and fluorescent materials to glow. Phosphors make things glow Why do phosphors light up? solid substance lights up when exposed...
- Page 11 emission of Bioluminescence is the light from living things. It is caused chemical reaction by a involving a light-emitting molecule and an enzyme called luciferin. It works similarly to fluorescence and phosphorescence, except that the excited state of the atoms that give off the photons of light is caused by a chemical reaction rather than by the absorption of UV light or electrical energy.
- Page 12 NEXT-LEVEL CHALLENGES Try these experiments on your own! 1. Collect seeds from your kitchen and grow Scan this QR code to them in the terrarium. keep the WOW rolling 2. Take the UV LED string lights around your with additional home and find other fluorescent materials.
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