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  • This educational steam toy teaches kids aged 8+ About sustainable solar power, electrical circuits and tactile creativity.
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  • Suitable for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade learning
  • Free access to Club make for unlimited projects and learning experiences
  • Perfect for learning at home, for educational after-school steam workshops, in classrooms or in schools
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The Thirsty Plant Kit is a fun, easy-to-make kit for kids, that teaches them how to build a solar-powered moisture sensor for their favorite plant. Using plaster of Paris, a few electronic components, and some solar panels, kids will make a sensor that tells them when their plant needs water. It's the perfect introduction to building functional circuits and learning about sensors. And with our online MAKE platform, there are even more projects for kids to get stuck into.

How it works: 1. Make the sensor with the included plaster, nails, and tube.
2. Use the included components to build a circuit and add the solar panels.
3. Put your Thirsty Plant together and choose a plant
4. Try your hand at building a water bomb on our online projects platform

Kids learn:
- How sensors work
- How to make a circuit
- How solar panels work
- How electronics work
- Creative thinking
Bullets change to:
Make a moisture sensor, power it with solar energy, and keep your plants happy
Perfect introduction to circuits and powering electronics without batteries
Learn about sensors, conductivity and building circuits Teaches creative problem-solving skills
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Choking hazard. Small parts. Not for children under 3yrs. For use under adult supervision. Contains sharp points and edges.

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The Thirsty Plant Kit teaches kids how to build a solar-powered moisture sensor.

Using plaster of Paris, a few electronic components, and some solar panels, kids will make a sensor that tells them when their plant needs water.

Make a moisture sensor, power it with solar energy, and keep your plants hydrate

Build the Thirsty Plant in under an hour by twisting electrical components together. Follow our easy-to-use online manual to show you the way.

Encourage creative experimentation

Once the Thirsty Plant is made, experiment with different ways to make it even better. Add new components to make your Thirsty Plant self-water or start tweeting.

Dozens of Projects to make online

It also comes with its own digital hub called the Make Platform. The Make Platform is a digital playground filled with fun and engaging projects, ‘tech recipes’ and challenges that enable kids to get hands on learning whilst having fun.

Perfect introduction to electronics and solar power

Kids get hands on with electronic components, working with different materials to build something they can use right away.

Keep all your plants happy

From cacti to bonsai, the Thirsty Plant kit will work with any type of plant.

Bethany Koby, CEO of Tech Will Save Us

Q: Describe your products in 3 words.

A: Tech meets nature.

Q: How did you come up with the idea for this product?

A: We wanted to bring tech and nature together to show uses of technology that aren’t games or music related - something totally different.

Q: What makes your product special?

A: It’s solar-powered - kids learn about renewable sources of energy and how to power tech without batteries. And when you get Thirsty Plant, it comes with a bag of plaster of Paris and you have to make your own moisture sensor, which changes how the circuit works. Really simple, with visible circuits, and gives you a quick grasp on how tech works.

What's in the box

  • Solar panel, Electrical components, Plaister of Paris

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    4.3 out of 5 stars
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    mrs.teacup
    5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and approachable
    Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2019
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    This was a fun afternoon project for my little one. The pieces are simple to put together and the instructions are clear and well illustrated. My child is 6 and was mostly able to do it himself. We did the plaster casting in a box to avoid mess. My child learned a lot and the project was fun and approachable. We will be buying more of their products.
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    Roxy
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is both fun and technically easy to do if you follow instructions
    Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2018
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    This is both fun and technically easy to do if you follow instructions. It's made to stimulate interest in science, so make sure your child is the right age for this kit or it might not interest them at all. Although the sparks are enough to get anyone's attention honestly. I would bet adults would have fun working with this kit too.

    The only downside, which isn't really a downside, is that it doesn't look very appealing sticking out of your potted plants. But that's hardly an issue if your child ends up liking the kit.
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    Darleen S.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Online directions
    Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2020
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    Dislike directions only available online
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    3.0 out of 5 stars Silly page after page online instructions. No download and they make you register to get it.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2019
    Silly page after page online instructions. No download and they make you register to get it. Kind of slimy business practice.
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    🌺 Lynne E.
    1.0 out of 5 stars Instruction Manual Is Available Online Only; Plaster of Paris Creates Mess
    Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2018
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    UPDATE 08-04-2018: My mistake re the leaflet link for the instructions--the ending after the dot is "co", not "com", so the link as printed does exist. It doesn't change my star rating, though. An adult or child still must create a profile on the kit manufacturer's site to be able to view the "thirsty plant" instructions. In a high-priced kit (about $34 on Amazon), the instructions belong in the box.
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    The first strike against this TECH WILL SAVE US THIRSTY PLANT KIT (Educational STEM Toy, Ages 8 and Up) is that there is NO instruction manual packed in the box. The second strike is that the printed leaflet actually included in the box gives a web address for obtaining the manual that no longer exists. (The company domain is available for purchase, as if the company were out of business.) The third strike is that once you locate the online manual, the thirsty plant kit requires you to cast a columnar sensor from plaster of Paris (what a mess!), but doesn’t include a stirrer or the soft clay needed to close the bottom of the mold during casting.

    If you want the instruction manual, you can Google “tech will save us thirsty plant kit”. It appears that the PDF version of the manual no longer exists. (At least my browser wouldn’t open the pdf file from the link that Google brought up.) However, there is an online instruction manual available (as of 08-04-2018) if your child--with adult permission--signs up for a free membership in the kit maker’s “Club Make”.

    The third strike is a little unfair of me, in that the product page listing mentions the use of plaster of Paris. However, if you haven’t made anything with plaster of Paris in years, you will end up with a horrible mess on your work table. It doesn’t help that the instruction manual says to pour “a thumb” of water into the included dish for mixing, when you actually need about ¼ of that (or about ½ of the amount shown in the photo). I guess the manual means a child’s “thumb”.

    If you succeed in making the water sensor--which needs to dry for 24 hours before you can continue assembling the kit--then putting together the circuitry seems fairly simple. I do wonder whether an 8-year-old can do it without adult help, though.

    As far as I can tell, the completed water sensor will work as advertised, and flash a LED light (in the daytime only) when a potted plant’s soil dries out. Unfortunately, I can’t say for sure that the sensor works, because I bombed out at the sensor-casting stage.
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    John T. Horner
    4.0 out of 5 stars Cool but a bit expensive for a simple science kit
    Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2018
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    Educational, fun and easy to assemble kit. The "Tech Will Save Us" promise is a bit over the top though :).

    Build a little solar powered semi-automatic watering system and then see your plant grow. The price seems a bit high for what it is, otherwise I would have rated it five stars.
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