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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hard to put together for children this age-group, but very educational., 23 Oct 2008
Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars
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Having a class of 8 to 11 year olds (years 5 and 6 predominantly) I thought that this would be a perfect educational 'toy' for the classroom.
I produced it this afternoon and set a group of children the task of trying to put it together.
Great discussion ensued - but 20 minutes later, it had still not been completed and had to be put back in the box to be finished later.
The children's reactions - they all felt that it was rather small, and very hard to put together.There were parts that even I, as an adult, found tricky.
Also I have to say that, once completed, will it be easy to take into parts and study; or will it have to stay whole? And how long will it last in an average classroom?
Also, I'm not sure whether it would sustain the interest of an individual child over any period of time - unless they had a real scientific bent, or desperately wanted to become a doctor!!!
Basically, it's an intriguing and educational 3D jigsaw puzzle - and a little disappointing in the long run. I would have preferred something a little more solid and somewhat easier to put together.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not as good as I expected, 1 Feb 2009
Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars
Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Programme (What's this?)
I selected this product on Vine for school. The science teacher thought it would be great within the classroom but when we opened it, it seemed too complicated. Our class sizes are only small (5 or 6 in each group) which is why we both thought this would be a good activity they could work on as a group. The instructions weren't great and the product wasn't as fun as we'd anticiapted, instead it seemed quite fiddly to use. Therefore, we put it back in the box and offered it to any of the children who were interested in it as long as they could us what it was like to us.
A 12 year old boy took the skull and although he managed to put it together quite quickly he did say the pieces were small and it wasn't as big as he'd hoped. He however had no problem with the instructions - his mind works in a unique way due to his Aspergers and he did (once he'd taken it apart) want to take it home to build again. He would have liked more information about the human skull and suggested a small picture book or a CD - but I appreciate that this may increase the cost of the product.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of Skullduggery !, 26 Oct 2008
Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars
Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Programme (What's this?)
Length:: 1:54 Mins
The Human Skull, well there is one to think about!
It is a lot smaller than imagined as well as being a lot trickier to do to!
It is tricky at first trying to put the brain together (the secret lies in the fact that you leave most of the bits together in the first place). Plus there are num bers on the parts, so this helps, but this wasn't noticed at first.
You certainly need to look at the diagram and as for a eight year old being able to do it unaided, well I would love to see that!
Best not to have any wine or such like beforehand otherwise it might not end up resembling a human skull at all.
Our seven year old got so annoyed with this kit, the nasal passage in particular that he stormed off leaving his dad to finish it, (well I say finish it, 20 .. or so minutes later). Not a thing to bring the family together on a Sunday afternoon, our daughter had a huff as she was trying to video it being put together, and husband well at x age saying "its dead hard!"
It looks realistic when finished, but you do have to keep holding it all together.
The tweezers, well they are made out of plastic, so no chance of them being reused for beauty needs etc.
Basically a fiddly kit which has tempers flowing!
Big tip is to keep the pieces together in the box on opening it and you are then halfway there.
A item which looks the part when finished, not cheap plastic tacky but a hell of a job to put together. Worth the £10.00 it is in the shops, I don't think so, according to our seven year old £2.00.
Only a present I would buy for a child I didn't like or whose parent's I didn't then they could suffer!
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