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An apparatus for amusing and edifying a plurality of children and of creating a party-atmosphere includes a plurality of components in a box for retail and an instruction manual that instructs at least one adult supervisor how to safely manage the plurality of children while each child uses the cont

An apparatus for amusing and edifying a plurality of children and of creating a party-atmosphere includes a plurality of components in a box for retail and an instruction manual that instructs at least one adult supervisor how to safely manage the plurality of children while each child uses the contents, and possibly other household items, to create an event, and wherein the event demonstrates a scientific principle or law. A method for creating a science party is also disclosed. Components are provided in the box along with complementary instructions for creating a safe environment for the plurality of children to experience the party.

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What is claimed is: 1. A science party kit for the amusement and edification of a plurality of children, comprising: (a) a plurality of component parts sufficient to enable said plurality of children to possess their own portion of the component parts sufficient to permit each of said plurality of

What is claimed is: 1. A science party kit for the amusement and edification of a plurality of children, comprising: (a) a plurality of component parts sufficient to enable said plurality of children to possess their own portion of the component parts sufficient to permit each of said plurality of children to create an assembly, and wherein said assembly is structurally identical for each of said plurality of children, and wherein said assembly is used by each of said plurality of children to produce an event, said event demonstrating a scientific principle or law; (b) instructions that inform an adult supervisor how to safely manage said plurality of children, and wherein said instructions also provide information as to how each of said plurality of children is to use their assembly to produce said event; wherein said instructions include an explanation of said scientific principle or law for said plurality of children; and wherein said instructions include an instruction manual and wherein said instruction manual includes a requirement for two adult supervisors, and wherein a first adult supervisor of said two adult supervisors is instructed to provide coaching and support to a first of said plurality of children at a first location for a period of time sufficient to use said assembly of said first of said plurality of children to accomplish said event, and wherein a remainder of said plurality of children are disposed at a second location during the course of time said first of said plurality of children is disposed at said first location, and wherein said second location is disposed further away from said event than is said first location, and wherein after said event is accomplished for said first of said plurality of children said first of said plurality of children is required to leave said first location and to enter said second location, and wherein a second of said plurality of children is required to leave said second location and to enter said first location and wherein said first adult supervisor is instructed to provide coaching and support to said second of said plurality of children at said first location for a period of time sufficient to use said assembly of said second of said plurality of children to accomplish a repetition of said event, and wherein the above protocol is repeated until each of said plurality of children have been at said first location with said first adult supervisor and wherein each of said plurality of children have used their assembly to experience a repetition of said event at said first location; and wherein a second adult supervisor of said two adult supervisors is disposed at said second location and maintains that said remainder of said plurality of children that are not disposed at said first location remain at said second location until it is the turn of another one of said plurality of children to experience said event at said first location; and wherein the demonstration of said scientific principle or law by said event or by a repetition of said event is repeated for each of said plurality of children at said first location while said remainder of said plurality of children are at said second location, and wherein said event includes a potential for a teaching of said scientific principle or law to each of said plurality of children and also wherein said event includes an element of danger or a potential for injury to occur to any of said plurality of children, and wherein said first adult supervisor promotes a sense of individual involvement for each of said plurality of children at said first location by using said assembly of each of said plurality of children and wherein said first adult supervisor ensures the safety of each of said plurality of children during the time that each of said plurality of children is disposed at said first location, and wherein said second adult supervisor ensures the safety of said remainder of said plurality of children at said second location; whereby said demonstration of said scientific principle or law is safely repeated as many times as is equal to the total number of children in said plurality of children; and wherein said scientific principle or law includes Newton's third law of motion and wherein said component parts are sufficient to provide for a bottle rocket party; and wherein said component parts include at least five empty plastic bottles, said instruction manual, a pair of goggles, a solid stopper, a modified stopper that includes a center longitudinal opening there-through that is adapted to permit an inflation needle to pass through said opening in said modified stopper, and at least five tubes that are adapted to fit over a portion of an end of said solid stopper and inside one of said empty plastic bottles. 2. The science party kit of claim 1 wherein said instruction manual includes a requirement to provide a safe observation zone and to place said remainder of said plurality of children in said safe observation zone during said event, and wherein said safe observation zone includes said second location. 3. The science party kit of claim 1 wherein said plurality of children includes not less than five and not more than seven children. 4. The science party kit of claim 3 wherein if not less than five children are present, a minimum of one hour of time will be required for preparation and to accomplish all of said events, as specified in said instructions. 5. The science party kit of claim 4 wherein a maximum of two hours of time will be required for preparation and to accomplish all of said events, as specified in said instructions. 6. A method for creating a science party to amuse and edify a plurality of children, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a science party kit that includes a plurality of component parts sufficient to enable said plurality of children to possess their own portion of the component parts sufficient to permit each of said plurality of children to create an assembly, and wherein said assembly is structurally identical for each of said plurality of children, and wherein said assembly is used by each of said plurality of children to produce an event, said event demonstrating a scientific principle or law; and (b) including instructions that inform an adult supervisor how to safely manage said plurality of children, and wherein said instructions also provide information as to how each of said plurality of children is to use their assembly to produce said event; wherein said instructions include an explanation of said scientific principle or law for said plurality of children; and wherein said instructions include an instruction manual and wherein said instruction manual includes a requirement for two adult supervisors, and wherein a first adult supervisor of said two adult supervisors is instructed to provide coaching and support to a first of said plurality of children at a first location for a period of time sufficient to use said assembly of said first of said plurality of children to accomplish said event, and wherein a remainder of said plurality of children are disposed at a second location during the course of time said first of said plurality of children is disposed at said first location, and wherein said second location is disposed further away from said event than is said first location; and wherein after said event is accomplished for said first of said plurality of children requiring said first of said plurality of children to leave said first location and to enter said second location, and requiring a second of said plurality of children to leave said second location and to enter said first location, and wherein said first adult supervisor is instructed to provide coaching and support to said second of said plurality of children at said first location for a period of time; using said assembly of said second of said plurality of children to accomplish a repetition of said event, and repeating the above protocol until each of said plurality of children have been at said first location with said first adult supervisor and wherein each of said plurality of children have used their assembly to experience a repetition of said event at said first location; and disposing a second adult supervisor of said two adult supervisors at said second location, and having said second adult supervisor maintain a remainder of said plurality of children that are not disposed at said first location at said second location until it is the turn of another one of said plurality of children to experience said event at said first location; and demonstrating said scientific principle or law by said event or by a repetition of said event for each of said plurality of children at said first location while said remainder of said plurality of children are at said second location, and wherein said event includes a potential for a teaching of said scientific principle or law to each of said plurality of children and also includes an element of danger or a potential for injury to occur to any of said plurality of children, and wherein said first adult supervisor promotes a sense of individual involvement for each of said plurality of children at said first location by using said assembly of each of said plurality of children and by ensuring the safety of each of said plurality of children during the time that each of said plurality of children is disposed at said first location, and wherein said second adult supervisor ensures the safety of said remainder of said plurality of children at said second location; whereby said demonstration of said scientific principle or law is safely repeated as many times as is equal to the total number of children in said plurality of children. 7. The method of claim 6 wherein said scientific principle or law includes Newton's third law of motion and wherein said component parts are sufficient to provide for a bottle rocket party and wherein said instructions provide for a first event, and wherein said instructions include the steps of: (a) locating a stopper with an inflation needle passing therethrough; (b) locating a conventional type of a bicycle tire pump and a bucket; (c) filling said bucket with water; (d) providing each of said plurality of children with an empty plastic bottle and instructing each of said plurality of children to dip said bottle into said bucket and filling said bottle approximately one-half full of water; (e) connecting an end of a hose of said bicycle tire pump to said needle; (f) pushing said stopper into said bottle; (g) holding said stopper and using said stopper to point said bottle upward; and (h) pumping said bicycle tire pump an amount sufficient to cause said pressure to increase in said bottle an amount sufficient to jettison said stopper from said bottle and to propel said bottle. 8. The method of claim 6 wherein said scientific principle or law includes Newton's third law of motion and wherein said component parts are sufficient to provide for a bottle rocket party and wherein said instructions provide for a second event, and wherein said instructions include the steps of: (a) locating a solid stopper; (b) locating a quantity of baking soda, vinegar, a bucket, a plurality of bottles, a funnel, and a spoon; (c) providing each participant with one of said plurality of bottles and filling each of said plurality of bottles about one-third full of said vinegar; (d) placing a tube over said stopper; (e) filling said tube with a quantity of said baking soda; and (f) holding said bottle in a horizontal attitude while attaching said tube and said stopper to said bottle; and (g) placing said bottle in an upright attitude. 9. The method of claim 6 wherein said scientific principle or law includes Newton's third law of motion and wherein said component parts are sufficient to provide for a bottle rocket party and wherein said instructions provide for a second event, and wherein said instructions include the steps of: (a) locating a solid stopper; (b) locating a quantity of baking soda, vinegar, a bucket, a plurality of bottles, a funnel, and a spoon; (c) decorating each of said plurality of bottles; (d) attaching a minimum of three tail fins to each of said plurality of bottles; (e) filling each of said plurality of bottles about one-third full of said vinegar; (f) placing a tube over said stopper; (g) filling said tube with a quantity of said baking soda; and (h) holding said bottle in a horizontal attitude while attaching said tube and said stopper to said bottle; and (i) placing said bottle upright on said tail fins in said bucket. 10. An improvement to a method for creating a party to amuse and edify a plurality of children, wherein the improvement comprises: (a) providing a kit for retail sale, said kit including essential components for creating a demonstration of a scientific principle; (b) including a length of a flexible material in said kit along with instructions for placing said flexible material on the ground to create a demarcation line, a first side of said demarcation line being disposed proximate an experiment that said kit promotes and an opposite second side of said demarcation line being disposed further away from said experiment than said first side, and permitting only one member of said plurality of children at a time to be disposed on said first side of said demarcation line, and of repeating said experiment a number of times equal to the total number of children in said plurality of children with a different one of said plurality of children being disposed on said first side of said demarcation line each time said experiment is repeated; and (c) requiring a first adult supervisor to be disposed on said first side and a second adult supervisor to be disposed on said second side for the entire duration of said experiment. 11. The improvement of the method of claim 10, further comprising: forming a group that includes said plurality of children except for said only one member of said plurality of children, and of requiring said group to be disposed on said second side of said demarcation line during an accomplishment of said experiment. 12. The improvement of the method of claim 10 further comprising the including of a ribbon in said science party kit as said flexible material.