Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories
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Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories is a supplier of elementary, middle school and high school-level science education materials and equipment in the United States. Science Kit primarily focuses on the following science disciplines: biology
, chemistry
, earth science
and physics
. SK Elementary, Science Kit's elementary product line, focuses on science, math and language arts
for grades K through 6. It acquired Edmund Scientific
in 2001. Science Kit is located in Tonawanda, NY.
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, earth science
Earth science
Earth science is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. It is arguably a special case in planetary science, the Earth being the only known life-bearing planet. There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth sciences...
and physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
. SK Elementary, Science Kit's elementary product line, focuses on science, math and language arts
Language arts
Traditionally, the primary divisions in the language arts are Literature and Language, where language in this case refers to both linguistics, and specific languages....
for grades K through 6. It acquired Edmund Scientific
Edmund Scientific Corporation
Edmund Scientific Corporation was a company based in Barrington, New Jersey that specialized in supplying surplus optics and other items via its mail order catalog and Factory Store. During four decades from the 1940s to the 1970s Edmund Scientific was virtually unique in its offerings to...
in 2001. Science Kit is located in Tonawanda, NY.