Science Fair Supplies & Materials

Approved Supplier Program

Science Buddies has created an "Approved Supplier" program in an effort to help visitors save time and avoid the hassle of locating the materials necessary to complete the Project Ideas on our website. We have prescreened an assortment of suppliers based on a variety of criteria, including breadth of product offerings, ease of ordering, customer service, and shipping procedures. The suppliers participating in our "Approved Supplier" program have no relation/association/connection to the Science Buddies website and are only recommendations based on our previous ordering experiences. Science Buddies does have an affiliation with Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com, which both offer Science Buddies a referral fee of 10% of any order submitted through special links within our Project Ideas.

If at any time you encounter difficulty ordering from one of our "Approved Suppliers" or with the part numbers listed on our website, please contact us at scibuddy@sciencebuddies.org so we can investigate further.

Science Buddies Approved Suppliers

Electricity and Electronics

• DigiKey: www.digikey.com
  • $25 minimum order or $5 handling fee
• Mouser: www.mouser.com
  • Special education sales group, with experience working with students and teachers
• Newark: www.newark.com
• Radio Shack: www.radioshack.com
  • Order online or visit retail stores (thousands of convenient locations across the U.S.)

Biological Sciences, Lab Materials, and Chemicals

• Carolina Biological: www.carolina.com
• Edmund Scientific: www.scientificsonline.com
  • Offers educational toys and tools
• Home Science Tools: www.hometrainingtools.com
  • Offers a wide variety of materials for projects in all areas of sciences
  • Offers chemicals in small quantities, typical sizes for a school project
• Sargent Welch: www.sargentwelch.com
• Science Kit & Boreal Lab: www.sciencekit.com
  • Offers educational materials for K–12 schools
• WARD's Natural Science: www.wardsci.com
  • Provides science and educational products

Chemicals Only

• Offers the broadest selection of chemicals available for purchase
• Sells only to institutions, so orders need to be through a teacher or a school
• Highly knowledgeable customer support that can help select the most appropriate materials for a science fair project
• Please see our special page about how to order from Sigma-Aldrich

If you are interested in being listed in the Science Buddies Approved Supplier Program, please contact us at scibuddy@sciencebuddies.org for additional information.