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 participate in the Science Education Affiliate Network (SEAN) which offers Science Buddies a referral fee of 10% of any order submitted to participating suppliers (noted below) from our website.

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 may investigate further.

Science Buddies Approved Suppliers

Electricity and Electronics

• DigiKey: http://www.digikey.com
  $25 minimum order or $5 handling fee
• Mouser: http://www.mouser.com
  Special Education Sales group with experience working with students and teachers
• Newark: http://www.newark.com
• Radio Shack: http://www.radioshack.com/home/index.jsp
  This website is very difficult to navigate, but they usually have convenient store locations across the US.

Biological Sciences, Lab Materials, Chemicals

• Science Education Affiliate Network (SEAN):
  • Edmund Scientific: Educational toys and tools at ScientificsOnline.com
  • Sargent Welch: SargentWelch.com
  • Science Kit & Boreal Lab: Educational materials for K-12 schools
  • Wards Natural Science: Science and educational products
• Carolina Biological: http://www.carolina.com/
• Home Training Tools: http://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

Chemicals Only

• Offers the broadest selection of chemicals available for purchase
• Sell only to institutions so orders need to be through a teacher or school
• Highly knowledgeable customer support that can help select the most appropriate materials for a 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.