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MEL Science
Monthly hands-on science kits, plus digital lessons. Not a homework solver.

Official site: https://melscience.com/US-en/
Review page: https://homeworkstack.org/tools/mel-science/
Reviewed: 2026-10-19 from public pages

Summary
MEL Science sends experiment kits to the house and includes digital lessons in an app. The US site says STEM kits are for ages 5 and up, math and physics for ages 8 and up, and chemistry for ages 10 and up. A child does the experiment. This is not an AI tutor.

Best for: A family that will do a science experiment together. Chemistry is for ages 10 and up. The STEM kits start at age 5.

Grades: K–2, 3–5, 6–8
Subjects: Math, Science
Price model: Paid
Pricing check: Partly verified
The US site says a subscription starts at $29.90 a month and can be paused or canceled. It does not list one price for every subject on that page. Adding subjects, or ordering the separate 12-kit school bundles, changes the total. The school store is a different checkout.

Teaches or gives answers: Teaches
The child builds a model or runs an experiment from the kit, with steps in the app. MEL Science does not take a photo of a worksheet and return the answer.

Kid safety and privacy: Partly verified
MEL Science says the kits meet US Consumer Product Safety Commission rules for educational sets, that chemistry kits follow the European EN 71-4 list for children’s chemistry sets, and that the projects do not include explosives. We did not review a privacy policy for the app.

Not verified
- Math and physics are listed from age 8, and chemistry from age 10. A kindergartener is in the STEM line, not those older lines.
- A schools page has listed 12-kit bundles around $429.90 to $449.90, sometimes marked sold out. That is not the family “from $29.90 a month” price.
- The upper ages on the schools page reach the mid-teens. This directory stops at 8th grade.

Sources
- MEL Science: https://melscience.com/US-en/
- STEM kits, ages 5+: https://melscience.com/US-en/kids/
- Chemistry kits, ages 10+: https://melscience.com/US-en/chemistry/

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