
No questions; just information. They're like manual search engines: you turn the 11-3/8" dia wheel and read the facts in the little windows. The Dinoscope features (40) prehistoric beasties with illustrations, a time line, geological periods, pronunciation, meanings of the names, fossil locations, size, habitat and diet. The World Wheel is a compact atlas. Dial any of 192 countries and see the flag, currency, language, population, area, location and capital city. A fun way to learn.
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93461 DINOSCOPE | |
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93462 WORLD WHEEL |
An out-of-this-world classroom collection, gift, or personal treasure! Meade Instruments offers this intriguing set of two dozen meteorites, tektites and impactites collected from significant falls around the world. Each 1/2" to 1" specimen is a unique shape, size, color and texture. Each was purchased from a reliable source and tested for authenticity, then placed in its own clear-plastic container in a leatherette display/storage case. Each can be removed from its container to be admired or studied under a microscope. The limited-edition collection comes with a certificate of authenticity, and a color-coded chart listing the location and interesting details about each of the (24) specimens. If you study the physical universe, teach about it, or just dream about it, this will be very special to you.
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14443 METEORITE KIT |
An easy way to light up the kids' eyes! Teach them to wire a simple circuit with our basic components. The knife switch is mounted on a 1-1/2"x3" black-plastic base. The miniature plastic socket holds a standard flashlight bulb with a 14 mm dia screw base. We pack 6 volt and 3 volt round bulbs, or 1.5 volt bell-shaped bulbs, (5) to a package.(Bulbs are rated slightly higher to prevent them from burning out.) Or hook up the black plastic and metal 2" x 4-1/2" telegraph key with brass contacts and (2) terminal posts with nuts. Our blue-plastic holder for (1) "D" battery has a small tab at each end to hook a lead to, and a 1/8" square mounting hole at each corner. You add the mounting surface and the know-how. Actual bulb voltage listed in parenthesis.
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91160 1.5 VOLT BULBS (2.5 V) | |
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91159 3 VOLT BULBS (3.8V) | |
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91158 6 VOLT BULBS (6.3V) | |
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91769 BATTERY HOLDER | |
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38805 KNIFE SWITCH | |
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38811 SOCKET | |
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91813 TELEGRAPH KEY |
No reason to neglect your education while you’re playing blackjack. Just use our special heuristic playing cards and you’ll learn something, even if you do lose your shirt. The Elemental cards are a double deck, (104) cards plus (4) jokers in a plastic case. In addition to the standard playing card values, the decks cover the (up-to-date, 2006) periodic table of elements. Each card includes one element's atomic number, symbol, series, melting and boiling points, period/group, uses, est. atomic weight, standard state, and the element's name in English. The Bones cards are a deck of (52) plus (2) jokers covering the human skeletal system, with names and full-color illustrations, and yes, the four of clubs is connected to the five of clubs.
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93185 ELEMENTAL CARDS | |
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93408 HUMAN BONE CARDS |
This soft-bound Science Dictionary from Delta Education® is an elemental classroom resource, and ideal for home schoolers. The 64-page Level 1 dictionary for younger students lists over 1,000 words. The 78-page Level 2 for middle school students lists over 1,400 scientific words.
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35458 LEVEL 2 DICTIONARY | |
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35457 LEVEL1 DICTIONARY |
That’d be (50) colors, in extra-bright hues, in our art-quality drawing pencil set. Your choice of either 3-1/2” long or 7” long in genuine wood, with thick leads, and are very smooth to apply. Pre-sharpened, in case you don’t have an assistant. Made by RoseArt.
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38727 BRIGHT PENCILS, 3-1/2” | |
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38205 BRIGHT PENCILS, 7” |
For autographing horses of a different color…or just to indulge the artist in you. Sharpies, America's favorite fine-point permanent markers, are now available in lovely new shades. You get (8): navy and sea-foam blue; olive; raspberry; bright green; purple, café latte; and the legendary burnt umber.
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38204 SHARPIES® |
Each pad is (50) sheets of 8-1/2" x 11" light-blue-on-white graph paper, (4) squares per inch. Perfect for listing payoffs, kickbacks, bribes, contacts…. What? Graph? Not graft? We've got to stop reading the newspaper. Great for architects, artists, designers, mathematicians…. You will get (3) pads per package.
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35875 GRAPH PAPER |
That's what you get with this tesla coil!! Brand new, commercial item, great for classroom demonstrations and experiments. The 50,000 volt capacity generator radiates high frequency energy through space... enough to light fluorescent tubes two feet away. It uses 115 VAC (60 Hz) with an electro-magnetically operated interrupter buzzer, high voltage capacitors, inductive coil transformer, and a monopolar high frequency transformer generator to do the trick. 11" high, with a 6" sq. x 2" high protective housing for the generator. Includes accessories and instruction booklet with 19 experiments. Pretty amazing. But please, this is not a toy and should be used only under adult supervision.
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70301 TESLA COIL |
Well, the next best thing, anyway. 200,000 volts of electrostatic energy created by the Van de Graaf generator you assemble from the kit. Assembly is easy; you need a screwdriver, pliers and scissors - no soldering. A newspaper-like set of instructions includes lots of fun experiments. For grade 6 and up. This is not a toy and should be used under adult supervision. A great tool for teaching about electricity.
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91469 VAN DE GRAFF GEN KIT |
Nothing to it with William Gurstelle's "Backyard Ballistics," a soft-cover, 169pp compendium by an engineer on constructing rockets, cannons (carbide and spud), flingers, tennis ball mortars, balloons, fire kites, and other intriguing devices, all with common household materials. The detailed text includes parts lists, illustrated instructions, photos and quite sensible and necessary safety precautions. From Chicago Review Press.
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92823 BACKYARD BALLISTICS |
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