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How Does It Work?
Why does it do that? Develop an elemental understanding of magnetism, electromagnetism, electrochemistry, radio, thermodynamics, light and optics. Simon Quellen Field's 228-page paperback, Gonzo Gizmos, Projects & Devices to Channel your Inner Geek explains processes, equipment and scientific terms -- and then, for starters, tells you things like how to make a rotary steam engine in 15 minutes from a soda can, a candle and a few scraps of rubber tubing. It's the favorite of our resident geeks -- but not for kids unless they're working with an adult. That would be a mature adult. An insured, mature adult.
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92339 GONZO GIZMOS |
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Harry Potter’s Science Made Simple
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Care to sneak a little scientific education in with all the Hogwart’s wizardry? For ages 8 and up, the Simple Physics kit explains some basics with a few props (balls and sticks) and a binder-ready guide to experiments that appear to be spells and magic. The Astronomy kit includes a nice guide to the basics, including a constellation map, plus instructions and real lenses for constructing a simple telescope. All with appropriate Hogwarts insignia.
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35931 #8 SIMPLE PHYSICS |
Eclipse-Grade Shades
"Not a toy," they say, and they're right. These are disposable, cardboard-frame sunglasses with the all-but-opaque lenses necessary for solar viewing. As we write this, the next solar eclipse is in Brazil-pack these.
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91841 ECLIPSE EYESHADES |
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Un-Bunsen Burner
So you don't have a gas jet in the garage? You don't think Margie and Ted are old enough to handle the high temperatures of a Bunsen burner? Our alcohol lamps are the answer. They burn alcohol (available at the hardware store), and are hot enough to boil water, to soften glass tubing for bending, and to generate the chemical reactions generally called for in science projects. The lamp is 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" glass bowl with a wick assembly that brings the whole to a height of 4-1/2" and comes with a handy little metal lid/extinguisher.
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88236 ALCOHOL LAMP (B) |
Electro-Magnetix"
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Forgive the misspelled title, this is one of the best educational kits that we have! Loaded with magnets, wires and a miscellany of other things (but no battery!) it has everything needed to perform over 30 experiments, build games and generally have hours and days of educational fun! The thirty page illustrated instruction/explanation booklet is complete for self- instruction. Ages 8 and up will have a ball!
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88776 KIT ELECTRO-MAGNETIX |
Mini Driver!
Singer, songwriter, enchanting actress in "Good Will Hunting," "Owning Mahowny," and…what? Oh. Sorry. Not that Minnie Driver. This one is a really nice driver set, with a 4" long handle and a clutch that holds an extendable 4" steel shaft with a magnetic bit holder on the end. Includes (20) small steel bits, including flatheads 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3 and 4mm wide; #000, #00, #0, and #1 Phillips bits; a second set of Phillips bits at #0 and #1; and T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T15 and T20 torx bits, all 1" long with 1/8" hex shafts. Driver also comes with a nice storage case…but sadly, it didn't appear opposite David Duchovny in "Return to Me."
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93091 DRIVER SET |
Chem Kit In A Cup
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Laboratory fun in a re-sealable plastic cup, much like a sour cream container. You pick. The Patriotic Colors kit includes: (4) chemicals (1 oz each), and assorted supplies. Add minimal household items and perform (20) different experiments, including disappearing and reappearing crystals, disappearing ink, de-icing, pH tests, and more, many involving red/white/and blue possibilities. The Presto! Clock Reaction kit includes a starch solution; (4) chemicals (5 oz each); “ecofoam,” AKA packing peanuts; and assorted supplies. You can perform (14) different experiments, including the iodine clock, appearing and disappearing solutions, anti-oxidizing, and more. The Glowing Gel includes (3) different ingredients, plus assorted supplies. You can perform (15) different experiments, including glow-in-the-dark gel, gel balloons, goo-tube gel, and assorted oozes. Each comes with a 20 to 24pp manual and teacher’s notes. Made in the USA.
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88954 PATRIOTIC COLORS |
Habi-Bat
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
A DIY bat habitat. Build your own wooden country house for the world's finest skeeter-eaters. This 6-piece kit is unfinished pine and will result in a bat house that measures 17-1/2" tall x 5-1/2" wide x approx 4-1/2" deep. Comes with nails, you add wood glue and a hammer (and the bats) for this kid's first project from Woodcraft®.
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89626 BAT HOUSE KIT |
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Short-Order Science Projects
Are we the Parents' Pal or what? No household with normal school-age children (ages 9-12) can afford to be without Sterling Publishing's 112pp hardcover book, "Last-Minute Science Fair Projects." Ten of them take "a week or two," (13) take "a few short days," but fully (22) projects can be completed in under (24) hours, a few in mere minutes. And yes, most everything you need is somewhere in the house so you won't need to find an all-night hardware store. Bonus: No baking-soda volcanoes!
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93355 LAST MINUTE PROJECTS |
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Repulse? Attract?
Both possibilities appear in "Mondo Magnets" from Chicago Review Press. Soft cover, 154pp. Contains (40) projects and experiments in magnetism for the young and/or curious home physicist. No actual magnets included, but perhaps you can guess where you can buy them….
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See Things Sideways
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Through our little black-plastic right-angle viewer. It's a 1-1/4" x 1-1/4" hexagon, and Paul says that if you buy (2) you can see eye-to-eye with yourself, which is a little spooky. Great for a little light spying on the street, and if you find a way to stick it over the lens of a small digital camera, you'll get great candid shots.
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89950 RIGHT ANGLE VIEWER |
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