
A fine concept and pretty successful execution. Weighted bases hold fully adjustable clips and lenses for delicate hands–free work. The Helping Hand w/solder has a 2” high base connected to (2) alligator clips via (3) universal joints and a 4–1/2" sliding beam, and to a 2–1/2" dia roughly 3X magnifier via another universal joint on the sliding beam. It also adds a holder for your soldering iron, plus a hole and thumbscrew in the base to firmly position it. The larger Work Stand has a 3–1/2” x 4–3/4” stand with a 2–3/4” square x 3/8” deep reservoir to hold small parts, an L–shaped sliding beam with (2) alligator clips, and another L-shaped beam with a 3–1/2” lens, about 4X magnification. Joints adjust every which way. The set screws can all be hand–tightened, but we suggest a small pliers to secure the hefty 4X lens. Think of the clips as extra hands to hold wires, components, beads, what-have-you while you perform some operation on them with your own two hands.
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92280 HELPING HAND W/SOLDER | |
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91855 WORK STAND W/MAG. |
Build your own Hexapod Monster! When assembled, the 6" x 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" high robot trundles forward on his (6) legs, using an infrared-emitting diode as a detector and turning left when he encounters an obstacle. The kit contains illustrated instructions and all the electronic and mechanical parts necessary to build him, including (2) motors and gearboxes. You provide household tools, soldering equipment, (2) "AA" batteries, and (1) 9-volt battery. A challenging kit, for ages 12 and up. Basic soldering skills required.
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92154 HEXAPOD MONSTER |
It’s Dexter, here to boost your brain power. Cartoon Network™ and Delta Education® team up to bring you Dexter’s Laboratory™ modules for ages 6 to 12. Each one comes with a cartoony 12-page pamphlet with (5) scientific activities and a couple of basic tools to conduct experiments. Very nice – and pre-priced at $4.95 each.
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35411 BALANCING ACT | |
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35413 EYE SPY | |
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35412 PROJECT: ENERGY |
Actually, it's a set of (36) different little polished gemstones and minerals from around the world, all identical sizes (1/2" x 3/8" x 1/8" thick), mounted and identified by name and origin on an 8" x 10" card. Super nice at a super price, for teachers, designers or jewelry makers. The set includes amazonite, amethyst, aventurine, black obsidian, blue lace agate, buttermilk jasper, carnelian, Dalmatian dacite, dumortierite, fancy jasper, fluorite, gold stone, hematite, howlite, jadeite, lapis, leopard skin jasper, mahogany,obsidian, moss agate, nephrite, Picasso jasper, orange calcite, picture jasper, rainbow jasper, rose quartz, rhodonite, rock crystal, rhyolite, red jasper, snowflake obsidian, sodalite, serpentine, tiger eye stone, turquoise and unakite.
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92883 SAMPLE GEMSTONE |
We think Whitewings are the best gliders in the air, and these multi-craft kits combine the best of the best. The "Early Gliders" is their Milestones set of (6) historic flying machines: the Wright Flyer; the 1893 Lilienthal glider; the Bleriot X1; the Ryan NYP (Spirit of St. Louis); the Lockheed Vega; and the Douglas DC-3. The "Modern Gliders" comprises the Messerschmitt ME 262, the Bell X-1, the Boeing 367-80, the Air Force North American X-15, the Hawker Siddeley XV-6A Kestrel, and the Rutan Voyager. All are based on the real things that are on display at the Smithsonian. These are approx 10" long with a 12" wingspan, made in card stock and balsa, with a rubber-band launcher and a good 40pp manual.
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92952 EARLY GLIDERS | |
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92953 MODERN GLIDERS |
This clever little artist's brush holder/cleaner will keep those oil or watercolor brushes standing up (or down) straight with their little heads under water or paint thinner, clean and un-bent until you need them. A 4" dia x 2" deep aluminum cup is topped by a 6" tall U-shaped handle with a brush-holding spring across the top. Inside the cup is a mesh screen (with its own handle) for to clean the paint off and let it settle to the bottom, away from the bristles. The handle is removable for storage or travel.
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93264 BRUSH WASHER |
Animated kids (of any age) will love building their own praxinoscope, the successor to the zoetrope in the development of motion pictures. The finished product stands approx 5-1/4" tall with a 5" dia platform holding any of the (6) included pattern sheets, each with (2) animation patterns, or the (6) blanks waiting for creative urges to fill them. A 10-sided mirrored reflector is viewed through a frame, and includes a yellow LED for nighttime use. Button cell batteries included. For ages 8 and up.
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93377 PRAXINOSCOPE |
The miracle of vegetation on a truly tiny scale. Our Globus Educational micro-greenhouses comes to us from Italy, but with non-toxic, NASA-invented gel nutrients. All of them are acrylic towers, 4-3/4" tall x 1-1/2" x 1-1/4" with removable tops. The Plant Gel Lab includes everything you need to germinate and grow pine tree seedlings. Requires a little cooking, so suitable for ages 6+. The Mini-Greenhouse will have a bag of seeds to grow either basil, tomatoes, chilies, eggplants, or melons. For ages 3+. No digging around in real soil, but a very interesting look into the germination process, and into the future!
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37975 MINI GREENHOUSE | |
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37974 PLANT GEL LAB |
A pocket-sized lab for the edification and amusement of junior chemists. Get the Cool Chem-Light, with 7 grams of luminal mixture, dropper/pipet, small measuring scoop, and instructions for (5) experiments; Chroma-Tricks, with (2) color-changing markers and (5) strips of chromatography paper, and instructions for (4) experiments; or the Jelly Things (Chemistry experiments you can eat!) that has 1 oz of sodium alginate mixture, a scoop and spoon, and instructions for (3) polymer and gel experiments. Order individual kits or get all three in the Chemistry Bits I combo. For ages 9 and up.
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93395 CHEMISTRY BITS I | |
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93322 CHROMA-TRICKS | |
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93321 COOL CHEM-LIGHT | |
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93323 JELLY THINGS |
Or closet ceiling fixture back home. The white-plastic, 5-3/8" dia x 3/4" thick disc has a 1-5/16" opening in the center that has a reversible, removable hook for hanging with the LEDs facing up or down. Has (24) white LEDS in a circular row and a push-button switch. Takes (3) "AA" batteries (not included) which will last around (12) hours at full throttle.
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93413 LED CAMPING LIGHT |
If Zamfir had had this when he was a toddler, he'd have mastered the pan flute years earlier. This kid's activities kit has (6) sound experiments, including building a very simple drum, guitar, chime box, wind chimes, water-glass tones, and the aforementioned and ever-popular pan flute. Includes illustrated instructions. You add a few minimal household objects. (Like water glasses.) For kids 3 and up.
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38254 MUSIC KIT |
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