Our favorite oxymoronic item. It’s a series of flat political maps of the world mounted on a 3” cube instead of a globe. The spindle goes into Antarctica and the whole thing stands just under 6” tall, spinning on an approx 4” dia base. Could be the perfect birthday present for your flat-earther uncle Morty.

When we were your age, our protractors were all just plain clear plastic. You kids today can get them in translucent blue, red, orange, purple or green, but we're going to pick because we didn't get to then. These pretty ones are 6" wide and read from 0-6" x 1/16" on the bottom and from 0-180 degrees x 0.5-degrees bidirectionally along the arc. Include holes for a 3-ring binder.

Rectangular spiral notebooks are so liberal arts. If you’re taking qualitative analysis notes, you want your notebook to be shaped like an Erlenmeyer flask. This one has (48) sheets, 8-1/2” long x 1-3/8” at the top (saves on spirals) and 5-3/4” at the bottom. We’re pretty sure Emil Erlenmeyer would have loved these when he was working in Heidelberg with Bob Bunsen, of burner fame. (Really. You could look it up.)

A tad smaller in diameter than a ping pong ball, this colorful steel geographic globe is 1-3/8" dia, but pull out the little base it stands on and you’ll find a small pencil sharpener hidden inside. Also suitable for hiding secret messages, which is always handy.

From Dixon®, the pencil people, this 25-piece set includes (14) #2 pencils with erasers, (6) additional 1” pencil-top erasers in assorted colors for the error-prone, (4) rubber pencil grips, and a little plastic pencil sharpener. Almost makes us want to go take the SATs again. Almost.

And in black and gold only. This 4” dia, tilting political globe has landmasses in black against gold oceans, and is available at a particularly teacher-friendly price. On a 3” dia base, it stands 5-3/8” tall. Quite complete, with names in small type. Anyone who beholds this beauty will see the world in a whole new way.

Actually, we have (105) questions, in (5) levels of difficulty, about the world we live in and the stars we live under. Test your knowledge with one of these 3-7/8" dia globes, complete with a deck of quiz cards, a single die and a set of game options. You pick the physical world globe or the celestial globe.