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Mood Sheet
See psychedelic patterns the safe way! Press your hand on this 6" x 6" sheet of liquid crystal and leave a print of swirling colors that, like the mood ring of yore, you can use as a sign of your mood. The pattern will blend and fade in seconds as the crystals react to temperature. Tiny liquid crystals inside the film-like material react to heat by changing colors. As science, it demonstrates the way liquid crystal displays work. And you can cut it into pieces to incorporate into a science project. Or just leave it out for guests to play with when the party turns boring.
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91582 LIQUID CRYSTAL SHEET |
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A Spoonful Of Sugar
Two educational Science Kits that kids will love! Fun projects. Great boxes. Instructive instructions! Secret Codes teaches cryptography with invisible ink markers, decoder wheels, spy manuals and more. Fingerprint Files includes the history of fingerprints, and all you'll need to take them, using actual police and FBI methods, and dust surfaces for matching prints. Very nice as small gifts, or for home schooling. Both are for ages 8 and up.
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91776 FINGERPRINT FILES | |
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91775 SECRET CODES |
Mirage Maker
Absolutely incredible device! The Mirage®, a precision optical instrument, creates three-dimensional images of objects of your choice where there is nothing. Drop pennies, keys or similar small objects (your sister won't fit) into the 2-3/8" dia opening of this 9" dia x 3" high flying-saucer-shaped disc, and a perfect image of the object will appear floating above it. The image is so real friends will try to grasp it, but their fingers will close on thin air! Use it as a high-tech centerpiece with a flower as the object! A booklet (included) explains the magic. New coating provides protection for the mirror surfaces. Highly recommended. Made in the USA.
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88375 MIRAGE |
Alien
This sinister device seems at first glance to be an innocent ping-pong ball. Touch both of the metal strips on the weighted bottom, however, and a circuit closes, making the ball flash red and moan eerie electronic sounds. Can be used to illustrate the idea of an electric circuit to children-show how electricity can flow through a chain of people holding hands, or that a little dampness can improve conductivity, et cetera. Powered with two watch batteries (included) so there is no danger of shock.
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89911 ENERGY BALL |
Moving Sand Art
Black and white sand in a viscous colored fluid. The sand and fluid are between 5-1/2" wide x 3-1/2" high panes of glass, framed on a gimbaled stand. Flip the panel and watch the sand swirl and eddy into endlessly new pictures of dunes, drifts, mountains or moonscapes, depending on your imagination and the pattern they form. The mix of black and white creates a definite third dimension to the images. Pretty neat, as these things go.
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88881 MOVING SAND PICTURE |
Clearly Useful
It's just a clear-acrylic letter opener, but it has (5) functions. There is a 5/8" dia 4X magnifying lens, and a 2-1/2" x 1/2" magnifying bar that is 1.5X. Add in the ruler that measures up to 3" and up to 7cm. Plus the 7-3/4" long paper knife. All in one tool. All at your fingertips every time you open the mail. All for a pittance.
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34722 5-IN-1 DESK TOOL |
Optic One
A "One gizmo does all" marvel. It really works as a binocular, magnifier/linen tester, and has a signaling mirror, and compass all in a roughly 1-1/2" sq x 3-3/4" long package. The bino eyepieces and objectives fold against the body with the objectives doubling as magnifiers when used alone. The signaling mirror makes a good examining table for bugs and seeds etc and is conveniently located under one of the lenses. It should make a good "going off to camp" gift!
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91380 OPTIC ONE |
Blip Blop Color
Executive toy consisting of a translucent plastic container, roughly 4" wide 6-3/4" tall x3/4" thick mounted on a swivel on a stand. The container has (1) clear and (2) colored, translucent immiscible fluids. Flip the container on the swivel and an ever changing series of blips and blops of color drift slowly down from the top to the bottom while bubbles and steams of clear rise from bottom to top. A mix of colors results as the blobs appear singly or overlap: red and blue single colors also yield purple patterns. Fascinating.
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89607 COLOR MOTION |
Got Lots Of Teachers?
For welcome-back baskets or holiday gifts, or anytime you want to recognize several teachers -- these old-fashioned school bells with "A+ Teacher" on them are attached to 1" dia key rings. Each 2-1/2" long wooden bell is shaped on the front and flat on the back -- and the reason you're getting it at this price is that it might need a bit of white glue on the peg that holds the handle on it. Small price to pay, to pay a small price!
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35006 TEACHER KEY RING |
The American Handy Books
PC purists please move on to other items. These two books are exact reprints of 1882 and 1887 editions: “American Girls Handy Book”: How to amuse yourself and others, and “American Boys Handy Book”: What to do and how to do it. With 441 pp (Boys) and 474 pp (Girls) these books are absolutely crammed with ideas for activities, craft projects, information about nature and the world around us as well as charming Victoriana from the founders of boy and girl scouting. A real gift from Great Great Grandma’s attic. Both you and the kids will adore them and use them constantly, and we think members of both genders will enjoy both books in today’s world.
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89349 AMER. BOYS HANDY BOOK | |
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89350 AMER. GIRLS HANDY BOOK |
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Hands-Free Measuring
What a clever gadget for youngsters and oldsters with hands too shaky to measure small amounts. It's one-piece, white-plastic, approx 5" dia, with (4) short arms radiating from a center circle that can hang from a small hook in your cabinet. At the ends of the arms are a 1-tablespoon, 1-teaspoon, 1/2-teaspoon and 1/4-teaspoon. The spoons sit flat and free both of your hands for pouring. The instructions say it "can be filled while sitting on the countertop," but we think you'll be more comfortable standing.
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35504 4 IN 1 MEASURING |
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