
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
The Cool Blue Light Experiment Kit uses copper sulfate, perborate and luminol to produce light from the energy released in a chemical reaction. The instructions recommend this kit for experimenters nine years old and up, with adult supervision. Some experiments call for the addition of household chemicals like chlorine bleach, hydrogen peroxide or sugar.
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90154 COOL BLUE LIGHT KIT |
Just what the ecologist ordered to ensure a healthy pond for fish and plants! The "Pond Test Kit" includes pH level test; it will also tell you the pond's Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate levels. It provides a broad read on the status of the fish pond and lily pad home. Of course, you can use it as part of a science project, tracking down pollutants and explaining pond ecology!! Simple to use, with full instructions.
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89437 POND TEST KIT |
This sturdy steel punch for leather goods has a coiled-steel spring, and (6) screw-in punches. Make 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 and 5mm holes, even in heavy leather. 8-1/2" long OA.
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92453 LEATHER PUNCH |
Red alcohol filled glass thermometer graduated in 1° C increments from -10° to 110° C. It is 1/4" dia x 12" long with a loop in the top for a string or a hook. Don't leave the lab without one.
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25642 LAB THERM. -10 TO 110 |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
And teach a kid (8 and up) the basics of solar power. This excellent educational kit comes with (9) 0.5VDC solar cells pre-wired in sets of (3) and mounted in a 5" x 4" x 7/16" black-plastic frame with screw terminals on the bottom. The kit includes a 1.5VDC motor with leads and a mount, a fan blade and (4) plastic discs from 5/8" dia to 2" dia for mounting on the motor shaft, a 1.5V incandescent bulb with leads, a sound module with leads, and graphic cards to mount on the discs. Comes with a 14-page instruction/experiment booklet, including info on increasing voltage and amperage, powering battery charges, radios, games, etc. Lots of science project potential. "Heuristic as all get-out," Jarvis said when he saw it.
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92923 SOLAR KIT |
Let the rest of the world outfit its armies with rockets and tanks. We prefer Switzerland, with its Swiss Army Knife and, now, its Swiss Army Horseshoe Nails. Our each is a box of (100) shiny, flat, steel nails with square beveled heads, each head imprinted with a tiny cross. The #6 nails are 2-1/8" long. The #8s are 2-7/16" long. Even the box is a retro find. Such sticklers for details, these pacifistic Swiss.
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36995 #6 HORSESHOE NAILS | |
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19763 #8 HORSESHOE NAILS |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
You'll need this excellent set of physics experiments, with 256 different ways to demonstrate force, motion, magnetism, pressure, heat transfer, electricity and electric motors, simple machines, water/air/gases, light, sight, sound and more. Includes too many parts to list and a very detailed 64pp instruction manual so that even dads who are stumped by the laws of nature can figure them out first. Designed for curious folks age 8 and up.
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93062 PHYSICS PHYSIQUE |
What is it? It's called Ticker Tape™, and it's a velvety nylon fabric, slightly stretchy and yarn-like, but flat, like tape. And light enough to be crocheted, we think. Cold-water washable. And it's from Italy, so it's really pretty. Whatever it is, it's by Moda-Dea™ and mighty craft-friendly. Approx 1/4" wide, you'll get (67) yards of it that segue through a series of hues. The Tropical Tape runs through leaf-green/yellow-gold/red-orange/orchid. The Festival Tape morphs through purple/red/turquoise. The Charade Tape blends red/green/orange/blue/purple.
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37619 CHARADE TAPE | |
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37618 FESTIVAL TAPE | |
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37617 TROPICAL TAPE |
You'll get (638) of these clear-glass 2ml bottles (15mm X 32mm tall) packed in a plastic sleeve. Just the ticket for essential (or even non-essential, we suppose) oils. And in these quantities there's also almost certainly a craft, art or architectural project waiting to be created. For your stoppering convenience, we just happen to have the appropriate #00 corks available in the same quantities.
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93206 00 CORK FOR BOTTLE | |
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37777 2ML BOTTLE |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
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 |
Sunprints (or cyanotypes, or photograms) are everyone's favorite photo-sensitivity experiment, from third-graders to graphic artists and fine artists. You pick: The Sunprinters are a dozen 3-15/16" square sheets of photosensitive paper, an acrylic backing sheet and instructions. The large Sunprint Kit has (15) sheets of 12" x 7-3/4" photosensitive paper plus a clear acrylic sheet of the same size. Great for classroom demonstrations, and can be used to make prints from photo negatives as well as interesting effects from opaque or translucent objects. All you add is sunshine and water.
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93519 SUNPRINT KIT, LARGE | |
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3805 SUNPRINTERS |
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