In the past, we have carried things similar to Water Marbles, but they were smaller, you didn’t get as many, and were higher priced. But now we carry the Water marbles and took this opportunity to show you them in action!
First we started with a Erlenmeyer flask, about 1/2 filled with water:
The we poured in […]
Benchmark once again produces innovative lab products. They already gave us the multiple color MyFuge Mini Centrifuges and now they have come up with the more robust MyFuge 12 Mini Centrifuge
The MyFuge 12, despite being only 5.5″ wide and 4.4″ tall can hold an impressive amount of microtubes and PCR plates: 12 x 1.5 ml/2.0ml […]
Alright! Let’s start with some fun with static electricity and water!
Some fun with air resistance involving two fans and a paper airplane (look closely - the fans are not on the same power setting!)
How about some ’splodey fun with hydrogen filled bubbles?
And our own little film having some fun with Polarizing Film.
If you enjoyed this […]
One of the most popular books at our store is Sean Connolly’s Book of Totally Irresponsible Science which we have blogged about before, as well as the video made for it.!
Well Mr. Connolly has done it again with a sequel called the Book of Potentially Catastrophic Science
Much larger than its prequel (weighing in at […]
OK, we have blogged about Mr. Aaron’s magnetic putty before. And with good reason, the stuff is really awesome! I mean look at what it does to this magnet!
So why bring it up again? Well the Strange Attractor Thinking Putty has been improved! Did Aaron change the formula? No. Did Aaron change the color? No, […]
We have just added some new lab items to our product line. Lab Bottletop Dispensers!
These go on top of most lab bottles (adapters are included for 28mm, 30mm 32mm, 36mm, 40mm and 45mm threaded tops) and will dispense exactly the amount you want in 0.05ml to 1.0ml increments, depending on the disperser size and type. […]
Benchmark has now released a new personal sized digital drybath known as the MyBlock Mini!
The MyBlock is an impressive piece of equipment, able to maintain temperature from 5 to 80 degrees Celsius in 0.1 degree increments to with 0.2 degree uniformity throughout the samples.
The controls are simple. You can just set it it and walk […]
Spectrum Scientifics now has two new molecular models sets available! These kits are well designed, economical, and are great for most chemical modeling needs.
First up is the Large Molecule Model Set, which has 176 colored spheres and 225 connectors all stored in a convenient plastic ‘tool box’ for easy access and design!
The next item is […]
The subject of how toys have been marketed by gender came up recently in a cartoon
(note: comic is ok, the site might be NSFW).
This triggered a few discussions of gender and how it applies to the marketing of science toys. This is always an issue to many folks, some are annoyed at how boys seem […]
Spectrum now carries the Bubble Thing for making some of the world’s biggest bubbles!
The Bubble Thing is actually a complete set consisting of the 22″ Bubble Thing bubble maker, and some of the specialized bubble powder you need to make such huge bubbles! You get enough bubble powder to make 2.7 gallons of super bubble […]
