Sun Photography? Cyanotypes? Sure we are familiar with them. After all we have carried Solar Photography kits pretty much ever since we opened! heck we have even done blog posts about them and they have been a consistent best-seller since we opened!
So why on Earth would we get excited about another Solar Photography kit…this time […]
Spectrum now carries Crystal Candy growing kits!.
These kits are not only educational but also darn tasty! Kids learn how crystals are seeded and grow using specially seeded sticks in a saturated solution of sucrose (say that 10 times fast). Over the period of a week, the crystal candy grows until it is ready to eat!
You […]
The Ooze Tube is a nifty little desktop item that acts like a liquid sandtimer. The thick liquid (probably dyed glycerin) just makes it through the hole separating the upper and lower chambers. As you watch, you can even see an air bubble form in the liquid as air tries to go from the lower […]
Stretch it! Bounce it! Tear it! Shatter it! Discover the amazing and counter-intuitive properties of Thinking Putty in a live demonstration on Saturday, July 11th at 11:30am. Spectrum Scientifics, located at 4403 Main St, will host Philadelphia native and inventor Crazy Aaron as part of Manayunk’s ‘Second Saturday.’ He will be on hand to shatter […]
As part of our campaign to add more affordable lab equipment, we have added four new great products: Two research autoclaves, and two temperature controlled shakers!
Our autoclaves are the Bioclave Mini-Autoclave, which has an 8 Liter chamber, is fully automatic, and has a small labtop footprint. Its also a cute little model:
The Bioclave’s mini […]
Well, it seems that scientists have gone and discovered Element-112. Like most elements in this part of the periodic table it is super-heavy, completely artificial, and has a lifespan on the order of milliseconds.
Of course, it also means that our periodic table posters are obsolete.
OK, that’s not true, most periodic table posters haven’t […]
Everyone loves Chemistry Sets but they almost always have one big problem: The recommended age is at least 10 years and older. What are the children and parents of children still in the single digit years to do?
The answer comes in BeAmazing’s Lab-in-a-Bag. An ingenious way to present simple and fun chemistry experiments to younger […]
We’ve already done a pictorial description of the Insta-Snow in action. But here is a video of the wonderful stuff in action!
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We’ve already done a blog post about the magnificent Strange Attractor Magnetic Thinking Putty. But now we have the magnetic putty caught on (speeded up) video tape! Enjoy the show!
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OK, we just got these guys in. Unfortunately, the picture only shows the book inside the bottle! Pop Bottle Science! This little kit is a great idea as it combines the best of the ‘book of science experiments’ and the ’science kit’ packages. You see, the book actually comes inside a specially designed 2-liter soda bottle meant for […]
