OK, we admit. Today we have a case of the dumb. Can’t think enough to write up something important or even keep proper sentence structure. So instead we will post a few nifty science videos.
First a little fun and description of Supercooled water:
How about some of the beauty that is Ferro-Fluids? This manipulation is […]
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 […]
4M has finally made an affordable hovercraft kit!
This is an excellent teaching kit that sells for under $20! You put the hovercraft together with its base board and arch system. The arch holds a duct system that lets air moved by the propeller not only move the hovercraft, but also elevates it as well! The […]
We’ve Recently added two new green machines to our product line. These are made by 4M as part of their Green Science line. First up is the Solar Rover.
This rover is built around an empty soda can (reminiscent of our Tin Can Robot and the Soda Can Robug) that you recycle and is powered by […]
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 […]
The Gyro Wheel is nothing new - it is a marvelous toy that occupies minds of older folks and develops co-ordination skills in younger children. All while providing a fascinating show of a spinning wheel riding on two rails. Its fun to remember that it is being held on purely by a pair of shaped […]
Look around our website and you’ll start to see some new items popping up. For example there is a nice Spectrometer now available.
Or maybe you’ll notice this Forces & Simple Machines Kit
These products, and many, many more are part of Spectrum’s expansion into school lab equipment. Sure, we’ve already carried a lot of lab glassware […]
Its a bit hectic here, and there is snow falling (but not sticking….yet) so we are going to keep this short with a couple of nifty science videos:
First, a demo of the Photoelectric effect (props to Terry Price for pointing this one out):
and our own Homopolar Motor!
Enjoy!
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Spectrum has recently added TimberKits to our product line. These are impressive wooden models that move at the turn of a crank:
This is the drummer kit, perhaps one of the most impressive, but hardly the only model. Spectrum also carries the Dragon, the T-Rex (or TimberSaur) and Ocean Motion.
You do the model assembly yourself, […]
