With Philadelphia’s THIRD snowstorm of the winter bearing down on us as this blog post is being written it seems like as good a time as any to talk about the fun snow science experiments of viewing snowflakes in a microscope! It is simple and fun to do! You can even photograph them!
The question of […]
That’s right, Spectrum Scientifics is now celebrating finishing our 2nd year in business! We thank everyone for your support and hope to keep providing great science products for years to come.
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Quartz! Its the second most abundant mineral in the Earth’s crust (#1 is Fedspar) making up some 12% of our little planets shell. Quartz is a combination of Oxygen and Silica (SiO2). Quartz comes in two versions: crystalline and cryptocrystalline. The former category is what most people are familiar with and most of the quartz […]
While the store blog is slightly older, the Spectrum Scientifics Webstore has been in operation for 1 year as of this day! Go us!
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The Alex Paper Factory is a nifty craft product that also works well in the science realm. Now, we’d be the first to admit that there are a lot of other paper making kits out there, but there is a reason why we carry the Alex version.
The first is the nature of the kit:. Most […]
We missed this bit from last week as your author was on vacation. But here are some more magnificent pictures from the Cassini Probe.
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Glitter balls are such simple things, even a baby can play with them (and they do!). But at the same time they can actually teach a lot about science!
The idea of a glitter ball is a clear, rubber ball that is filled with liquid. In that liquid is a colorful glitter. Shake, spin or just […]
On Saturday, March 14th, at 1:59AM (or more likely PM) be sure to celebrate Pi Day! Be sure to join the Pi Day Facebook group before you celebrate! Or maybe you can crochet some Pi!
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We’re a little overwhelmed with customers and other last-minute gift work to do a full post today, and Thursday is Xmas. So we will leave you with a wish for Happy Holidays and you get the science stuff you asked for!
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We’ve written about Giant Microbes before, but this time they have come out with something a bit more special. They have produced GIGANTIC Giant Microbes.
First, some pics!
Spectrum has added Gigantic Brain Cell, Gigantic Common Cold, Gigantic E. Coli, Gigantic Heartworm, andGigantic Penicillin.
These items are going to be scarce for a short while until production fully […]
