Science Toys
      You Can Make
          With Your Kids

  Magnetism:  
      Magnetorheological fluids  
      A magnet in mid-air  
      Pyrolytic graphite in mid-air  
      A Curie-effect heat engine  

  Electromagnetism:  
      An electric motor in 10 minutes            

  Electrochemistry:  
      A plastic hydrogen bomb  
      Building your own solar battery.  

  Radio:  
      A quick and simple radio  
      A radio out of household items  
      A simple AM transmitter  

  Thermodynamics:  
      Simple heat engines  
      A simple rocket engine  
      A Film Can Cannon  
      A metal that melts in hot water  

  Aerodynamics:  
      A Bernoulli levitation ball  

  Light and optics:  
      Simple laser communicator  
      Improved laser communicator  
      The impossible kaleidoscope  
      Make your own 3D pictures  
      Make a solar hotdog cooker  

  Biology:  
      Photography through the microscope  
      Video through the microscope  
      Using a video camera as a microscope  

     

Science Toys

Make toys at home with common household materials, often in only a few minutes, that demonstrate fascinating scientific principles.

For some of the toys, we are putting together kits. The kits and some of the harder to find items are available in our catalog.

Our first kit is the
Film Can Cannon.
Made from beautiful polished hardwoods, this toy makes a loud bang and flash, and shoots its little film can up to twenty feet.


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