Other Kits & Models

Everything you need to build a little DC motor is included in this kit (except sandpaper, screwdriver, scissors and, of course, an AA battery). The instructions are simple and explain the theory as well as assembly. Fun and educational for ages 12 and...

We don’t know what to call this awesome gadget except for what the package calls it, the Adventures Scope. It’s a handheld digital viewer with an approx 1-3/4” x 1-1/4” LCD color screen and a 27” flexible-neck with a...

Home robotics, bubeleh. Build a working hydraulic arm with this excellent 66-piece kit from Pathfinders' Simple Machine series. Structure is die-cut plywood and the kit includes tubing, (3) syringes and glue. You'll need a ruler and scissors. The...

Can you say orrery kit? That’s what this is to an astronomer. (Named for Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery in County Cork.) Your orrery has the sun and planets out to Neptune on a gear-driven 6” x 4” base. You’ll get all the...

Based on drawings from Da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus, this Pathfinders catapult kit uses a pair of bent wooden arms as springs to launch clay balls (included) over (4) meters at enemy fortifications (not included, go make your own enemies). The assembled...

Could be a new line of cologne, but in fact, it’s a clever kinetic action demo kit called Wave Wires® with magnets marked for polarity, and mounted on (4) 8-1/2” long wires attached to a 4-1/4” square steel base. Includes a dozen...

Spirographic Madness It's the classic Spirograph®, which is a lot of intricate round mandala-like designs floating around out there. Celebrate with one of our spirographic specials. You pick: the Travel Spirograph® in a flip-lid case with a...

This is your classic dual-threaded connector tube to link a pair of plastic bottles together, demonstrate tornado action and learn once and for all about the fluid dynamics concept of a vortex. In an homage to Dorothy in Kansas, this connector tube also...

Metal Models Are Better Models From Fascinations®, these small model kits are made from intricately laser-cut polished steel. Punch the pieces out from the 4-1/4" square sheet and put them together with the tiny tabs. You pick...

Now your kids can practice wilderness survival in the safety of their own home. This KidzLabs™ Survival Science Kit includes (30) pieces that will teach and demonstrate the science of wilderness survival, but hopefully won’t be actually...

Physics faculty alert: It's very small, but teaches a powerful lesson, this little diamagnetic-properties demo kit. You get (4) plated magnets, each 1/4" square x 3/32", and (2) 1/4" square pieces of graphite to float above them. The graphite may have...

And teach a kid (8 and up) the basics of solar power. This excellent educational kit from Elenco comes with (9) 0.5VDC solar cells pre-wired in sets of (3) and mounted in a 5" x 4" x 7/16" black-plastic frame with screw terminals on the bottom. The kit...

BOOK 'EM, DANNO Learn how they did it in Hawaii Five-0 (look it up or ask your parents) every time Danno booked ’em. No crime required for this Fingerprint Verification Set. Comes with a 2" dia magnifier, ink pad, fingerprint...

Sometimes if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself, and that often applies to kaleidoscopes. Build your own 10” version and fill it with trinkets and baubles to create a personalized dazzling vision. Comes with a paper cone,...

Candy Chemistry, from Thames & Kosmos®, is a serious kit for kids 10+ outlining (25) experiments that demonstrate how cooking is chemistry. They can learn about science while making sweet treats. Includes a (48)-page booklet, plus gummy candy and...

New Gen X Fun Gen Xers will remember hours of fun spent with the original Like-Brite before the Millennials ruined everything. Well, it’s back and like the cereals you used to eat, it’s New and Improved, with LEDs behind the 8-3/4” x...

Here’s a great (59)-piece STEM kit for kids who know the world doesn’t revolve around them. From Thames & Kosmos®, it’s a mechanical Orbiting Solar System with planets that revolve at different speeds according to gear ratios and...

This excellent solar model kit, a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner, has everything you need to build (5) motorized models powered by sunlight, including (3) cars—a solar rover, compact car and racer—plus a solar fan and a robot. Learn about...

Tiny & Shiny Takes a steady hand, a good eye and tweezers, along with wire cutters and needle-nose pliers, to construct these Metal Earth® steel models. Just punch out the tiny parts from laser-cut sheets and assemble them...

It's small, as actual solar systems go, and you have to assemble it, but still…. You snap together this (not-to-scale) model of our solar system, paint it, and position the pieces. You get (6) colors plus a tube of glow-in-the-dark paint and a...

Test Your Metal Mettle Metal Earth® Kits are not for cowards or the clumsy. Clip the shiny steel parts from their matrix and assemble them with a tweezers. No glue or anything else is necessary, but a steady hand is required. Finished pieces will be...

Tiny & Shiny For the steady-handed model-maker. These mini-models from Metal Earth® premium series and are demanding and beautiful. Use a tweezers to punch out the little pieces from the laser-cut shiny steel sheets, and assemble them using the...

Poof-You’re A Magician! You can’t start fooling people too early. This box of tricks is for budding magicians, and includes the props and instructions for (77) tricks. Includes a magic wand, without which you can’t be a magician, plus...

This highly instructive and fun 25th Anniversary Edition kit teaches magnetic polarity using a pair of powerful 3-3/8" x 1" sq magnets and (35) newly minted custom coins of varying diameters. Includes an 84-page booklet with (46) experiments, activities...

This excellent and beautiful Stirling engine would make Robbie Stirling himself proud. Has a 1/2" piston stroke and sits on a 7" x 3-1/2" wooden base. Comes with a small alcohol lamp to fire it, and is connected via a belt to a DC generator that fires...

We recommend this Brain Tickling Science STEM kit with (20) challenging chemistry and physics experiments. Contains Newton's beads, (2) plastic cups, (3) giant plastic test tubes with lids, an iron bar magnet, plastic test-tube rack, quicksand powder,...

You may have seen this Mega Lab science set on the U Toobs, specifically on SciShow. It’s a magnificent STEM kit, with more than (30) experiments, including Rainbow Snow, Egg Drop, Gravity Goo, Root Beer Genie and Newton’s Beads. Includes a...

Time was, they told us the age of reason it was 7, but kids are smarter now. (It’s probably the chewable vitamins.) Now you can start their science education at 5, with this Stepping into Science kit. Includes (29) experiments about plants and...

Most commonly, 3D printers use ABS filament (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, and aren’t you sorry you asked?), which is strong, durable and heat-resistant. Our each is 1KG spool of approx 460+ feet of 3mm (1/8”) black ABS filament. What if...

Keep On Rockin'... Those rocks aren’t going to polish themselves. You know the drill…you find the rocks (or buy them from us), and use our top-notch Tumble-Bee equipment to polish them into display- or jewelry-worthy objects of beauty...