Standing over 2 feet tall, the SmartLab Weird and Wacky Contraption Lab has 60 mix-and-match pieces to build an unlimited amount of contraptions! Kids can dream up crazy courses, then build and test them using this easy-to-construct Velcro-like system! Instructions offer tips and tricks on how to best manipulate the kit's components. It guides kids through 5 sample contraption designs while they learn how to predict the outcome of each.

Includes: 66 contraption pieces and full-colour instructions.

Measures approximately 25" high.

Get your Hexbug Nanos out and let's play! These Nano robots seem to behave just like real bugs. They are fully autonomous robots that "walk" about on a hard, flat surface. They can avoid objects by changing their direction and can flip themselves over! PLUS, use the special code that comes with each of your robots online to register your Hexbug Nano. Here, you can play online, learn fun science stuff and keep track of your collection!

Each sold separately. Colours will be chosen randomly and are based on available stock at the time of shipment.

Measures approximately 1.7" long.

Batteries are included.

Concoct 20 science experiments that glow, ooze and bounce! Kids try their hand at mad science using a full-colour book and a unique set of mad lab tools including mixing and measuring tools as well as creature molds, glow sticks, fluorescent ink, a black-light activator, and an abundance of potions like polymers and glow-in-the-dark powder. Create a lava lamp, glowing slime, super glow balls, glow ink and much more!

Softcover containing 24 pages.

Pick up this cool hobby that you will be able to enjoy your whole life long! Cross stitching is fun and easy to do, especially with this introductory kit! Included is everything you need to create 1 butterfly bag or 1 pen holder and 4 colourful coasters! Contents include 2 plastic canvases, 1 plastic needle, different coloured yarns, design templates for handbag, pen holder and coasters and detailed, easy-to-understand instructions. Get ready to get stitching with this great kit!

Excavate some very cool crystals with this Crystal Mining Kit from 4M! Use the special digging tool, brush, and magnifier to excavate the differently coloured crystals from the plaster block. Then display them in the cool display case (also included)! This kit contains 1 plaster block with 8 natural crystals buried inside, 1 specially designed digging tool, 1 brush, 1 magnifier, 1 set display case with cover and base card, 1 pouch bag and detailed instructions with fun facts. Explore the wonderful world of mining with this cool kit!

Crystals range from approximately .5" long - 1" long.

Put on your own magic show for family and friends! Perform the following magic tricks in front of an amazed audience: Make the magic wand stick to the palm of your hand like a magnet; read the mind of your audience and tell them the number they are thinking of; see the number of the dice through the magic cup; escape through a piece of paper that is no bigger than a postcard; and identify the card that a member of your audience has chosen and placed back in the pack. With a total of 12 magic tricks in one box, this kit is ideal for all sorts of occasions! Each kit comes complete with fully illustrated instructions, trick secrets, and tips for preparing a successful magic show. Get ready to dazzle your audience with your magical skills with the help of this great kit!

Contents include 1 magic wand, 1 deck of playing cards, 1 magic playing card, 1 rope, 6 mystic number cards, 2 dice and a variety of other specially designed magic accessories for performing 12 tricks. Also includes a 16 page, fully illustrated magic instruction booklet (containing magical tips and tricks!).

Create a colourful kaleidoscope with this cool kit! The cover is removable so you can change the contents of your Kaleidoscope and create different variations. Use the different trinkets included to make a Colour Changing Kaleidoscope, a Mystic Glow Kaleidoscope, a Sparkling Holographic Kaleidoscope, or a Snowflake Kaleidoscope - the choice is yours! You can also put in your favourite trinkets to create your very own uniquely styled kaleidoscope. Lots of ideas are included, leading to unlimited fun and creative possibilities!

Included are 1 paper cone, 1 holographic foil, 1 set chamber with removable cover, 3 safety mirrors, 4 bags of different trinkets (glow stars, coloured beads, sequins, and clear crystal beads), 3 colour filters, 1 eye piece cover, 1 card stripe, double adhesive tapes, and detailed instructions with fun facts and ideas for making different kaleidoscopes.

Measures approximately 10" long.

Create and paint colourful dinosaur-shaped glow-in-the-dark plaster fridge magnets and badges! Included in this cool kit are 2 bags of easy-mix plaster powder, 1 mould with 6 dinosaur designs, 1 paint brush, 1 paint strip with 6 colours, 2 tubs of glow paint, 1 tub of glaze paint, 1 mixing tray, 1 stirrer, pins and magnets sufficient for making 12 pieces, and detailed moulding and painting instructions. Get ready for some prehistoric fun with this cool Fridge Magnet and Badge Kit!

My First Lab Duo-Scope Microscope is the perfect starter microscope for your junior scientist! This award winning microscope can function either as a biological microscope, shining light from under a specimen on a slide or as a dissecting microscope to view solid objects with a light shining down onto the specimen. Cordless battery power makes this amazing microscope portable for field study and the included 50 piece accessory kit allows explorers to get started right away in discovering the world around them!

Includes:

• 1 duo-scope microscope (with 10X eyepiece; 4X, 10X, 40X objectives; 40X, 100X, 400X magnification; real optical glass lenses; dual focusing knobs; 2 LED lights; 6 hole disc diaphragm)
• vinyl dust cover
• 5 plastic slides
• concavity (well) slide
• 4 prepared slides
• cover glass
• plastic dropper
• 2 bottles of stain
• slide labels
• lens paper
• forceps
• scalpel
• plastic test tube
• plastic Petri dish
• straight teasing needle
• instruction manual and helpful hints

Requires 3 AA batteries (NOT INCLUDED).

Winner of Creative Child Magazine's 2007 Top Toy of the Year Award.

For centuries, young and old have been captivated by night skies ablaze with stars and intrigued by the mysteries of space. Budding astronomers and casual stargazers alike will thrill at unlocking the wonders of the universe with the Meade NG-70SM 70mm Altazimuth Refractor Telescope!

This stellar entry-level telescope brings all the beauty and majesty of the stars and the world around you into vivid, high-contrast focus. Meade promises to deliver crisper, higher-contrast images with more detail than other brands of comparable value. You can have all the power in the world, but if the telescope doesn't focus on light gathering, like Meade does, you'll have a larger image, but it'll be blurry. This way, your smaller, crisper image will allow you to see things clearer than you ever thought you could!

Its red dot projection viewfinder and slow motion controls on both axes will help find and track objects easily in your celestial searches. The included star guide, AutoStar Suite Astronomer Edition Software on DVD, operates on any Windows-based PC and will get your space odyssey started with instructional videos on how to use the telescope, chart the night sky and much more. A first glimpse at the craters of the moon or the rings of Saturn through this telescope's 1.25" diameter eye-piece (which provides a wide field of view) is sure to inspire a lifetime of exploration!

Specifications:

• Optical Design: Refractor
• Optical Diameter: 70mm (2.8")
• Focal length, f/ratio: 700mm; f/10
• Mounting Type: Altazimuth with slow motion controls
• Viewfinder: Red Dot
• Tripod: Steel; full-length; adjustable with accessory tray
• Eyepieces: (1.25") MH9mm, MH25mm
• Diagonal Mirror: Included
• Included Software: AutoStar Suite Astronomer Edition, PC-compatible DVD

Tube colour may vary from image.

Measures approximately 1.25" in diameter.

Plan and plant your own prehistoric dinosaur wonderland! Grow some of the most famous plants that date back to prehistoric times, when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Watch in amazement as a seemingly dead mini Dinosaur Plant springs back to life in just hours in the Hydration Chamber! Create your own mountains and rivers of lava as you decide where your toy dinosaur should live, then complete the Prehistoric landscape with dino-themed plant markers and colour decals!

Includes:

Dome measures approximately 8" in diameter x 7" high.

Grow your very own meat eating plants, without soil! This complete kit comes with everything you need to get started, including a Hydro-Pump to keep the water fresh and the nutrients available to the roots of your growing plants. Your plants will grow faster and bigger hydroponically than through any other means. Watch as these fascinating carnivorous plants grow from harmless seeds into bug-eating monsters!

Includes: Sprouting and Growing Dome, Hydroponic Rack, Hydro Pump, 4 Net Pots, 8mg Fly Trap Seed Pack, 3 Colour Decals, 4 Rock-Wool Cubes, 1.5oz Part A Nutrient Bag, 1.5oz Part B Nutrient Bag, 1 Nutrient Scoop and Instructions.

Dome measures approximately 8" in diameter x 7" high.

Create a bountiful butterfly garden that's as unique as you are! Set your dome terrarium up, plant your seeds, and then glam it up with metallic stickers, sparkling 'gems', cool white marble, hot pink gravel, and more! Grow a flower garden featuring rainbow-coloured foliage and a profusion of sweet smelling blooms to attract butterflies and hummingbirds.

Grow Rainbow Plants, Princess Flowers, Alyssum and more! All the included plants sprout in less than a week and are quick to grow. The Butterfly Glamour Garden even comes complete with a toy butterfly to call your garden home, and a Butterfly Seed Bomb to plant! Get ready for flowery fun with your own glam greenhouse!

Includes: Germination Dome, Butterfly Friend, 4 Seed Packs, 4 Themed Plant Stakes 3 Gem Decals, Flower Gems, Large and Small Sticky Gems, White Marble Chips, Pink Princess Gravel, Butterfly Mix Seed Bomb, 2 Germination Disks, Growing and Care Instructions.

Dome measures approximately 8" in diameter x 7" high.

Grow your own collection of feared and famous meat eating plants! This deluxe edition has seeds from over 10 varieties of carnivorous plants. Make your own authentic bog with the included peat planting mix, blue Swamp Rocks, 3 Bog Buddies and full colour decals. With proper care, this rare and unusual collection of carnivorous plants will flourish for years.

Grow your very own Venus Fly Traps, Yellow Trumpets, Hooded Pitcher Plants, Purple Pitcher Plants, Pale Trumpets, Temperate Sundew Plants, and Cobra Lillies in the specially designed terrarium. Watch as these fascinating plants grow from harmless seeds into bug-eating monsters!

Includes: Growing Dome, Planting Mixture, Carnivorous Seed Pack, 3 Photo Decals 3 Bog Buddies, Swamp Rocks, Instructions and Information Manual.

Dome measures approximately 8" in diameter x 7" high.

Imagine the thrill when first looking through these child-friendly Happy Giddy binoculars! Bring distant objects up close with these colourful, adjustable field glasses and focus on our environment!

Sunny Patch is an imaginative world filled with whimsical, friendly characters boys and girls will love! With their Sunny Patch friends to help guide them, children are inspired to learn about and appreciate all living things.

Measures approximately 9.25" long x 4" wide x 2" high.

Tiny. Intelligent. Obedient. What more could you want from your own micro robotic creature?

HEXBUG feels its way around sensing objects in its path and avoiding them. And they can hear! You control where they scurry through a hand clap, loud noise or table slap. Upon contact or noise, the bug reverses in a half circle left, then moves forward again in a new direction.

Ships in assorted colours and styles.

Control a creepy crawly creature with your own IR remote! These palm-sized robotic bugs feature 7-way steering, allowing you to move each HexBug Inch Worm in a variety of directions, and include a 2-channel infrared remote that allows you to control up to 2 HexBugs on a single remote or a multitude of bugs on a single channel! It's bug-tastic robot fun!

Ships in assorted colours and styles.

Measures approximately 3.5" long x 3.5" wide x 1.5" high.

Your child's interest in the environment will fly high with Bixie the butterfly when looking through these child-friendly binoculars! Help focus on the world around us with these adjustable field glasses to view distant objects in "close-up" detail.

Sunny Patch is an imaginative world filled with whimsical, friendly characters boys and girls will love! With their Sunny Patch friends to help guide them, children are inspired to learn about and appreciate all living things.

Measures approximately 9.25" long x 4" wide x 2" high.

You can have as much fun chewing your experiment as you have making it. Sound weird? With your Bubble Gum Factory you'll make gobs of gum - your own crazy concoctions or the fantastic flavour combinations. Mix up a batch of Junkyard gum or whip together Watermelon Wham. Then you can test your own bubble blowing skills - how big is your bubble? Can you blow a bubble inside a bubble? Just like clouds, bubbles come in all shapes!

Includes: watermelon, blueberry and mint.

This delightful set of self-contained book-kits combine hours of joy with solid basic science! This electricity kit is packed with parts: an easy-to-connect light bulb holder, light bulb, 4 colour coded alligator leads for bitingly good electrical contact, battery holder band, electric motor, pinwheel, motor mania cutouts, message-sending buzzer, LED, parts for switch, grab bag of text objects, plastic storage box and 36 page book. Everything you could possibly need to gain understanding of basic electrical principles - while having fun!

Requires 1 D battery (NOT INCLUDED).

Winner of the Parent's Choice Seal of Approval, Scientific American Young Reader's Book Award and a National Parenting Magazine Award.