Riding the wings of the award-winning Robotic Arm Trainer, OWI has made robotic arm technology more affordable without compromising quality. With Robotic Arm Edge, command the gripper to open and close, control 120 degree wrist motion, an extensive elbow range of 300 degrees, base rotation of 270 degrees, base motion of 180 degrees, vertical reach of 15 inches, horizontal reach of 12.6 inches, and lifting capacity of 100g. WOW!

Some of the added features include a search light design on the gripper and a safety gear audible indicator included on all 5 gear boxes to prevent any potential injury or gear breakage during operation. How does this equate to fun? Total command and visual manipulation using the 5s: 5 switch wired controller, 5 motors, and 5 joints. Extended life on the gearbox prolongs your control and lets you test your predictions about the robot's behavior, and the light makes even night time play possible!

You will need: long nose pliers, diagonal cutter, and screwdrivers (not included).

Measures approximately 9" long x 6.3" wide x 15" high.

Requires 4 D batteries (NOT INCLUDED).

The world’s top astronomers got started with a telescope just like this one — and so will you. A quality refracting telescope for land or sky viewing. Perfect for observing Saturn, Jupiter, the Moon and land objects. A first look at the rings of Saturn or the craters of the Moon can inspire a lifetime of exploration. Go to any star party anywhere in the world and you’ll see more Meade telescopes than any other. Features include:

• Slow motion controls on both axes find and track objects easily with precision controls
• Includes red dot projection view finder for easy acquisition of guide stars while star- hopping for celestial targets
• Heavy-duty steel tube tripod provides a rock solid platform for viewing
• Comes with AutoStar Suite™ Astronomer Edition Software on DVD

AutoStar Suite Astronomer Edition software will help you learn the night sky. It displays more than 10,000 celestial objects including planets, stars, galaxies and nebulas. You can print out star charts and even plan your observing sessions. It operates on any Windows® based PC. It also includes Instructional Videos. You’ll be up and running in no time. The universe is waiting!

Now music and light are part of the exciting and educational world of Elenco Snap Circuits! Connect any MP3 player (sold separately) and enjoy the lights changing to the beat of your music! The strobe light amazes with spinning patterns and visual effects.

Colourful, easy to follow instruction guide is included, along with over 55 parts. Easily snap together the plastic modules to build more than 175 configurations - no tools required! Enjoy hours of educational fun while learning about circuits.

Includes:

• Infrared Detector
• Spinning Patterns Strobe Light
• Color Changing LED
• Glow-in-the-Dark Flying Fan
• Strobe Integrated Circuit (IC)
• Fibre Optic Light
• Colour organ controlled by MP3 player (sold separately), voice or finger
• Instructions

MP3 player not included.

Requires 4 AA batteries. (NOT INCLUDED).

Learn about renewable resources while you build a wind-powered generator to energize your electric vehicle and charge your rechargeable batteries!

The wind spins the turbine, which turns an electric generator, which in turn charges your rechargeable AA batteries (not included). You can then use those wind-charged batteries to power the model vehicles you build. The six models include a glider, sail car, jet car, tractor, race car, or tricycle.

This kit includes two styles of wind turbine blades and a gearbox with three different gear ratios for experiments. You can adjust the angle and number of wind turbine blades to make best use of the wind, to make the LED light up brightly, and to charge the rechargeable battery as fast as possible.

A great gift for young scientists who are ready for a hands-on way of learning about wind energy!

Explore this amazing, free source of renewable energy and store the electricity you generate for use in practical applications!

Requires 1 rechargable AA battery (not included.)

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.

Harness the power of the sun with these 6 solar powered experiments in 1 kit! The RobotiKits 6 in 1 Educational Solar Kit is an awarding winning building set that teaches kids the benefits of solar energy as they create 6 amazing toys (one at a time) that run on solar power – no batteries required! This kit contains 21 snap together parts (no tools needed) to build fun working models of an airboat, puppy, car, windmill or two styles of planes. An educational, hands-on introduction to solar energy and endless hours of amusement for kids and adults too!

Solar panel measures approximately 3.5" long x 2" wide.

What every child should know about light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum! This multiple award-winning kit will teach children how to:

• Bounce and Bend Light
• Construct a Kaleidoscope
• Make a Simple Microscope and telescope
• Diffract with Feathers
• Split, Spin and Subtract Colour
• Mold Lenses
• Box a Camera Obscura
• Capture a Shadow

The award-winning artwork of Art Huff provides clear, step-by-step directions. Hundreds of children tested these materials with Penny Norman (Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley) and Ann Einstein (M.A.T Berkeley School District). The result if this delightful, self-contained book/kit which uses hours of fun and exploration to develop a basic understanding of scientific concepts!

Requires some household items (not included).

Requires 1 D battery (NOT INCLUDED).

Winner of the National Parenting Magazine Award and Creative Child Magazine Award.

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.

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.

This attractive and solidly constructed entry level telescope will let you see a great amount of detail on the Moon, view the main division in the rings of Saturn, the separation of the cloud belts of Jupiter as well as its primary moons, and observe countless star clusters, double stars, nebulae and more!

Meade's largest and best non-computerized, entry level refractor telescope, the Meade TerraStar 90mm Altazimuth Refractor Telescope is a great choice for budding astronomers and the perfect family 'scope for any home with a view, thanks to sturdy construction, simple to use point-and-look mount and an included DVD!

Features include:

• 90mm lens diameter with a focal length of 900mm, f/10
• 1.25" rack-and-pinion focuser
• Sturdy metal Altazimuth mount with worm gear driven dual slow motion controls
• Two 1.25" MA eyepieces (9mm and 25mm)
• Easy to use red dot viewfinder
• Diagonal mirror
• Height-adjustable full size steel leg tripod with accessory tray
• Instructional DVD with astronomical software/star map

Lens measures approximately 3.5" in diameter.

Learn about the amazing qualities of air while building an air-powered car that can travel over 150 feet and a helicopter that will fly into the air with the Jr. Scientist Air Engine Car and Helicopter Kit!

Included is information about the properties of air as well as additional experiments to perform.

Car measures approximately 10.5'' x 9'' x 3.5''

Helicopter measure approximately 9.5'' x 9.5'' x 11.25''.

A fun alternative light source, the Electroplasma Lava Light sets the mood in any room. Teen rooms, offices, game rooms, or even living rooms are brightened by the whimsical effect. Designed to create light that looks like a lightening storm, the lamp is a great conversation piece.

Includes: lava lamp and AC power adaptor.

Measures approximately 14.5'' high.

Magic Science Wizards is a fun and educational kit for curious witches and wizards!

This science kit features 11 magical activities that the whole family will enjoy doing together!

Features:

• Create your own wizard wand
• Cast colour changing spells
• Make your fingers smoke
• Includes test tube lab for potions

Adult supervision is required.

Explore chemistry as you cook up candies and chocolates in the kitchen! Perform a number of sweet experiments and learn important physical science principles related to candy and cooking.

Discover why sugar crystallizes to make rock candy. Learn about specific heat and the phases of matter by molding chocolates. Use a thermometer and learn about heat and temperature while boiling sugar. Gain experience with measurements and conversions, volumes, and weight.

Make gummy candies, chocolate shapes, and hard sugar candy using the special tools included: plastic and metal molds, candy thermometer, spatula, dipping fork, and more!

Foils, paper cups, sticks, and wrappers are included so you can finish your candy like a pro and give them as gifts to your family and friends!

A perfect gift for young chemists with a sweet tooth.

The 48-page, full-color manual provides instructions and explanations.

Does not contain hazardous chemicals or food items; you supply the safe ingredients from your kitchen.

By National Geographic

Presenting the next must-have, fun-filled gift book from the team that createdUltimate Weird But True, 5,000 Cool Facts About Everything treats kids to brain candy and eye candy all rolled into one treasure trove of high-interest fascinating facts!

A visual feast of 1200 colourful photographs surrounded by swirling, tipping, expanding, and climbing bits of information in a high-energy design, this book will satisfy both the casual browser and the truly fact obsessed.

Hardcover containing 224 pages.

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.

Ms. Frizzle and her students take Young Scientists on a wild ride as they explore the exciting field of chemistry! Learn to make sticky ice, use litmus paper, measure pH, perform chromatography, make bubble sculptures, wake-up fungus, create slime, form a bouncy ball, learn about density, produce a milk rainbow, plate copper, explode a volcano, and much, much more! This exhilarating Magic School Bus-shaped kit comes packed with science components, 51 colourful experiment cards and a data notebook to record observations.

Seatbelts, everyone! Get ready to experiment with the Magic School Bus Chemistry Lab, another great kit from the Young Scientists Club!

Measures approximately 15" long x 6" wide x 9" high.

Illustrated by Ute Fuhr and Raoul Sautai

The pond is full of animal life! Spot the pond-dwellers in the watery scene. Then take a closer look at them through the magnifying glass in the transparent pages! From the unique Close Up series, this fun book allows children to discover more about animal life in a familiar habitat by looking through the included press-out magnifying glass at the stunning illustrations.

Spiral bound book containing 38 pages.

A butterfly net and observation tent all in one! This safe and gentle bug catching net from Learning Resources features a telescoping handle that folds up, transforming the net into a tent for temporary viewing. Also included is an easy-on lid that keeps your little winged friends secure and makes release a snap!

Net measures approximately 10.25" in diameter. Handle extends from approximately 9" - 17" long.

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.