Being a Scientist

Children can see the position of the planets, in relation to the Earth and the Sun, using this model of the Solar System.

Clear plastic glasses

Smaller size to fit a child's face.

Clear flexible plastic goggles.

Elastic strap on the back.

Smaller size to fit a child's face.

Designed for children to help them understand the first principles of colour mixing.

Children experiment with mixing coloured water

25 g yellow, 25 g red, 25 g blue colour powder in sachets

Hardwood frame with easy grip handles enclosing a concave and convex mirror. These produce fascinating reflections - upside down, larger and smaller reflections depending on which side you look in. Bring the concave mirror up really close and it acts as a wonderful magnifying mirror.

A set of colourful magnets for exploring magnetism. The plastic case includes: 2 bar magnets, 4 magnetic wands, 20 magnetic marbles, a set of floating ring magnets, a horseshoe magnet, a super magnet, a compass magnet and a booklet with 16 activities.

An oversized tweezer that's easy for young hands to use. Perfect for fine motor transferring activities.

Rectangular plastic cased iron filings to show the effect of magnetic force when in the proximity of a magnet.

Place a magnet (not supplied) on the pad and the iron filings orientate themselves to show the direction of magnetic force.

A plastic dropper with a large bulb. Perfect for fine motor transferring activities. Also blows a soft jet of air if squeezed without liquid.

Try transferring coloured liquid with a pipette between 2 glasses

A stand for our jumbo pipettes. Pipettes not included