August 2013 Notable Toys — Educational

Our original idea to recreate the earth's serene motion is expanded across the solar system with the beauty of our most majestic planets captured in our MOVA Globes. Along with the planets is the Silver and Navy Blue Constellations Globe, perfect for astronomy aficionados and star gazers alike.

MG-45-BOE is a 4.5" blue MOVA Globe with political map. This is the classic political world globe format, with each of the countries outlined, identified and painted in different colors.

MOVA Globes are perpetually moving decorative spheres meant to capture the imagination. The MOVA Globe rotates peacefully using only the energy of room light and the forces of Earth's magnetic field. No batteries or power cords are required. Each sphere spins freely without moving off its base. The globes come in many different designs: traditional world maps, starry constellations, MOVA planets and more. With their stunning design and unique technology, MOVA Globes fit in perfectly with any home or office decor. The MOVA Globe comes in 4 sizes, including diameters of 4.5", 6", 8.5", and 10".

By amplifying a marginal amount of current flowing through your body, the meter's needle will move! Make your friends sweat under pressure! Have fun learning about electrical current and resistance.

Observe the stars in your room! A pin hole planetarium kit. Rotate the planetarium to see how the constellations change with time and season. Adjust the projection angle to see how constellations are viewed from different longitudes on Earth.

Make a coin bank that responds when you insert money! Record your voice then insert a coin. The bank will play back the recording when you put money in! Make a bank that plays back your voice whenever you insert a coin.

How it Works: When the hook touches the curvy wire, it completes a circuit. Current will flow, causing a buzzer to sound and a motor to start shaking the game.

Foster your children’s imagination and creative expression with our revolutionary new block design! A cube with square holes on each face, and a single, connecting stud located off-center. Unlike traditional building blocks which can only be stacked, an Artec Block can be connected in all directions. Horizontal, vertical, and even diagonal connections are possible for unparalleled ease and freedom. The possibilities are endless in the structures, animals, and shapes you can make!

Foster your children’s imagination and creative expression with our revolutionary new block design! A cube with square holes on each face, and a single, connecting stud located off-center. Unlike traditional building blocks which can only be stacked, an Artec Block can be connected in all directions. Horizontal, vertical, and even diagonal connections are possible for unparalleled ease and freedom. The possibilities are endless in the structures, animals, and shapes you can make!

Foster your children’s imagination and creative expression with our revolutionary new block design! A cube with square holes on each face, and a single, connecting stud located off-center. Unlike traditional building blocks which can only be stacked, an Artec Block can be connected in all directions. Horizontal, vertical, and even diagonal connections are possible for unparalleled ease and freedom. The possibilities are endless in the structures, animals, and shapes you can make!

The perfect combination of parts to build great innovations that you can actually use. Compete with other inventors with our online challenges.

Build a fast and fun Gravity Racer and compete with friends. Also join our online community to see what others are doing with their race car designs.

Ever dreamed of being a world-famous car designer? The Hänz Car Design Studio allows you to create functional gravity racers with hundreds of designs. With our three piece design you can create eco-friendly lightweight vehicles that are fast and fun. You can build two small cars and compete with friends or go online and see what others are doing in our innovation community.  Made in the USA with fair trade and the environment in mind.

Developed by world-famous Innovation Expert and Author Nicholas Webb, The Hänz Inventors Lab actually teaches children the same methods that are used by corporations to create world-class innovations. Children can also compete online with other innovators. Have fun and create hundreds of innovations. Made in the USA with fair trade and the environment in mind.

Our exciting Marshmallow Launcher allows you to create hundreds of designs to launch both large and small marshmallows. The learning opportunities include just about every principle of engineering and physics. Flinging food while learning physics and engineering...the winning combination. Made in the USA with fair trade and the environment in mind.

Floats and travels on a cushion of air. Will divide the wind power generated by one propeller to the power to go forward and the power to float. Uses the force generated by a propeller to hover and travel forward. Floats and travels on a cushion of forced air.

Recycle a plastic bottle into a cyclonic vacuum cleaner.

Faint or distant sounds will seem louder. Have fun listening to many different sounds all around you.

Easy and fun to assemble! Make your very own working metal detector. The metal detector's magnet field is affected when there is metal near it. The detector senses this change in the magnetic field, allowing it to detect metal.