December 2013 Notable Toys — Educational

Rock Clay provides hours of creative and educational play.  Each kit has 3 different dinosaur molds, 3 bags of Rock Clay, sculpting tools and play sheet. The play sheet not only provides a clean area for crafting, but also is printed with instructions and educational information about each dinosaur.

The mind-blowing Demolition Lab lets kids build unlimited warehouse structures and then demolish them with strategically placed blasters, all while getting inside the science of energy, momentum and gravity! Includes Triple-blast detonator with sounds and 3 blasters, 36 wall panels, 17 floors/roof tops, 2 smokestacks, 2 trusses, 2 pipe bridges, 1 storage tank, Footing clips, Booklet.

Where to buy:
NORTH EAST

Discover the science of living things with this complete introductory microscope kit. The beautifully illustrated experiment manual guides you through observations of many living specimens found in and around your home: onion cells, pond water, chloroplasts, plant stem cross sections, microorganisms, mouth cells, meat cells, different types of hair and fur, dust mites, bugs, pollen in honey, and much more. The kit includes three prepared specimens on a slide, four blank slides, cover slips, tweezers, needle, section slicing tool, and vial. The ocular lens, or eyepiece lens, of the microscope has an adjustable 12x to 18x magnification power. When combined with the three objective lenses, this results in a total magnification power of 96x to 750x. It has a battery-powered light and a mirror to light up the specimens.

See inside the wonderful world of worms. Learn about their fascinating life style and their valuable contribution to the world we live in. Provides hours of fun and fascination. Features: Plastic worm housing, Tunneling material, Shade, Illustrated instruction manual, Worms not included.

Keyboard with optical theremin. Echo effects. Voice changer; Record voice or music and play it back at different speeds. Sound energy demonstration. Color changing light. Connect to your smart phone and analyze sounds with apps.

Where to buy:
SOUTH

Includes a prepared slide (Daphnia). Dive into a microscopic world from the comfort of your own room.

40x magnification! The bright LED makes observation easy! You can even examine solid objects!
— Paula Bolte, owner of Imaginations Toy & Furniture Co. in Blacksburg, Va., told TDmonthly in a November 2014 survey that Artec science kits are one of their store's best-selling educational toys.

Make your own radio controlled car with completed circuit board. You can not operate more than one car at the same time because their radio waves will interfere.

Using sensors on either side of its body, this robot detects obstacles and travels around or away from them. When it hits an obstacle, the robot turns and runs in a different direction!

A motorized walking robot that travels by alternately moving its right and left legs. Runs like crazy!

Create a beautiful kaleidoscopic world on the walls in your room.

Create a beautiful kaleidoscopic world on the walls in your room.

Make static electricity from your own Van de Graaff Generator! Static electricity generated by turning the rubber belt will accumulate on the aluminum-wrapped plastic sphere. You can perform experiments such as standing pompom strands and lighting the included neon bulb!