Product Instructions & Classroom Tips are at the bottom of this pageWake up the bunny in the Nesquik can with this butane / oxygen combustion . . .
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Light Modulation 916kb
Turn your flashlight into a transmitter . . .
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LABCON 2009 Melbourne 2 - 3 December 2009
TEACHING CHEMISTRY: ACTIVITIES & GADGETS that Teach, Engage & Connect
Lecture Notes Download here 991 kb
TEACHING PHYSICS: ACTIVITIES & GADGETS that Teach, Engage & Connect
Lecture Notes Download here 2.1 mb (large file!!)
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The Sushi Soy Sauce Diver 436kb
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The Science of the Fun Fly Stick & Classroom Ideas 352kb
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See the Periodic Table in 3D (or almost)
Quicktime Loop (1.1 Mb) Click here to download the loop.
(Images and movie by Theodore Gray)
Product details of the NEW 3D Periodic Table poster is here.
Make a DIY Laser Show Device 143kb
A simple laser show device that can be made from a few hardware items and a laser pointer. Access to a Sound System is required too.
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Light & Colour 840kb
Notes of a lecture presented at STAVCON and LABCON 2007 in Melbourne.
"Light’s energy, colours and properties are demonstrated using tools that teach, engage and
connect. Learn how to use paper and rainbow glasses, light sticks, overhead projectors, colour filters and fresnel lenses to add and subtract colours, produce a super sized spectrum and project a virtual image."
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Visit our shop to buy 3D glasses, fresnel lenses, ghost pebbles, lightsticks and diffraction gratings.
Nitinol Memory Wire 137kb
Feel the "healing" force when Nitinol metal reverts back to its original shape in your hand.
An amazing alloy with a great memory!
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Goldenrod Indicator Paper 272kb
Make a print of your hand in two different colours on Goldenrod paper using weak household acids and bases only.
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Suck a Soft Drink Can to a Table 225kb
"Suck" a soft drink can to a smooth surface using only atmospheric pressure. And wow - you'll need 983 N (100 kg) force at sea level to lift it up, unless you know your science!
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Prepare a Photoluminescent Screen 260kb
Prepare a photo luminescent screen from phosphorescent pigment and wood glue. Excellent for demonstrating the basics of Max Planck's light energy-frequency relationship and the Photo-electric effect. Younger students will have fun depicting their hand images on the screen.
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Silicon from Sand 286kb
A simple process for the extraction of silicon from beach sand using school lab chemicals.
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Ketchup Diver 733kb
Make a Cartesian diver from a tomato sauce bag. Teach it to obey your orders: " Up . . . Down . . ." and get to know the basics of density.
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Product Instructions & Teachers' Notes for:
Anaglyphic 3D Glasses 191 KB
Bell & Dorje Resonance 577 KB
Bomb Bags To follow
ChromaDepth 3D Glasses See Light & Colour Above
Colour Changing Ducks 489 KB
Disappearing Ink 245 KB
Drinking Birds 224 KB
Einstein Mug 280KB
Expanding Spheres & Cubes 168 KB
FerroFluid 128 KB
Flip Over Top 136KB
Fortune Teller Fish To follow
Goldenrod Indicator Paper 272KB
Hydrophobic Sand 461 KB
(Magic Sand)
Instant Expanding Snow 316 KB
Instant Wet Snow 332 KB
Kaleidoscope / Disgustoscope Soon!
L'il Sucker (Air pressure holder) 228KB
Magnetic Viewing Film 140 KB
Nitinol Memory Wire 137 KB
Pop Pop Boat 263 KB
Photo Luminescent Pigment 260KB
Rainbow Glasses: Multi Axis See Light & Colour Above
Rainbow Glasses: Single Axis See Light & Colour Above
Silicon 108 KB
Silly Putty 301 KB
Singing Bowl 577 KB
Sun Blueprint Paper To follow
Super Bubble Concentrate 432KB
Super Expanding Creatures 318 KB
Thermoplastic Polymer 928KB
UV Detection Beads 361 KB
Vacuum Stoppers To follow
