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1 - DOUBLE HELIX GIFT MEMBERSHIP SCIENTRIFFIC PACK (ages 7+)

This pack contains three issues of CSIRO's Scientriffic magazine, info on science careers, and one year membership to CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club, including a magazine subscription, events and more see www.csiro.au/helix. For a gift that just keeps giving, you can't go past this deal.

$33.00 Add to cart

100 - RAINBOW SLINKY

The traditional science toy revamped in durable plastic (no more tangled messes) and groovy rainbow colours. Great for explaining wave properties or just classic stair descent fun.

$3.95 Add to cart

110 - MENTOS TM GEYSER TUBE

The explosive combination of MentosTM and cola has been a global science sensation from Mythbusters to YouTube and this nifty tube makes it easy. Just add ingredients, pull the trigger and watch the fountain fly metres into the air! MentosTM and cola not included. Ages 8+.

$6.95 Add to cart

2 - DOUBLE HELIX GIFT MEMBERSHIP HELIX PACK (ages 10+)

This pack contains three issues of CSIRO's The Helix magazine, info on science careers, and one year membership to CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club, including a magazine subscription, events and more, see www.csiro.au/helix. For a gift that just keeps giving, you can't go past this deal.

$33.00 Add to cart

215 - MAGIC BALLOONS

Blow your own balloons. Safe, non-toxic ingredients mean that anyone can have a go at creating their own balloon masterpiece. Each tube of balloon plastic makes over 30 balloons.

$4.95 Add to cart

220 - NEWTON'S CRADLE

A classic science trinket named after the legendary Isaac Newton. A great tool showing conservation of energy and momentum, nifty desk toy or just have a ball with its hypnotic swinging.

$8.95 Add to cart

274 - UV NAIL POLISH

Charge your polish up in normal sunlight and watch your nails take on the iridescent glow of UV. Let your accessorising take on a whole new spectrum.

$14.95 Add to cart

285 - HIGH BOUNCE BALL KIT

Create your own super bouncing balls with this easy-to-use kit. Experiment with the different colours and unusual moulds to create brightly coloured bouncing balls, just by adding water!

$4.95 Add to cart

340 - MAGIC TREE

Grow your own crystal tree! Just add the special liquid and watch as the crystals form.

$3.95 Add to cart

387 - UV BEAD KIT

These amazing beads change from white to a variety of bright colours when exposed to Ultra Violet rays. Use the leather provided to make a bracelet or attach the beads to clothing.

$9.00 Add to cart

464 - DIG A DINOSAUR

For hours of fun, you can play at being a palaeontologist! Excavate the skeleton of a Stegosaurus from a plaster block, and then fit the bones together to make a great model. Tools provided.

$15.00 Add to cart

5 - VORTEX VALVE

This nifty valve turns two bottles into a hypnotic vortex. Your very own cyclone in a bottle.

$2.50 Add to cart

50 - SECRET UV PEN

This spy stationery uses a specially inked pen and UV-light to write and show up secret messages using the marvels of fluorescence. Who will you write to?

$6.95 Add to cart

51 - EINSTEIN ACTION FIGURE

As science superheroes go Albert is the man! Complete with fuzzy hair, moveable limbs, bushy eyebrows and cute pot belly, Einstein has all the features you'll need to recreate those big physics breakthroughs. A perfect gift for self-confessed nerds, friends, and most of all, relatives.

$16.95 Add to cart

516 - SPY MICROPHONE

The essential piece of gear for any budding spy! Just like having a set of giant ears, this parabolic microphone picks up sounds from up to 15 metres away. Adjustable volume and built-in torch. Requires AA batteries.

$14.95 Add to cart

565 - AIRZOOKA

Fires completely safe but devastating blasts of air up to 6 metres, restyling hair and sending papers flying from across the room! The Airzooka uses the properties of vortexes to create hours of comic relief.

$24.95 Add to cart

725 - SLIME SURPRISE

There's nothing like the feeling of slime oozing through your fingers! This non-toxic slime is not for the faint-hearted. Plus, you're in for a great surprise when you open the slime tub.

$3.95 Add to cart

840 - TOUCHABLE BUBBLES

After you have experienced these bubbles, you'll wonder why you ever bothered with normal bubble making products! These bubbles last for a long time, so you can hold them and make chains. You'll be finding these bubbles hours later, like we did!

$4.50 Add to cart

90 - BOUNCING PUTTY

Explore the properties of our incredibly popular Bouncing Putty! Pull it apart slowly and it flows. Roll it into a ball and it bounces. Pull it apart quickly and it breaks. Hit it with your fist and it hardly deforms, yet hit it with a hammer and it shatters!

$2.50 Add to cart

910 - SHAPE BY SHAPE

Take a puzzle adventure in pattern matching. Based on the ancient game of Tangrams, this puzzle includes hints if you get stuck (like we did!) Can you make the 14 pieces fit into the pattern?

$19.95 Add to cart

920 - KATITA WINDUP

This clever counter-weighted contraption will keep you entranced for hours. All ages will enjoy this wild, funny and imaginative gadget.

$13.00 Add to cart

95 - TUMBLING FROGS

Gently throw these frogs on a wall or window and watch as they tumble down like an acrobat. These vividly patterned frogs have sticky feet, enabling them to cling to any vertical surface. They are also easily cleaned. Good fun for ages 3 and over (Two frogs per packet).

$5.95 Add to cart

995 - ULTIMATE ROBOT KIT

This amazing robot kit contains four great 'bots' to construct, each with a special talent. Learn about robot skills such as mobility, manipulation, programming and intelligence, and then use this newfound knowledge to build your own individual robot.

$60.00 Add to cart