Last Minute Easter Basket Goodies at Pow!Science

Our top 5 Easter Basket Goodies for last-minute Baskets!




5. Silly Putty in the Original Egg Packaging-It's Egg Shaped, and still the coolest. Kids must be taught the dying tradition of transferring the funny papers onto Silly Putty!



4. Iwako Japanese Erasers-an oddball collection of 3D puzzles that also happen to be serviceable erasers! An incredible variety of sculpts.




3. Wild Republics Authentic Birdsong Plush Birds-soft, beautiful authentic plush birds that will sing when gently squeezed.




2. Go Go's Crazy Bones-85 Collectible Characters, 7 Games to play with them! Crazy Bones come three per packet & are fun to collect, play & trade.





1. Lego Mini-Figs, Series 4-16 Different Collectible Lego Mini Figures are phenomenally popular!

I Hear a Hangar~Try this Fun Experiment from Pow!Science!

I Hear a Hangar

Objective: To observe (with your ears) the difference in sound transmission in air
and in a solid object (like your head).

Materials:
Metal Hangar
Two pieces of string (about 18 inches or so—longer is better than shorter)

Procedure:
1. Tie the strings to each “corner” of the hanger, as shown.
2. Carefully wind each of the strings tied to the hangar around each of your
index fingers. The hangar should be hanging from your fingers so that you
can swing the hanger into a chair or table (If you’re standing with elbows
bent at 90 degrees, the hangar should be hanging at waist or knee level).
3. Gently swing the hangar into a chair or table, and listen to the sound it
makes.
4. Next, put your index fingers in your ears, and repeat step 3. Does it sound
different?

What’s Going On?
Sound is a form of mechanical energy, and travels in waves. Waves of sound,
however, must travel through something in order to be heard (sound cannot travel through a vacuum). Sound travels
much better through a solid (like your head) then it does through a gas (like the
air).
Think and Talk About This:
Do you think changing what the hangar is made of will change the result? Try it
with a plastic or wooden hangar.

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An Egg-Cellent Eggs-periment from Pow!Science!

An Egg-cellent Eggs-periment

Objective: To make an egg float in water and explore the concept of density

Materials: Beaker or other container (a cup works just fine) Water Salt Egg Spoon

Procedure:
1) Fill the beaker with 250 ml of water (fill your cup about 3/4).

2) PREDICT: What will happen when you carefully drop the egg into the water? Will it sink or float?

3) Carefully drop the egg into the water. What happens? Was your prediction correct?

4) Remove the egg. Add 2 spoons of salt to the beaker.

5) GENTLY stir with the regular spoon to help dissolve the salt. Gently replace the egg.

Does the egg float? If yes, congratulations! If no, repeat steps 4 & 5 until the egg floats.

What’s Going On? As the salt dissolves in the water, the water’s density increases. At first, the egg is more dense than the water, so the egg sinks. Adding salt makes the water more and more dense. When the water finally becomes more dense than the egg, the egg floats!

Think and Talk About This!
•What other substances could you dissolve in water to increase its density and float the egg? Get mom or dad’s permission and try it out!
•Do brown eggs have a different density than white eggs? Design and perform an experiment to find out!

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Crazy Bones, Bilibo and LOTS of New Arrivals for April 1st 2011

LOTS of new Toys on the Shelves this week:

•Crazy Bones: 85 Series 1 Characters to Collect, with 7 ways to play.

•Kid-O Bilibo: Rock, spin, scoop, wear, pretend and pretty much anything else with the Swiss Designed Bilibo

•Star Wars Light Sabers: Basic, Electronic & the General Grievous Customizable Saber!

•Perplexus-The "Analog Video Game" is back! Highly Addictive Game-play!

•Hoberman Spheres: The amazing, expanding sphere designed by Inventor Chuck Hoberman

 Plus: 

LOTS of Spring Time Gardening & BUG kits, Lego NXT 2.0 is BACK in stock and lots more--stop in soon to check out what's new!