Friday, April 1, 2011

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!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

New Arrivals this week at Pow!Science!


New arrivals at our Wakefield & Providence locations the week of 3/21!

GAMES! We've got more than ever, including classics such as:
  • Risk
  • Sorry!
  • Sorry Sliders
  • Scrabble
  • Monopoly
  • Oujia
  • Candyland
  • Chutes & Ladders

+ "esoterics" like SET, Spot It & Dr. Seuss!

Spotlight this week has to go to Ji Ga Zo--the 300 Piece Puzzle from Hasbro which, along with the included software, shows you how to make a photographic puzzle of yourself (or anyone else) with the pieces that are already in the box. It works over and over, with any picture you choose. Amazing, and a little bit creepy!

Stop in to check out these and hundreds of other hand-picked toys & games at either Pow!Science! Location:

Wakefield: (401) 788-1024
Providence: (401) 432-7040

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Pow!Towers Program Makes the Front Page in East Greenwich!


The East Greenwich Pendulum put Pow!Science's "Pow!Towers" Program on the front page of their March 3rd Issue. THANK YOU to the East Greenwich Recreation Office for putting together this wonderful program!

If you'd like information about engaging your students, scouts or other School age group of kids with Hands-ON programs like Pow!Towers, click here to read about Pow!Science's wide array of outreach Science Enrichment Programs!
"Pow Towers" uses the simple but sophisticated Straws & Connectors Construction Toy to challenge students' imaginations, and engage them in team-building, design and implementation of ideas!


Sunday, February 27, 2011

Advanced Dot to Dot (110 dots!) Free Download from Pow!Science!

Got a Dot-to-Dot fan? ARE a Dot-to-Dot fan? Here's a super-cool 110 dot picture in .pdf format. Download, reproduce, have fun! Make sure to read the instructions first, because this is Dot-to-Dot with a bit of a twist. Have fun! Click HERE to Download.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Forced Perspective Taken to Extremes at Pow!Science!

Here's the classic Dragon Illusion captured on video on the front counter at Pow!Science! Providence and looking as creepy as ever.





Download the 244K .pdf for yourself at Grand Illusion!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Closing in on 500 Fans


Way back in November, we started a contest to reach 500 Fans (now of course, "likes") on our Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/powscience). Now we're actually getting close (about 480 as of this writing), so it's time to reboot the contest!

When we hit 500 Fans, we'll be giving away 3 prizes:
3rd Place~Pow!Science T-Shirt!
2nd Place~ Pow!Science Gift Card
1st Place~A Super Cool LEGO Set!

If you're already a fan, you're entered, but the winning doesn't start until we hit 500, so "share" us, suggest us, and help us get to the 500 Fan Mark! Let the winning begin!

Monday, February 14, 2011

The Ultimate Valentine's Heart from Pow!Science! to you.


Pow!Science!
says...if you're going to give your Valentine a heart, it may as well be authentic!

The EduSci Human Heart Model is perfect for that very special nerd in your life.

Happy Valentine's Day.