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Discovering Science & Nature This section has educational, scientific and nature based toys for children to discover the world around them. Children can have fun and learn about science & nature through play. Sound Through Your Head Launchpad Kit Inspired by the Science Museum's Launchpad Gallery and produced in this country in collaboration with them, this little kit is part of a range intended as a good starting point for scientific experimentation. In the kit are 2 ear caps, which enable sound waves to pass into your ears, directly through the skull. It can feel like being at a concert next to the speakers! The caps can be set up to make all kinds of sounds. 7+ Our Price: £2.50  Currently out of stock, contact us for delivery dates ( 0560 2308849, normal BT rates apply) or via E-mail: davidg@tickseed.co.uk Sound Through Your Head Launchpad Kit ... £2.50 Atom Squasher Launchpad Kit When materials are bent, atoms are being "squashed". The steel balls in this pack allow you to see what happens when hard materials are compressed. Watch things bounce which shouldn't bounce and make a Newton's Cradle. Includes 8 steel balls, a plastic dish and information sheet. Produced in conjunction with the Science Museum. 7+. Our Price: £3.25  Currently out of stock, contact us for delivery dates ( 0560 2308849, normal BT rates apply) or via E-mail: davidg@tickseed.co.uk Atom Squasher Launchpad Kit ... £3.25 Seeing Heat Launchpad Kit Another of the Science Museum's launchpad kits, it contains a special film which reacts to heat by producing all sorts of brilliant colours. It can be used in hundreds of ways to show how things heat up and cool down, even as a basic thermometer. Contains a piece of heat film, a piece of fax paper and instructions/information. 7+. Our Price: £3.50  Currently out of stock, contact us for delivery dates ( 0560 2308849, normal BT rates apply) or via E-mail: davidg@tickseed.co.uk Seeing Heat Launchpad Kit ... £3.50 Seeing Sound Launchpad Kit Inspired by the Science Museum's Launchpad Gallery and produced in this country in collaboration with them, this little kit is part of a range intended as a good starting point for scientific experimentation. The kit contains parts to build a sound machine powerful enough to make waves in water (or other things), demonstrating how sound moves through solid objects. Includes motor, battery box, connectors, yellow wheel, paper clip and sticky pads. Requires 1 x AA battery (not inc.). 7+ Our Price: £3.50  Quantity Seeing Sound Launchpad Kit ... £3.50 Watch Water Freeze Launchpad Kit Inspired by the Science Museum's Launchpad Gallery and produced in this country in collaboration with them, this little kit is part of a range intended as a good starting point for scientific experimentation. Contains 2 special filters (polarising film), to make visible things which cannot normally be seen, e.g. when water freezes it appears clear, but it alters light in strange ways, and looks coloured when viewed through the filters. The same is true of many things, and this effect used by engineers to pinpoint stresses in objects. Kit also includes a petri dish. 7+ Our Price: £2.99  Quantity Watch Water Freeze Launchpad Kit ... £2.99 Instant Photos Launchpad Kit Inspired by the Science Museum's Launchpad Gallery and produced in this country in collaboration with them, this little kit is part of a range intended as a good starting point for scientific experimentation. Contains special film to take "photos" without a camera, so that the shape of anything placed on the film is instantly recorded as an outline, visible in a dark place. It can be used again and again, and comes with a negative shape maker (stencil) to get you started. 7+. Our Price: £2.75  Quantity Instant Photos Launchpad Kit ... £2.75 Magic Mirror Launchpad Kit The special plastic mirrors enable you to see round corners or spy on others. The kit includes a 2-way mirror of the sort found in police stations and banks, 2 plastic mirror squares, a distorted image to "read", a periscope template (to create your own) and instructions. 7+. Our Price: £2.75  Currently out of stock, contact us for delivery dates ( 0560 2308849, normal BT rates apply) or via E-mail: davidg@tickseed.co.uk Magic Mirror Launchpad Kit ... £2.75 Magnetic Magic Launchpad Kit Containing a fascinating "rare earth" magnet, the most powerful known. Slide it down a metal slope, even a non-magnetic one, and it will slow itself by creating an eddy current. Used in electric motors, magnets such as this have revolutionised motor technology. Magnet, plastic and metal strips and an information sheet included. 7+. Our Price: £3.50  Currently out of stock, contact us for delivery dates ( 0560 2308849, normal BT rates apply) or via E-mail: davidg@tickseed.co.uk Magnetic Magic Launchpad Kit ... £3.50 Crack'em Open Geodes Geodes are usually round, volcanic rocks which hold a secret world of dazzling crystals inside, only revealing their magical treasure when gently cracked open. Aspiring geologists will love this kit, but the anticipation and fascination for just about anyone is undeniable. Kit contains 6 geodes, one already opened, a cloth bag for cracking safely, magnifier and full colour guide. 6+. Our Price: £9.99  Currently out of stock, contact us for delivery dates ( 0560 2308849, normal BT rates apply) or via E-mail: davidg@tickseed.co.uk Crack'em Open Geodes ... £9.99 Smart Materials Kit Explore the properties of many strange and incredible materials through this kit - plastics as strong as nylon to mould in your hand, metal with a memory and QTC, a material with magical, electrical properties. Contains polymorph plastic, smart putty, smart wire, smart, spring, colour-changing film, glow-in-the-dark film, powerful magnet, lenticular sheet, ingredients for slime and full instructions. 10+. Our Price: £15.99  Currently out of stock, contact us for delivery dates ( 0560 2308849, normal BT rates apply) or via E-mail: davidg@tickseed.co.uk Smart Materials Kit ... £15.99 Bug Land This pack contains an easy to clean, easy access, reusable, pop-up habitat and an instruction/activity guide. 4+, pop-up approx. 30cm. Our Price: £4.99  Quantity Bug Land ... £4.99 Garden Spider WebFrame Large (approx 26cm), hexagonal wooden frame with an attractive, weathered appearance and spider decoration, provides an ideal place for spiders to spin webs, making close observation possible. Slot the stake into the frame and push it into the ground in a suitable quiet spot. 3+ Our Price: £4.50  Quantity Garden Spider WebFrame ... £4.50 Bird Roosting Pocket Made from woven rush and straw, it provides somewhere for birds to find shelter and safety at night, or in adverse weather. NOT A TOY. Our Price: £1.50  Quantity Bird Roosting Pocket ... £1.50 Glass Prism A prism was used by Sir Isaac Newton to prove that white light is made up of different colours. This one is made from optical glass and can easily be used to demonstrate. Illuminating, fascinating and beautiful. 10+ Our Price: £3.50  Currently out of stock, contact us for delivery dates ( 0560 2308849, normal BT rates apply) or via E-mail: davidg@tickseed.co.uk Glass Prism ... £3.50 Nightscope Marvellous accessory for young explorers or nature detectives. The powerful monocular has a built-in light source, 7 times magnification and a 30 metre light spill. 6+ Our Price: £5.99  Quantity Nightscope ... £5.99 Forensic Science Kit A good, all-round kit for those inquisitive individuals with an interest in crime solving. Dust for fingerprints, analyse handwriting, examine hair and fibre evidence, trace secret documents using ink chromatography, make plaster casts of footprints, discover the identity of a mysterious white powder and so on. There is also a case to unravel using all the new-found skills. 10+. Our Price: £14.50  Currently out of stock, contact us for delivery dates ( 0560 2308849, normal BT rates apply) or via E-mail: davidg@tickseed.co.uk Forensic Science Kit ... £14.50 Biology Madness An interesting kit covering a wide spectrum of simple, biology experiments under impressive sounding headings such as Microbiology, Environmental Science, health & nutrition, forensics, biochemistry, genetics, physiology, botany. For example, grow your own Micro-organisms & crystals, study soil composition, bend bones (not your own though !), isolate DNA, investigate plant germination & propagation and more. Includes all scientific equipment required (some other materials may be required for particular experiments but these are readily available), an interactive DVD with video instructions, interviews and interesting facts and an instruction booklet. 10+ Our Price: £14.99  Currently out of stock, contact us for delivery dates ( 0560 2308849, normal BT rates apply) or via E-mail: davidg@tickseed.co.uk Biology Madness ... £14.99

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