What The Heck Happened?!?!

Discrepant events seize students' attention, and we have some real jaw-droppers! Mom & Dad will hear about these at the dinner table! If the video does not appear, click here.

Skip ahead on the timeline to jump to each chapter/scene:

1. Introduction (00:00)
2. Eddy Current Tubes (00:03:01)
3. Energy Tube (00:10:40)
4. Smashing Steel Spheres (00:12:47)
5. Ice Melting Blocks (00:16:07)
6. Drinking Birds and Handboilers (00:19:30)
7. Sodium Polyacrylate (00:28:31)
8. Instant Snow (00:30:26)
9. Water Gel Spheres (00:35:28)
10. Fortune Fish (00:37:20)
11. Magic Sand (00:39:46)
12. Rattlebacks (00:40:46)
13. Pocket Sound Blaster (00:45:27)
14. Chinese Spouting Bowl (00:48:39)
15. Mysterious Glowing Ball (00:56:11)
16. Goldenrod Paper (00:58:43)
17. Poly Density Bottle (01:07:09)

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Goldenrod Electrochemistry Kit

(2 reviews)

Explore the fascinating world of electrochemistry!

$3.95

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Energy Tube

(20 reviews)

So much science in this little tube!

$9.95

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Pocket Sound Blaster

(3 reviews)

Our loudest sound demo!!!

$2.95

Chinese Spouting Bowl

(9 reviews)

Actually "spout" water up and out of the bowl using resonance!

$139.95

Drinking Bird

(32 reviews)

Great centerpiece for class discussion or laboratory exploration. How does it work?

$5.95–$64.95
Handboiler

(26 reviews)

Great vapor pressure demonstration!

$5.95–$59.95

Amazing Ice Melting Blocks

(36 reviews)

One of the most striking thermal energy demonstrations we have seen!

$21.95

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Rattlebacks

(7 reviews)

A half-ellipsoid object carved so that it will spin in only one direction.

$7.95–$34.95

Smashing! Steel Sphere Demo Kit

(13 reviews)

Graphically illustrate the conversion of mechanical energy into heat energy.

$28.95

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Neodymium Magnets

(5 reviews)

Powerful Neodymium Magnets in six different shapes/sizes.

$2.95–$14.95

Magnetic Field Viewer Film

(4 reviews)

This micro-encapsulated film enables students to view a static magnetic field.

$10.95–$32.95
Poly Density Kit

(30 reviews)

Spontaneous order from disorder! Isn't this a violation of The Second Law of Thermodynamics??

$19.95

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Goldenrod Color-Changing Paper - 100 sheets

(33 reviews)

Turns bright red in bases and returns to bright yellow in acids.

$16.95

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Growing Cubes

(4 reviews)

Place these small cubes into water and watch them expand!

$6.95

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Growing Spheres

(25 reviews)

Place these hard crystals in water and they expand about 300 times.

$6.95

Fluorescent Magic Sand

(29 reviews)

Sand that repels water and never gets wet!

$6.95

Instant Snow Polymer

(32 reviews)

Is it magic? No, it's science!

$8.95–$99.95
Sodium Polyacrylate (Diaper Polymer)

(24 reviews)

The super-absorbent polymer found in disposable baby diapers.

$7.95–$89.95