Slinky Science MiniLab Electricity Kit - 02018

Electricity Kit, by Slinky Science, is an exciting, hands-on introduction to electricity and electrical circuits! With this Electricity Kit, the young scientist learns about series, parallel, and short circuits; switches; voltage; current; resistance; and more.

Crystal Radio

Radios are all around us - playing in cars, boom boxes, space shuttles, etc. - and radio waves are all around us - literally all around us, in the very air we breathe - and now you can harness the power of both, and have a great time doing it, with the Crystal Radio! It actually operates without batteries, and comes with a book that gives you the inside scoop about radios in a fun and informative way. Simple to build, simple to learn, and very entertaining, the Crystal Radio teaches important lessons about an important part of our world. Includes tuning coil, antennas, and earphone. Batteries are not required.

'Old Time' Crystal Radio Kit

This little project is a sure interest grabber with students of electronics of any age! Recommended for Boy Scout Merit Badge and Cub Scout Activity for requirements. It does not require a great amount of skill, but a little application will produce a good basic radio receiver. Construction is fairly simple. This radio DOES NOT require batteries to operate; rather, it uses simple electrical principles to power itself. It does not include the Double Headset shown but does include a Crystal Earphone. Tuning is done by rubbing a piece of metal (large paper clip included in kit) across the coil of wire which is wrapped around a toilet paper tube. The best antenna for this radio is simply a really long wire, mounted as high above the ground as you can make it. Though sometimes just connecting the antenna lead to a bed spring can bring surprising results, especially in city areas, or close in to a transmitter station in the country.

Electronic Crystal Radio Kit

The crystal radio kit is safe, solderless, educational, and comes with fun easy-to-read instructions and earphones. No batteries are required - crystal diode converts RF to audio. You can tune in your favorite AM stations, learn how radios work.

Electric Motor Kit

Explore the exciting world of electro-magnets; become a 'junior electrician'; construct an actual working electric motor; watch it propel speedily a model boat across real water! Electric motors are everywhere - in computers, cars, CD players, and more - and they play a very important part in our lives. Now you can learn all about them with this fun and intriguing kit, which includes a detailed manual. Includes everything to get you started.

Electro-magnetix

Enter the weird, thrilling world of magnetic and electromagnetic forces - the very forces that power our world today. The Electro-Magnetix Lab includes more than 30 experiments, magic tricks, and games - amaze your friends by making a magnet float, or creating a force field right before their eyes! Plus, it includes an electromagnetic motor so mysterious that no scientist can accurately explain it.

Electric Bell

For all you budding Edison's out there, the Electric Bell introduces the basics of electric circuitry in a simple, fun, exciting way! Explore the science behind how electromagnetics causes a bell to make a big noise, how a telegraph works, how an electric buzzer operates, and much more. After all, who says science has to be quiet?

Two Potato Clock

It's like magic - only it's not. It's SCIENCE. With the Two Potato Clock, you can actually power a digital clock with common household items, such as potatoes, plants, and even soda pop! A great educational tool, a fantastic toy, the Two Potato Clock is sure to stimulate budding young scientists everywhere.

Van de Graaf Generator 200KU (Assembled)

Create your own lightning with these time-tested devices that have delighted students for decades! Named after the inventer Van de Graaf, a German physicist, this machine produces low-amperage static electricity that can be "shocking" but perfectly safe. Two different pulleys inside a plastic column create and carry static charge up to the polished alumimun collector globe. You can draw out this static charge in a burst of lightning - or you can set each hair on your head on end! Our instruction booklet tells you how to raise hair; produce lightning and electric wind; experiment with St. Elmoâ€s fire or electrostatic attraction and repulsion.

Van de Graaf Generator Kit

Create your own lightning with these time-tested devices that have delighted students for decades! Named after the inventer Van de Graaf, a German physicist, this machine produces low-amperage static electricity that can be "shocking" but perfectly safe. Two different pulleys inside a plastic column create and carry static charge up to the polished alumimun collector globe. You can draw out this static charge in a burst of lightning - or you can set each hair on your head on end! Our instruction booklet tells you how to raise hair; produce lightning and electric wind; experiment with St. Elmoâ€s fire or electrostatic attraction and repulsion.

VG400 - 400 kV Van deGraaf Generator

What's the matter, our smaller Van deGraaf doesn't have enough "stooch" for you? Try our 400Kv, 400,000 volt Van deGraaf. You want even more of your hair to stand straight up? You want foot long sparks? Well, for you die-hard shock fans, here you go, how does 400 kV sound? Just like its little brother, it can create lightning and make hair literally stand up on end! The VG400 produces up to 400,000 volts with special neoprene belts inside a 3" diameter transparent butyrate column to carry the 10 microamp charge up to the whopping 13" polished aluminum globe! It proudly stands 35.5" tall with a very heavy metal base for rock stable operation. The foolproof brush assembly never needs adjustment to guarantee flawless operation...and lots of sparks! The VG400 runs on 110VAC, and includes a power cord, on/off switch, and a grounding terminal for discharge wands, along with a comprehensive instruction book that nicely describes all the experiments and displays you can produce.

VG400W - Discharge Wand, 2.6' Rod for the VG400

If you really want to put on a show, use the matching VG400W discharge wand and watch the action between them! It's incredible and produces a fantastic display! The high power VG400 is available factory assembled and tested only to assure you perfect and safe operation. When you receive it, just plug it in and you'll have a hair-raising experience...we guarantee it! If you have a hankering to safely play around with 400,000 volts, then the high power Van deGraaf generator is for you.

Uncle Milton Metal Detector Rover

Our Metal Detector Rover from Uncle Milton teaches kids about the amazing science of magnetic fields in a fun, interactive way.

Solar Energy Project

Teach kids about the renewable energy available with solar power. Experimenter kit demonstrates the power of the solar cell to run an electric motor. Includes motor connected to solar cell, propeller, optical illusion spirals, and informative booklet.

Solar Science Lab

This is the coolest, most complete solar science kit available anywhere. It includes materials to test and demonstrate the power of solar energy in many ways. It contains a photovoltaic solar cell to power a motor, a spinning-vane radiometer, nature-print solar paper with special templates and more. Also included are the really fun "Energy Beads Bracelet"! The beads change color when they're exposed to sunlight! This science kit is fun for the whole family and it's recommended that parents perform the activities and experiments with their children.

Radiometer

You have seen them on the science shows and marveled at them in museums, and now you can own one too. The Radiometer is a glass bulb with four suspended vanes inside. The vanes are blackened on one side, and they rotate when exposed to strong light. Just place the bulb in the sun, or next to a lamp, or any other healthy light source, and watch the vanes spin faster and faster according to the light's intensity. No batteries are required - the light makes it go! Learn the mysteries of light, mechanical, and heat energy (but most of all have FUN) with the amazing Radiometer. Note: Radiometers are fragile - you'll want to be careful with them!

Power House

Power House provides an engaging introduction to regenerative energy sources while teaching basic concepts and principles in physical science. The kit focuses on the heat and light energy from the sun, the energy from the wind, as well as with electrochemical reactions.

Plasma Generator Kit

Have you ever wanted to play with a controlled substance? Now you can! It is called plasma, and it is easily generated by this nifty high voltage kit. This is the same, though more powerful, supply that is used in Plasma Balls and neon art, and can be used for all sorts of high voltage experiments! Turn a standard light bulb into a plasma sphere!

Ion Generator Kit

This nifty kit includes a pre-made high voltage ion generotr potted for your protection, and probably the best one available for the price. It also includes a neat experiment called an "ion wind generator." This generator works great for pollution removal in small areas (Imagine after grandpa gets done in the bathroom!), and it moves air though the filter by the force of ion repulsion. No fan blades, no noise, just swiftly moving, charged air. Learn how modern spacecraft use ions to accelerate though space. Use the Ion Generator to pump your VanDeGraff generator to a faster charge time. Includes ion power supply, 7 "ion wind tubes", and mounting hardware for the ion wind generator.

Ion Generator

Are there some healthful positive benefits caused by being in an environment that contains negative or positive ions? Some reports suggest a wide range of benefits. This generator can be set up to generate either negative or positive ions; the builder's choice. Operation is from 117 Volts AC power line. You will need to find a case or box for the final assembly. You can actually feel the flow of ions from the unit.

Binary Clock

This clock will be lots of fun and it is beautiful. Comes with wood-grained plastic cabinet including transformer. Exciting to build and use. Astound your friends by reading the time in binary numbers just like used in computer circuitry. It includes 10 TTL Integrate Circuits, power supply with voltage regulator and uses binary coding system. It is AC Operated and comes with 80 page instruction manual. This comprehensive advanced project contains a series of digital logic experiences covering Transistor-Transistor Logic (TTL) and the binary numbering system. Binary counters, AND, OR & NAND gates are discussed in detail. Areas of electronics theory include pulse shaping, transistors, rectification and transformers. Comes with very thorough manual for theory and construction.

Speedy Radar Kit

Here's a kit that's not only tons of fun for everyone, but useful too! This low cost microwave radar uses the same principle found in police units costing thousands more. You'll turn heads when you clock cars, planes, runners, boats, horses, bikes, races or virtually anything that moves. Speed readout is on two LED displays which can be set accurately (better than 1%) to show MPH, kilometers-per-hour, or even feet-per-second.

TRONIX 1 Basic Electronics Lab

This handsome lab is a hands-on lab, and comes to you complete with a beautiful, instructive book, all the necessary parts, and a solderless circuit board to help you perform 35 highly interesting experiments, and learn how the basic components of a circuit work at the same time. Have hours of fun creating all kinds of sound and light displays, and amaze your friends by building all sorts of different circuits - this lab is used in thousands of school the world over. Who knows? You may be on your way to an interesting career in electronics and computers!

Soldering Kit - Starter Kit (V-KSTARTU, 110V)

This soldering kit is ideal for beginners. It comes with everything you need to set up your own soldering station. The starter kit is supplied with some electronic kits to practice with. When you are finished with these kits, check out our other electronic kits.