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Is there a thread on what people thought were some of the better science educational toys that they used in their lives?

I'm thinking Lego, mechano, chemistry sets, electronic sets, seamonkey's etc?

I know some marketing names will differ from nation to nation, but the internet should solve those names.

 

cheers.

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Well, there was this "Tripod" set that I had, where you grow creatures with three eyes within 3 weeks. It even gave you tools to look at them as they grew. I had a blast with it. Kind of like seamonkeys.

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Is there a thread on what people thought were some of the better science educational toys that they used in their lives?

I'm thinking Lego, mechano, chemistry sets, electronic sets, seamonkey's etc?

I know some marketing names will differ from nation to nation, but the internet should solve those names.

 

cheers.

 

 

There is now.

 

Dead animals.

Ants.

Broken lawnmowers. Broken radios. Broken anything I could take apart.

Then there was salt peter, carbon, and sulfur......

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There is now.

 

Dead animals.

Ants.

Broken lawnmowers. Broken radios. Broken anything I could take apart.

Then there was salt peter, carbon, and sulfur......

 

 

How extraordinarily resourceful. 3 stars…

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How extraordinarily resourceful. 3 stars…

 

I forgot the creek! Turning over rocks and using a net to catch crawdads, salamanders, minnows, etc....so they could be "studied".

Great biology lessons.

Plus reproductive physiology games that the dogs and other farm animals played. They let me watch.

 

And did you know that a firecracker won't kill a crawdad ?

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I had a few chemistry sets when I was young. They were fun, but what I really really liked were the legos, erector set (I'm surprised nobody said that yet), this radio shack electronics kit, pretty much anything requiring assembly or disassembly- old/broken toys, radios, electronics.

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i can't think of any one thing.

pretty much, if i could suitably abuse it to observe various principles at work, it became scientific. lego was one of those versatile things that could be used repeatedly. aquarium equipment gave me fairly high vacuums to toy around with.

i really don't know if there's any "best" science ed toys. an inquisitive mind will appropriate anything for it's purposes but lego was definately the most versatile until they put stories to the kits

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My 6" reflector telescope was my favorite "toy" (thought it really wasn't a toy). I got it when I was 11. I also had a lot of fun with my chemistry set.

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Legos were my favorite. I also liked magnets, especially with powdered iron. I also liked the "logo" computer program/programming language where you tell a turtle how to draw things.

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In addition to a couple of things already mentioned ...a modular electronics set, where the blocks had images of the component on their upper surface with conducting plates on their sides connected to the component, behind which were magnets that would make them stick to other blocks (and conduct through the plates), to make all sorts of circuits. Can't remember the name.

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In addition to a couple of things already mentioned ...a modular electronics set, where the blocks had images of the component on their upper surface with conducting plates on their sides connected to the component, behind which were magnets that would make them stick to other blocks (and conduct through the plates), to make all sorts of circuits. Can't remember the name.

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