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2026 Australasian Sky Guide
$29.95
The ultimate guide to the night sky
This popular guide by astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb provides stargazers with the perfect companion to the southern night sky. Opening with an essay by Kai Tahu women Victoria Campbell on the cultural significance of the heliacal rising of Matariki in winter, this book features monthly sky maps, with details of the movement of the planets, stars and constellations. It also offers the latest information of the solar system and its history, as well as tips for optimal viewing. The 2026 Australasian Sky Guide is a must-have handbook to the year's most exciting celestial events.
Bubbles and Foam
$29.95
Science kit for young researchers
About this kit:
This kit focuses on experiments with water, colours, and bubbles. Children will create colourful membrane, a foam beehive, learn to hold a bubble without popping it, create colourful bubbles and even paint with colourful foam. Find all these and more in this kit.
this science kit comes equipped with the necessary equipment excluding some common household items. It includes a clear guide accompanied with photos of the processes as well as fascinating scientific explanations and facts.
Cast Galaxy Puzzle
$19.95
Huzzle provides puzzles for adults which are solved using a blend of inspiration and logic. The challenge is to take the puzzle apart and put it back together. Simple, yet so deep. You will need your hands and your brain on board to solve the huzzle puzzles! Happy Puzzling.
Like the swirling shape of the galaxy... that is why this puzzle was named Galaxy. It is not that difficult to solve but one becomes totally mesmerised by the pieces that move freely. It is more difficult to put them back together than to take apart. Take a good look at how the pieces move when taking them apart so you can put them back together again.
Color Laboratory
$29.95
Science kit for young researchers
About this kit:
The world around us is intriguing, we can gain much joy from experimenting with it and learning about it. This science kit provides children the opportunity to become real researchers for a few hours and to experiment with their own private laboratory.
This kit focuses on experiments with colours. Children will create an ice ball with colourful tunnels, create colour solutions with a variety of substances and then transform and mix the colours. They'll even get to paint with colourful ice.
This science kit come equipped with the necessary equipment excluding some common household items. It includes a clear guide accompanied with photos of the processes as well as fascinating scientific explanations and facts.
Einstein: A Life
$64.95
The first full-scale biography of the most renowned name in science to be written since those who closely guarded his privacy have died. Based on 20 years of research and interviews with intimate friends and associates willing to discuss Einstein as never before, this riveting book details his childhood and youth. Contains extensive material on his adult life never published before to reveal the crux of Einstein's personality and private life in a way few others have. Includes rare photographs.
First Sticker Book Space (Usborne)
$19.95
Strap yourself in for a rocket-fuelled adventure into the world of space. Use the stickers in this book to bring each amazing scene to life.
Hydrophobic Sand
$29.95
Science kit for young researchers
About this kit:
It looks like ordinary sea sand, and it feels like ordinary sand - but it is anything but ordinary!!!
In this kit we explore the fascinating scientific qualities of hydrophobic sand and its uses. We will compare it with regular sand and witness the amazing differences.
Does it really stay dry when taken out from water?!
How does it assist us in prevention of natural disasters?
In a series of 10 compelling experiments we will learn all there is to learn about the fascinating hydrophobic sand.
Magic Kit
$24.95
Perform your own magic show! Amaze your friends and family with 12 magic tricks included in this kit.
Magical Mirros
$29.95
Science kit for young researchers
About this kit:
Most people don't think twice about mirrors. For them it is just a device to 'check out; their looks... But NOT for you after experimenting with this kit! The magical world of mirrors from a science perspective is quite amazing. Over a dozen experiments that will blow your mind - the 'Infinite Mirror', the 'Disappearing Face', building your own Kaleidoscope to name a few. Looking at mirrors will never feel the same!
This science kit comes equipped with the necessary equipment excluding some common household items. It includes a clear guide accompanied with photos of the processes as well as fascinating scientific explanations and facts.
Age: 6-99
Magnetic Wonder
$29.95
Science kit for young researchers
About this kit:
Magnets are fun to play with, everyone knows that. But when looking deeper, and getting a real scientific perspective, guess what? They are even more FUN! In this extremely cool kit, you'll get acquainted with different types of magnets including the awesomely strong Neodymium magnet, the weirdest of all "Magnetic Putty", you'll get to build a real compass and create electromagnets and much more.
Over a dozen exciting experiments inside.
Beware, you're about to get magnetized to this kit.
this science kit comes equipped with the necessary equipment excluding some common household items. It includes a clear guide accompanied with photos of the explanations and facts.
Murriyang Song of Time
$39.95
In his most poetic and inspiring work yet, he offers a means of moving beyond the binaries and embracing a path to peace and forgiveness, rooted in the Wiradjuri spiritual practice of Yindyamarra - deep silence and respect.
Murriyang, in part Grant's response to the Voice referendum, eschews politics for love. In this gorgeous, grace-filled book, he zooms out to reflect on the biggest questions, ranging across the history, literature, theology, music and art that has shaped him. Setting aside anger for kindness, he reaches past the secular to the sacred and transcendent.
Informed by spiritual thinkers from around the world, Murriyang is a Wiradjuri prayer in one long uninterrupted breath, challenging Western notions of linear time in favour of a time beyond time - the dreaming.
Murriyang is also very personal, each meditation interleaved with a memory of Grant's father, a Wiradjuri cultural leader. It asks how any of us can say goodbye to those we love.
My Very First Space Book (Usborne)
$24.95
This book is the perfect way for little children to find out about space. It's full of charming pictures with lots of things to look for and talk about.
Nanoblock - Vixen Astronomical Telescope Porta ll A80Mf
$44.95
The original micro-sized building block. Not suitable for children under 3. 12+ 460 pieces.
Newton's Cradle
$29.95
An educational demonstration of Newton's law of equal and opposite reaction and a classic executive toy.
Peep Inside Space
$19.95
If you peep into the night sky and see the Moon and twinkling stars, you're peeping right out into space! Find out what else is out there in this little book.
Planet Dig Earth
$29.95
Channel your inner geologist to excavate 8 crystals and rocks from the Earth and 1 from the Moon.
Use the wooden mallet, chisel and dust brush included to chip away at the Earth to discover buried crystals and fossils..
Includes:
- Clay Earth with 8 crystals and rocks buried inside
- Clay Moon with a piece of granite buried inside
- Wooden mallet, chisel and dust brush
- Keychain to display one of your crystals
Information and instructions booklet included
The Space Wonders of the Universe
$19.95
Discover the space wonders of the universe like you've never seen them before!
With beautiful and detailed illustrations by Jenny Wren, this book will both inform and amaze those longing to learn about the universe and all of its wonders.
The Surfing Scientist: 40 DIY Science Gizmos
$14.95
Spent all your pocket money again? There are heaps of great things you can make with stuff that's lying round the house - and they won't cost you a cent! Ages 7-12. Check out all the toys and gizmos you can make with simple household stuff! From Mexican jumping beans to a diving octopus and a popcorn lava lamp, you'll be whizzing and spinning like crazy. Watch out you don't get dizzy! Ages 7-12.
The Surfing Scientist: 40 Science Mind Benders
$14.95
Think you′ve got all the answers? ABC TV′s Surfing Scientist, Ruben Meerman, is back and this time he′s challenging the inner workings of your brain with 40 science and logic puzzles. How many will you solve? And how many will leave you stumped? Can you share this cake between eight friends with only three straight cuts? Can you connect the dots by drawing four straight lines without lifting your pencil? How can these four cars continue on their way at the same time without colliding? Can you fit a 50c coin through a 10c sized hole without tearing the paper? With loads of photos and fascinating facts, plus hints and solutions, you′ll stretch and test your mind with these fun and challenging puzzles. So what are you waiting for? Get into it! Ages 7+
The Surfing Scientist: 40 Super Human Body Tricks
$14.95
The more you learn about the human body, the more you realize that we all possess super powers. This book is jam-packed with forty experiments to try with your own body and discover your inner superhero. Apart from yourself, everything you'll need can be found lying around the house. Along the way, you'll: - Discover the electromagnetic radiation detectors in your head - Learn what it takes to be invisible - Freak your own brain out with bizarre illusions. 40 SUPER HUMAN BODY TRICKS is packed with tricks and experiments that involve the five senses, anatomy, physiology, nutrition and physical challenges, gadgets (like a reaction timer) to make, plus optical illusions.
Under the Stars: Astrophysics for Bedtime
$44.95
Under the Stars: Astrophysics for Bedtime transports curious kids and inquisitive adults on an incredible journey through the night sky. Explore our solar system from the comfort of your cosy bedroom. Find out why the sky is blue. Fly around a black hole and peer inside! Learn why Jupiter has stripes
When astrophysicists Lisa Harvey-Smith isn't looking skyward, she is answering the smart questions of school kids. Her engaging storytelling in this colourfully illustrated book brings the night sky to life, giving amazing new perspectives to young explorers who are always asking, 'Why?'
Usborne - Look Inside Space
$24.95
Blast off into space with this fascinating flap book. Find out how the moon was made, why stars shine and how we know so much about plants that are far, far away.
Volcano Making Kit
$24.95
Make a 9.5cm tall solid volcano. Paint and decorate it. Amaze your friends and family with a bubbly fizzy lava eruption. It's an awesome science project and a cool desktop decoration.
Suitable for ages over 8
Not suitable for children under 3
When Galaxies Collide
$29.95
Why is the Milky Way blue? Why isn't a black hole dark? How many stars can you see with your naked eye?
Humans are the only known astronomers in the universe. When we look up at the night sky, we are linked to our ancestors. Away from city lights, we can see what generations of people before us have wondered at and weaved stories around.
But all that will change. The Andromeda Galaxy is rushing towards us at 400,000 kilometres an hour.
When Galaxies Collide will guide you to look at the night sky afresh. It peers 5.86 billion years into the future to consider the fate of Earth and its inhabitants. Will the solution be to live in space without a planet to call home? Will one of the other 100 billion planets spawn life?
Learn how to watch this space.
Young Detectives
$29.95
Science kit for young researchers
About this kit:
This kit focuses on fingerprints. Children will experiment with producing their own fingerprint and classifying it. They'll learn how to extract invisible fingerprints from various surfaces using iron powder, talcum powder, adhesive tape and brushes - just like real crime scene investigators. The final experiment will be creating their own 3D finger replica using Alginate powder and plaster powder!
7 fun experiments inside!
This science kit comes equipped with the necessary equipment excluding some common household items. It includes a clear guide accompanied with photos of the processes as well as fascinating scientific explanations and facts.
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