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100 Paper Spaceships to fold and fly
$19.95
Children can put their flying skills to the test with this chunky pad of brightly patterned spaceships. Each tear-out, patterned paper sheet can be folded, origami-style, into a flying spacecraft by following the step-by-step instructions included.
123 Rocket Ship
$24.95
A five foot tall rocket themed puzzle that teaches counting!
50+ pieces
5 feet tall / 152.4cm
2027 Astronomy Calendar
$19.95
The David Malin Awards, presented by the Central West
Astronomical Society (CWAS), are Australia’s premier
astrophotography awards, celebrating excellence,
artistry and technical achievement in capturing the
beauty of the night sky. Named in honour of Dr David
Malin – a pioneer of colour astrophotography whose
work transformed our understanding of the southern sky
– the awards recognise both amateur and professional
astronomers who push the boundaries of what is
possible through imaging. Each year, the awards
showcase the very best of Australia’s deep-sky, lunar,
planetary and wide-field astrophotography.
8 in 1 Solar Educational Robot Kit
$34.95
8 projects in 1 kit.
This kit includes a variety of interesting designs, ranging from cars to animals to a drummer. The diversity not only inspires kids but also boosts their creativity.
Kit Contents:
- 194 pieces
- Detailed instruction manual included
- Product contains functional edges and sharp points
Adults - Banner Shirt
$27.95
Mens - The Dish Banner Shirt. 100% cotton.
COLOUR: Coal
Adults - I Need my Space Shirt Blue
$27.95
Mens - I need my space t-shirt. Colour - Blue 100% cotton.
Adults - I Need my Space Shirt Green
$27.95
Men's - I need my space t-shirt. Colour - Khaki. 100% cotton.
Adults - Pi Shirt
$27.95
When a circle's diameter is 1, its circumference is Pi.
Pi is a mathematical constant which represents the ratio of any circle's circumference to its diameter. This shirt lists pi to many thousands of decimal places. Good luck memorising!
Apollo 11 restored video (DVD)
$19.95
In July 1969, six hundred million people, one-sixth of mankind at the time, witnessed the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk live on TV.
This DVD contains the complete 2009 restoration of the historic TV broadcast, produced by NASA for the Apollo 11 40th anniversary. It includes newly discovered footage not seen by the public since 1969.
"This restored video is a valuable contribution to space exploration and space communication history" - Neil Armstrong.
Running time: 185 minutes. Region: 0 (all regions)
Atomic Slime Lab
$24.95
Make your own Atomic Brain Slime and super slimy Shake Slime. This fantastic, boron free kit includes everything you need to set up your own slime lab and learn about molecules and matter.
Australia Weather Station
$39.95
A traditional way to forecast the weather
Map of Australia shaped storm glass with a beechwood base. Once used by seafarers to predict oncoming storms, this historical device responds to atmospheric fluctuations to forecast the weather!
Assembled: 11 x 11 x 5cm.
Bubble Science Kit
$19.95
Discover the secrets of soap bubbles with the Magnoidz ‘Science of Bubbles’ Science Kit! This fun and educational science kit is packed with experiments and interesting facts about the science of bubbles.
Learn the secrets of soap bubbles and how to create an array of different bubbles using the items included inside the box. Investigate the properties of water and how attracting forces hold the surface of water together, and more fun facts such as the secrets to the soap bubble’s rainbow of colours.
The fun doesn’t stop there, the educational resource book is full of interesting facts and experiments such as these!
Crystal Craze
$29.95
This kit is a one-stop shop on how to grow different types of funky and glamorous homemade crystals. In one of the most comprehensive Crazy Scientist LAB kits ever, covering 18 experiments, our young scientists will be working with exciting materials such as Copper Sulphate, Alum, Epsom salt and saline solutions.
They will learn about the various types of crystals - why and how they form and eventually create a variety of different shiny and colourful Crystals!
This science kit comes equipped with the necessary equipment excluding some common household items. It included a clear guide accompanied with photos of the processes as well as fascinating scientific explanations and facts.
Dark Sparklers
$39.95
Bill Yidumduma Harney is Senior Aboriginal Elder of the Wardaman community west of Katherine N.T. He is well-known through his 1996 book Born Under the Paperbark Tree, and the 2002 SBS film of his family and land, the Menngen White Cockatoo Country. The rock art of this area is famous for striped figures of the Lightning Brothers and other Spiritual Ancestors; and his tourist ventures give large numbers of people the chance to see these Dreaming of his people.
Stockman, land rights pioneer, story-teller par excellence and original painter, this custodian of sites as well as stories has always talked of the moon and stars On Top. In 1998 he asked Dr Hugh Cairns if he would write a book with him on his astronomy... Dark Sparklers is the result, and above all is an intriguing insight into a rather amazing modern Aboriginal Elder who has a cosmic view of life within his earthy realism.
Drink Cooler - Selfie at The Dish
$9.95
A "selfie" taken by aliens on their most recent visit to "The Dish". Yours to show off on a drink cooler. Artwork by M. Marshall.
Einstein's Telescope
$29.95
Astronomers have long known that the Universe is expanding, but everything they could see indicated that gravity should be slowing this spread. Instead, it appears that the Universe is accelerating its expansion and that something stronger than gravity --dark energy -- is at work. In Einstein's Telescope Evalyn Gates, a University of Chicago astrophysicist, transports us to the edge of contemporary science to explore the revolutionary tool that unlocks the secrets of these little-understood cosmic constituents. Based on Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravitational lensing, or "Einstein's Telescope," is enabling new discoveries that are taking us toward the next revolution in scientific thinking -- one that may change forever our notions of where the Universe came from and where it is going.
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.
Eureka
$54.95
The common language of genius: Eureka! While the roads that lead to breakthrough scientific discovery can be as varied and complex as the human mind, the moment of insight for all scientists is remarkably similar. The word "eureka!", attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes, has come to express that universal moment of joy, wonder-and even shock-at discovering something entirely new. In this collection of twelve scientific stories, Leslie Alan Horvitz describes the drama of sudden insight as experienced by a dozen distinct personalities, detailing discoveries both well known and obscure. From Darwin, Einstein, and the team of Watson and Crick to such lesser known luminaries as fractal creator Mandelbrot and periodic table mastermind Dmitri Medellev, Eureka! perfectly illustrates Louis Pasteur's quip that chance favors the prepared mind. The book also describes how amateur scientist Joseph Priestley stumbled onto the existence of oxygen in the eighteenth century and how television pioneer Philo Farnsworth developed his idea for a TV screen while plowing his family's Idaho farm.
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.
Glass Dome Ball
$44.95
Take a look at these Glass Dome Balls. Choose your favourite style.
Please note: Choose a light to go with your Glass Dome Ball
Glow-in-the-Dark Galaxy Throw
$36.95
Great for sleepovers, gaming, reading, camping, hiding from parents and more!
Ultra soft fleece! Perfect size to take anywhere.
Size: 50x60"/152x127cm
High Bounce Ball Kit
$14.95
This fantastic kit includes everything you need to create up to 6 high bouncing balls! It's never been more fun to bounce your unique design!
Kit includes:
- 1 large mould
- 2 small moulds
- 6 sachets of crystal powder
- Full instructions
Please note: This kit contains enough powder to make 1x large ball and 2x small balls or alternatively 6x small balls. Store balls in an airtight container. Over time the balls will gradually dry out and bounce will decrease.
For ages 6+
Jelly Fish Lamp
$49.95
This Jelly Fish Lamp is a LED colour changing lamp.
This lamp can run on either batteries or a USB cable.
Kids - Selfie at the Dish Shirt
$24.95
Enjoy this kids Selfie at the Dish T-Shirt. 100% Cotton. Colour Black
Mini Pin Art
$17.95
Put your imagination to the test with this great Pin Art desk toy!
Wherever you are at school, work or home - you can be entertained for hours exploring the limitless sculpture making possibilities of Pin Art.
And it's so simple to use! Just tip the frame so that all the pins touch the perspex, then slide them over any object to create a 3D impression!
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 - Astronaut
$11.95
The original micro-sized building block. Small blocks, big fun. Nanoblock is a micro-sized building block designed in Japan in 2008. Fun to build - attractive to display - interesting to collect. A piece of Nanoblock is the start of infinite creativity.
120 pieces.
Nanoblock - Astronaut Pressure Suit
$11.95
The original micro-sized building block. Small blocks, big fun. Nanoblock is a micro-sized building block designed in Japan in 2008. Fun to build - attractive to display - interesting to collect. A piece of Nanoblock is the start of infinite creativity.
130 Pieces
Nanoblock - Astronomical Telescope
$11.95
The original micro-sized building block. Small blocks, big fun. Nanoblock is a micro-sized building block designed in Japan in 2008. Fun to build - attractive to display - interesting to collect. A piece of Nanoblock is the start of infinite creativity.
70 pieces
Nanoblock - Lunar Module
$44.95
The original micro-sized building block. Not for children under 3 years old. 12+ 1360 pieces.
Nanoblock - Planet Earth and the Moon
$44.95
The original micro-sized building blocks. Not suitable for children under 3 years. 12+ 1030 pieces
Nanoblock - Rocket & Launch Pad
$29.95
The original micro-sized building block. Small blocks, big fun. Nanoblock is a micro-sized building block designed in Japan in 2008. Fun to build - attractive to display - interesting to collect. A piece of Nanoblock is the start of infinite creativity.
610 pieces.
Nanoblock - Saturn v Rocket
$19.95
The original micro-sized building block. Small blocks, big fun. Nanoblock is a micro-sized building block designed in Japan in 2008. Fun to build - attractive to display - interesting to collect. A piece of Nanoblock is the start of infinite creativity.
370 pieces
Nanoblock - Space Center
$19.95
The original micro-sized building block. Small blocks, big fun. Nanoblock is a micro-sized building block designed in Japan in 2008. Fun to build - attractive to display - interesting to collect. A piece of Nanoblock is the start of infinite creativity.
510 pieces.
Nanoblock - Space Center Deluxe Edition
$74.95
The original micro-sized building block. Not suitable for children under 3 years old. 12+ 1560 pieces.
Nanoblock - Space Collection
$9.95
The original micro-sized building block. Small blocks, big fun. Nanoblock is a micro-sized building block designed in Japan in 2008. Fun to build - attractive to display - interesting to collect. A piece of Nanoblock is the start of infinite creativity.
6 to collect. Each packet includes 1 of 6 designs.
Possible Designs are:
- Astronaut
- Astronaut Pressure Suit
- Alien
- Rocket
- UFO
- ISS
Nanoblock - Vixen Astronomical Telescope Porta ll A80Mf
$44.95
The original micro-sized building block. Not suitable for children under 3. 12+ 460 pieces.
Outback Astronomer
$39.95
The extraordinary story of how an amateur astronomer's unwavering passion for the cosmos propelled him from the mines of Broken Hill to working with NASA.
Born and raised in remote Broken Hill, Trevor Barry left school after Year 10 to work in the mines. Years later, a single glimpse of Saturn through a colleague's telescope knocked Trevor's world completely off its axis, turning his whole life upside down.
With his newfound passion and armed with decades of outback know-how, Trevor set about building an observatory in his backyard using bits and pieces from his shed, a second-hand washing machine motor, rainwater tank parts and an old catamaran wire. It took some canny negotiations with his wife, Cheryl, 'the Gorgeous and Adorable', whose prized garden took a battering - especially when he decided to add a second storey - but before long Trevor was not just gazing at the stars but capturing extraordinary images of the planets.
Over the years, Trevor's love affair with Saturn, 'the ringed jewel of the solar system', only grew more passionate, and in his early fifties he did a degree in astronomy, topping his class. When he recorded a massive storm on Saturn from his backyard observatory, he alerted NASA. The world's greatest space agency took note and invited Trevor to contribute to its interplanetary research - leading to opportunities far beyond Broken Hill and even Trevor's wildest dreams.
Today, when he's not trending the greens at his local bowls club, Trevor can usually be found in his background, collecting data for international research projects. His work is held in high regard by professional astronomers, and his observations are published in peer-reviewed scientific journals around the world.
Outer Space Activity Book
$14.95
Blast off for OUTER SPACE!
Children will have hours of far-out fun with this activity book. It's filled with mazes, word searches, colouring pages, and more!
Featuring 64 full colour pages on high-quality paper.
With over 50 activities -Mazes, matching games, sudoku, word searches, far-out facts, word scrambles, and more!
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
Planet Earrings
$19.95
Created with natural gemstone beads.
Please note: The earrings will not look exactly the same as pictured as all stones are unique and different.
Raccoon on the moon book
$19.95
A lively story with humorous illustrations, ideal for children who are beginning to read for themselves, or for reading aloud together. With simple rhyming text and phonic repetition, specially designed to develop essential language and early reading skills. Guidance notes for parents are included at the back of the book.
Scratch Globe
$99.95
Itching to Travel?
Scratch it
Featuring a top layer of removeable foil. Personalise your globe as a record of your travels and proudly display where your adventures have taken you.
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