Science Toys You Can Make With Your Kids

Education

  Magnetism:  
      Magnetorheological fluids  
      A magnet in mid-air  
      Pyrolytic graphite in mid-air  
      The Gauss Rifle: A Magnetic Linear Accelerator  
      A Curie-effect heat engine  
      A Magnetic Ring Launcher  

  Electromagnetism:  
      An electric motor in 10 minutes            
      Fun with High Voltage            
      A 10 minute railgun  
      A 30 second motor  
      Listening to magnetism  

  Electrochemistry:  
      A plastic hydrogen bomb  
      Building your own solar battery.  
      Building a Hydrogen Fuel Cell.  

  Radio:  
      A quick and simple radio  
      Building a radio in 10 minutes  
      Build a portable crystal radio  
      A radio out of household items  
      A simple AM transmitter  
      The Three-Penny Radio  

  Thermodynamics:  
      Simple heat engines  
      World's simplest steam boat  
      A simple rocket engine  
      A Film Can Cannon  
      A metal that melts in hot water  
      A room temperature liquid metal alloy  
      A simple solar powered heat engine  
      Homemade Ice Cream  

  Aerodynamics:  
      A Bernoulli levitation ball  
      A Homemade Vacuum Pump  
      A Classic Propellor Toy  

  Light and optics:  
      Simple laser communicator  
      Make a spectroscope from a CD.  
      Making permanent rainbows.  
      The impossible kaleidoscope  
      Make your own 3D pictures  
      Make a solar hotdog cooker  
      A solar powered marshmallow roaster  
      Exploring invisible light  

  Biology:  
      Photography through the microscope  
      Video through the microscope  
      Listening to Electric Fish  
      Using a video camera as a microscope  

  Mathematics:  
      Kaleidocycles  
      A Geodesic Dome  

  Computers and Electronics:  
      A Computer Controlled Transmitter  
      A Free Space Laser Data Transmitter  
      Fun With Solderless Breadboards  
      A Simple 1 Watt Amplifier