I have no affiliation with Steve Spangler, I have just really loved his products for several years now. In my pre-mom life I was an elementary math & science teacher working with gifted children. These are, in my opinion, the best products on the market to make science fun for kids and they are also really affordable. I like to give them as Christmas presents, especially to kids to are in the awkward preteen phase where toys & clothes won’t cut it, but you want to give them a “thing” and not a gift card. Plus, I like to give stuff instead of money because a $5 bill doesn’t seem like a very generous gift, but I can buy something cool for less than that….ok, I’m rambling now. Just check out these awesome gifts that are all available on the Steve Spangler Science website for under $5.
Astronaut Ice Cream (freeze dried ice cream) for $3.95 makes an awesome stocking stuffer. I’ve given it to students during our units about the solar system and this year I’m giving this to my little cousins along with some Star Wars children’s books I picked up at our library’s book sale.
InstaSnow powder $4.95. I LOVE this stuff! (although it’s messy) I used this in my classroom every year in lessons about friction, polymers, and even part-part-whole addition. It is amazing!
Energy eyeball, $4.95. I’ve used this in lessons about closed circuits, but it’s also a cool stocking stuffer, especially for little boys.
Growing Alligator, $1.95. I’ve used these in lessons about measurement. The kids loved them, plus they are really cheap. It starts off small (stocking suffer size) and grows when you keep it in water. They even shrink slowly when you take them out of the water.
Individual test tube experiments, $3.95 each. again, perfect stocking stuffer size. I’ve given these as gifts and used some of them in my classroom as well.
I LOVE Steve Spangler’s stuff!!!!!
I also have his Ice Cream Ball, UV color changing beads, the Axle Annie book, and I’ve used the crystal trees in my classroom & worked with other teachers who have used the butterfly habitat, all with great success.
If I ever decide to home school my kids I will probably buy every product he makes-they are that awesome.
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wow those are really cool! i was a big nerd as a kid and i would have loved things like this. i remember my brother got a science kit thing and i was so jealous.
I like all the stuff specially “Astronaut Ice Cream” It is only $3.95 dollar, I am interested to buy this one.
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These are cool! I love using these types of things for stockings! I especially love the test tube experiments! COOL! Thanks for sharing. I’m stopping by from Sassy Sites.
Kim