I was contacted several months ago by Julia Ann Charpentier, a Milwaukee-based freelance writer and an editor for book publishers, for a future article in the trade journal TD Monthly Magazine. If you’re interested in learning more about the world of educational toys… or you are curious about how Steve Spangler Science got it’s start, just click on the link below.

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Just last week our office took over 200 calls from people wanting our advice on buying “cool” educational toys. Among the callers were two network television producers and a slew of newspaper writers. So, here’s our favorite educational toys for the holiday season. We’d like to hear your suggestions as well.

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Roller Coaster Science Kit Create a physically accurate representation of a real-world roller coaster - an office favorite.

AntWorks Ant Farm Habitat It’s like no ant farm you’ve ever seen - amazing!

Chemistry Set - C2000 Probably the best chemistry set on the market today.

Giga Ball Craw into a huge (49 inch diameter) inflatable ball. Check out the pictures and video!

Chemistry Set- C1000 75 amazing experiments using real lab supplies.

Airzooka It’s become legendary - shoot a safe blast of air across the room.

Amazing Volcano Kit Super instructions with lots of info to read about volcanoes while watching the eruption.

Boomwhackers The kids will be “whacking” sounds all day long… and learning about music.

Battery Science A cool science book and science kit combo from Klutz. Great stocking stuffer.

Insta-Snow Jar Okay, a personal favorite… but how can you celebrate the holidays without snow?

Rocky Candy Crystals Takes me back to childhood when we made rock candy - have fun and learn a little chemistry.

Big Bubble Book Explore the science of making HUGE bubbles.

Perfume Science Kit A guaranteed hit for your favorite female scientist - high quality, awesome kit.

Smoke Ring Generator Blast cool rings of smoke while learning about the science of a vortex.

Carpet Skates Turn your home into a skating rink… while learning about friction, of course.

Brock Microscope We sell a ton of these microscopes - great for kids age 4 through upper elementary. Rugged, simple design and high quality.

 

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As teachers, we learn how to do different jobs to supplement our income. One of the ways was to take things we worked on during class and come up with ideas for science toys. In 1991 a collaboration of science teachers got together to invent science toys that could one day make their way to the shelves.

The most popular science toy in the world - the Tornado Tube - was invented by Craig Burnham. Craig was our inspiration. My first science toy was a cute little pet squid called Squiddy.

We simply put these toys in the hands of 50 teachers and their students, and they took on a life of their own. Orders took off and soon my wife had to quit her job because the phone started ringing and we needed someone to process invoices.

Based in Salt Lake City, Be Amazing Toys started with this small group of scientists in Denver, Colorado. Now we have a toy company making 60 different educational toys and, if you walk the aisles of Toys ‘R Us or Target you will know us. A group of teachers who wanted to be amazing, creating toys that came out of the classroom, to give kids something else to play with besides video games.

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