WOW Science Store

 

The WOW Science Store is an exciting place to find fun and educational gifts for all ages.  Come see all of the great gift ideas we have available, from brain teasers, games, science kits to rocks and minerals, astronaut ice cream, and even edible insects!

Visit the WOW Science Store when exploring the museum or stop by during normal museum hours, no museum entrance fee required!

Popular items available in the WOW Science Store include:

  • Makey Makey: An Invention Kit for Everyone, is an electronic invention tool and toy that allows users to connect everyday objects to computer programs. Using a circuit board, alligator clips, and a USB cable, the toy uses closed loop electrical signals to send the computer either a keyboard stroke or mouse click signal. This function allows the Makey Makey to work with any computer program or webpage since all computer programs and webpages take keyboard and mouse click inputs.
  • MAGNA-TILES®: The original 3-D magnetic building and design tile by Valtech since 1997. “Where math, science, and creativity meet.”
  • Hotlix Bug Candy: Amazingly colorful and creative insect-based sweets and savory insect snacks. 
  • Real Insect Co: A unique line of real insects, sea life, and flower specimens.  Specimens are preserved in Lucite Acrylic Resin in their original natural form to ensure that the delicate details, bright colors, and intricate patterns of nature are presented in their complete fullness.
  • Lava Lamps: These ‘liquid motion lamps’, or ‘bubble lamps’ are a transparent electric lamp containing a viscous liquid in which a brightly colored waxy substance is suspended, rising and falling in irregular and constantly changing shapes. Makes for great gifts for all ages!
  • Spirograph: A geometric drawing device that produces mathematical roulette curves of the variety technically known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids. The well-known toy version was developed by British engineer, Denys Fisher, and first sold in 1965. 

    Check out these other great gift items at the WOW Science Store:  a variety of Science Kits, Yo-Yo’s, Train Whistles, View Masters, Etch-a-Sketch, Bug Farms, and much more.