Retro Chemistry Sets & Science Toys
Instructions: Remember the excitement of real experiments at home? Test your knowledge of the science kits and educational toys that sparked curiosity!
- 1.
Which company produced the most famous chemistry sets for children in the 1950s and 1960s?
AHasbroBMilton BradleyCMattelDA.C. Gilbert Company - 2.
Early chemistry sets in the 1950s contained some chemicals that would be considered too dangerous today. Which was commonly included?
APlutoniumBPotassium permanganateCSodium cyanideDMercury - 3.
The A.C. Gilbert Company's most famous science toy, besides chemistry sets, was what?
AA microscope setBA telescopeCThe Erector SetDA weather station - 4.
What popular 1960s science toy let children grow colorful crystal formations?
ACrystal ChemistryBGem MagicCThe Rock TumblerDCrystal Garden - 5.
The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, sold from 1950-1951, actually contained samples of what?
ARadioactive uranium oreBMagnetsCElectrified crystalsDGlow-in-the-dark paint - 6.
What classic science toy allowed children to observe tiny creatures by adding water to a powder?
AAnt FarmBSea-MonkeysCBug ViewerDTriops Kit - 7.
Sea-Monkeys were actually what type of creature?
ATadpolesBWater fleasCTiny shrimpDBrine shrimp (Artemia) - 8.
What Uncle Milton toy, introduced in 1956, let children watch insects tunnel through sand between two panes of glass?
AAnt FarmBBug WorldCBeetle HouseDInsect Observatory - 9.
What popular 1970s toy used heat from a light bulb to create rubbery toy figures from liquid plastic?
AIncredible EdiblesBShrinky DinksCCreepy Crawlers (Thingmaker)DMonster Maker - 10.
The rock tumbler toy, popular in the 1970s, transformed rough stones into what?
ASmooth, polished stonesBCrystalsCSandDJewelry - 11.
What simple science experiment, popular with children for decades, involved combining baking soda and vinegar?
ACreating a volcanoBMaking invisible inkCGrowing crystalsDMaking a battery - 12.
The Visible Man and Visible Woman model kits taught children about what?
AHuman anatomyBAstronomyCEngineeringDChemistry - 13.
What educational toy, introduced by Texas Instruments in 1967, was one of the first handheld electronic learning devices?
ALittle ProfessorBBrain BusterCThe Quiz MachineDSpeak & Spell - 14.
What classic children's toy telescope came as a kit that had to be assembled and could actually observe the moon?
AThe Star FinderBThe Gilbert TelescopeCThe Tasco JuniorDThe Edmund Scientific Telescope - 15.
Shrinky Dinks, introduced in 1973, worked by what principle?
AFreezing a special compoundBHeating polystyrene plastic sheets that shrank and thickened in the ovenCMelting plasticDChemical reaction with water