The Invisible Science of Toys
Every toy hides invisible science. Solve the clues, crack the code and reveal it.
This is not a toy table. Every toy hides invisible science, and your students have to reveal it. At every table they predict, test and think about the pushes, pulls, sounds and light that make the toys move, buzz or trick their eyes, then solve a clue to win a secret letter. Seven tables, seven letters: only when every clue is solved does the secret message appear.
K–2
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Investigations
Inquiry Based
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What's In Toy Lab Tinkerers?
A science mystery for Kindergarten to Year 2: what secret is hiding inside our toys? Every pair visits every table, tests the toys, solves a clue and collects a letter of the secret message.
Every session opens with the secret words and ends with the whole class cracking the code. Every pair visits every table, so there is nothing to choose: the mystery needs every clue.
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Year Levels
K–2
Duration
60 or 90 minutes
Group Size
Up to 32
Price (incl GST)
$690 (60 min)
$21.56 per student
$790 (90 min)
$24.69 per student
Differentiated challenge cards matched to your class
Choose experiences to match your class interests
Predict, test, observe and explain
THE CRAZY SCIENTIST DIFFERENCE
Multiple Investigations. Learning Matched to Every Stage
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Explore the learning at your stage.
Early Stage 1 — The Invisible Science of Toys
Early Stage 1 cards help students test each toy and choose the picture answer that solves its mystery.
Relevant NSW Science & Technology outcomes (2024)
Every group works from a Early Stage 1 challenge card written for these outcomes.
✓ STe-SCI-01 — Living things and objects move in different ways
Test how the movement of an object is affected by its shape
✓ STe-PQU-01 — Observations and questions spark curiosity (skills focus)
poses questions based on observations to collect data
See the Science in Action
LEARNING BEYOND THE WOW
What Students learn & How We Support Teachers
What Your Students Will Learn
Predict, test and explain how a push or a pull makes a toy move
Describe how a toy's shape and material change the way it moves
Explore how toys make sound and how light and colour can trick our eyes
Solve clues using what they observe, and work together to crack a code
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
How we support teachers
Challenge cards for every stage, used by
students during the session.
Classroom follow-up experiments to keep the learning going
Risk assessment, Working With Children Check and public liability insurance details, sent before your visit
Thinking skills students practise
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Workshop Requirements & Bookings
Everything You Need to Know
Up to 32 students per session
Group Size
60 or 90 minutes
Session Time
A classroom or hall with space for eight tables of four. Everything runs inside.
Space & Setup
All materials, equipment, safety glasses and stage challenge cards.
What we Provide
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30+ Years Teaching Science
Experienced science teacher designing activities that keep children engaged, involved and learning.
We Bring Everything
Experiments, equipment and materials come with us — you just provide the space and the kids.
Tailored to Your School
Activities are adjusted to suit your class’s stage
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