We are preparing for an open house and are looking for good ideas for
small 'prizes' to give to elementary or middle school aged kids. I'm
aware of the $3-4 bracket of things I can get at Arbor Scientific or
Educational Innovations (Energy Balls, Diffraction gratings, Dropper
Poppers, etc...), and I have the okay to pepper the pot with some of
these, but we were also looking for something more in the $1 (or
slightly less), since we aren't certain how many kids to expect.
We are aware of the Oriental Trading Company. The challenge with this is
to have something physics-oriented. We can purchase the slinkies or
gliders. Do people have other suggestions or vendors or specific little
'prizes' that would be appropriate for this situation?
I'd also be interested in suggestions in the $1-3 range.