Um... how about a laser that'll produce a monochromatic light, shooting through a diffraction grading film, and then through a series of mirrors and also a photographic gate, in order to measure the speed of light?
you could possibly make a small newtons cradle out of marbles and fishing line with a frame made of popsickle sticks then put a string on the top to hang it from.
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.