Have you got a National Geographic shop around? They are sooooooo cool, and have heaps of experiments and models etc.

If he is listening to his Ipod so much, why don't you load it with a second (or 3rd if he's already bilingual!) language - try Icelandic or Dutch if you want something hard!!

There is a school close to me that does all their other classes in the ESL language chosen, that keeps most of the little buggers full!