Without further adieu, here are the 5 best science toys this year, based on overall consumer popularity in this category:
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1. Insect Lore Live Butterfly GardenAges: For kids age 4 to 14
Retail Price: About $25
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Merchant: Buy.com
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The Live Butterfly Garden is a very special toy for kids. Kids can grow butterflies from caterpillars and watch the changes taking place, then set them free. A good hands-on learning experience for kids!
Merchant Info: Observe caterpillars transform into butterflies right before your very eyes! Bring the color and wonder of live butterflies right into the home or classroom in a beautiful, reusable, and collapsible habitat. Watch nature at work as caterpillars turn into colorful Painted Lady butterflies. After watching the caterpillars grow and transform into beautiful butterflies, your child can experience the excitement of lifting the butterfly garden cover and releasing the creatures into their natural habitat.
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2. Snap Circuits Jr (100 Experiments)Ages: For kids 8 to 12 years old
Retail Price: About $30
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The Snap Circuits Jr set is the basic "Snap Circuits" set for kids. This one has 100 experiments that kids can do, all having to do with electronics. This toy has been one of the best science toys for kids in terms of popularity for some time now.
Merchant Info: We are fully charged up about this outstanding educational set! Electronic Snap Circuits Jr. contains 30 different and clearly identified electronic components, such as switches, integrated circuits, snap wires, resistors, and more. The accompanying book is very clearly written and illustrated, and will guide you safely through the completion of up to 101 different projects! Learn about how electronics work as you construct a sound-activated switch, a ’space war’ alarm, a blinking flashlight, and dozens more. The pieces easily disassemble for reuse as you work your way through building and rebuilding these fascinating gadgets.
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3. Scientific Explorer Mind Blowing Science KitAges: For kids 4 to 8 years old
Retail Price: About $20
Merchant Discount: Yes
Merchant: Kazoo Toys
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Oooh and aaaah - here are some "ooey gooey" and extremely fun experiments for kids. Make magic fizzers, erupting volcanoes and more.
Merchant Info: Adult supervision required. Packed with hair-raising experiments! Colors go wild before your eyes! Erupt a color changing volcano! Boost your brain! Make a crystal sunset in a test tube. Mix magic fizzing powders! Make an underwater volcanos! Write secret messages to your friends! Mind blowing experiments to delight and educate young scientists! Erupt a color changing volcano. Mix up magic ooze with a mind of its own. Mix safe chemicals and watch colors change before your eyes. You’ll amaze yourself and your friends as you explore the science behind these truly remarkable reactions. Great for family fun, birthday parties, and science fairs. Contents: red cabbage powder, tub tints, citric acid, baking soda, cooking oil, corn starch, goldenrod paper, cotton swabs, crosslinked polyacrylamide, test tubes and caps, plastic cups, pipette, stir sticks, measuring scoops, science guide.
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4. Be Amazing Lab In A Bag Test Tube WondersAges: For kids 8 years of age and up
Retail Price: About $20
Merchant Discount: Yes
Merchant: Kazoo Toys
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Here are some fun and safe experiments that kids can do with test tubes - use solar energy to change colors of objects, check out waterproof sand and more.
Merchant Info: Test Tube Wonders Science Kit by Be Amazing Toys comes as a Lab in a Bag. Make up a pile of instant snow. Experiment with water-proof sand. Use the sun to make beads change color. Grow a Test Tube Dinosaur and many other science kit activities.Test Tube Wonders Science Kit by Be Amazing Toys includes: Bag, Test Tube Rack, Giant Plastic Test Tubes with Lids, Insta-Snow Powder, Magic Sand, Energy Beads, Super absorbent Crystals and Instructions. Bag size 8 3/4 X 7 X 2 3/4...
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5. Snap Circuits SC-300Ages: For kids 8 years old and up
Retail Price: About $60
Merchant Discount: Yes
Merchant: Buy.com (good price!)
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Here is the second "phase" of the Snap Circuits toys - the SC-300. This kit has more than 300 experiments that kids can do - and have some real fun learning about and using electronics to create some fun gadgets. =)
Merchant Info: Elenco’s new Snap Circuits makes learning electronics easy and fun! Just follow the colorful pictures in our manual and build exciting projects such as AM radios, burglar alarms, doorbells and much more! You can even play electronic games with your friends. All parts are mounted on plastic modules and snap together with ease. Enjoy hours of educational fun while learning about electronics. No tools required. Uses 4 “AA” batteries.
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Being a home schooling mom, I have a particular personal interest in the top 5 science toys for kids this year - I am already planning out what we will be doing with ours! Fun stuff for kids, with the added benefit of learning and taking a special interest in doing so.
Recommended Resource:
- Science Toys for Kids - 2010 Top 10 Picks @ Squidoo Parenting and Kids
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