The 2015 holiday shopping season has some good choices for kids gifts including a great selection science toys for parents who are looking to add some educational value to their spending. New science sets that help kids to learn in an exciting and engaging way along with some science gifts that take advantage of decreasing prices for new technology are available this season. The key to looking at the available science-related gifts is find something that will appeal to your child's curiousity. Although kids watch more material on TV or YouTube than ever before, they still want to try things themselves to satisfy their curiousity and to say "look what I made".

• Scientific Explorer - My First Mind Blowing Science Kit: This science experiment kit is designed for kids who are interested in trying their first science experiment. The kit contains supplies and instructions for 11 science experiments that kids usually think are unique. This set is consistently one of the highest selling and highest rated science items.



Mind-Blowing Science Kit



• Sphero BB-8 App-Enabled Droid - The Sphero App-Controlled ball was revolutionary in itself. Now that the Sphero inventors have combined their technology in a Star Wars droid that can be controlled by an app, it has become a hard-to-find item. The matching Star Wars app that controls the Spero droid, based on the new Holdiay release Star Wars film, is a huge addition to the Spero sphere. Robotic technology that will keep kids engaged, plus it is incredibly cool for adults.




• Snap Circuits SC-300 Electronics Discovery Kit - Think of the Elanco circuits set as a Lego set to learn about how electronics circuits work. The modular pieces fit together in many different configurations by simply snaping them into place like building blocks. The SC-300 kit comes with a manual showing how to build 305 different circuits using this kit. You can also think of your own circuits once some amount of electronics is understood. All of the Snap Circuits sets work together, so more parts can be added later for even larger electonics projects.


• Little Bits - Gizmos and Gadgets Set - Little bits is a powerful set of parts that allow little builders to create some interesting things. A programmable robot, bumper ball game, the bubble bot and the drawing robot are all things that this kit can make. The little bits sets are highly expandable, and work with other sets to add more options for building more elaborate creations.


• DBPOWER 5MP 20-300X USB Digital Microscope - The microscope with technology kids understand. This is technology that you may see in a local science museum. Simply plug the digital microscope into a computer and install the software. Any objects that are placed under the microscope will be viewable on the computer screen. No more eyepieces to mess with. The software can also capture images and video! Consider getting a starter pack of premade slides with the microscope to increase the wow factor when the gift is opened.


• Build-A-Bot 4 in 1 robot kit: This is a basic robot building kit. It makes 4 different remote controlled robots. This is a good set for kids who love to make things. This version is the Beginner to Intermediate level set. There is also an intermediate to advanced set which includes a tank and a walker.


• Meade Instruments 50mm Refractor Telescope - The 50mm aperature telesope from Meade Instruments offers detailed views of the moon and images of nearby planets. With a focal length of 600mm, the world of astronomy is opened up. This telescope is normmally priced at $59, but it is typically under $50 on sale. It features a tripod stand, an optical viewfinder to easily local objects in the sky and astronomical software and an instructional DVD.


• 4M Crystal Growing Experiment - The Crystal Growing Kit from 4M is an old-school science set with some improved instructions. This set is consistently rated one of the top chemistry/geology science sets because of the results kids get when they peroform the experiments. It comes with enough material to make more than one crystal, so if the first one doesn not work, refinements can be made to make a better crystal the next time.

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