Toys that explain something
Children want to know how things work, and the best way to find out is to build them yourself. This category holds kits and experiments that end with something that drives, flies, lights up or grows. Along the way kids learn physics, engineering and biology without anyone handing out a worksheet. STEM toys, covering science, technology, engineering and maths, are allowed to look exactly like this.
Build your own robot
The hydraulic robot arm works like the big industrial robots, only in kids' room format. The BinaryBots kits become a crab or a tortoise with a screwdriver, circuit board and sensors. The analogue robot kit needs no app and no computer and is a good place to start. With the remote control dinosaur, kids assemble their own dino and then let it walk. More models for older children are among our robot kits.
Rockets, stars and power from potatoes
The Water Rokit turns a plastic bottle into a rocket that launches with water and air pressure. The principle is the same as with real rockets: what is pushed out at the back drives it forward. The star finder and the handheld planetarium universe2go show which constellations are in the sky right now, and the moon lamp brings our satellite into the bedroom. The potato clock shows how two metals and a tuber produce electricity.
Grow, puzzle, invent
With the Plantarium sets, kids grow plants in a transparent nutrient gel without watering and watch the roots develop; the Magic Sakura grows crystal blossoms overnight. Puzzlers will find the chemistry card game Elemonsters, in which elements like hydrogen and fluorine compete as creatures with real chemical properties, a quiz game about robots and Trivial Pursuit on dinosaurs. And MaKey MaKey turns bananas, modelling clay or foil into a keyboard for the computer. More for kids is under nerd stuff for kids.
