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2 HN users recommended this between 2013 and 2016, in 2 comments.
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2 HN users recommended this between 2013 and 2016, in 2 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
While this is a nice hack, for $64 you can get a really nice and functional kid's microscope that goes up to 400x. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NOU54O
Interesting toy to get introduced to Arduino programming: https://www.amazon.com/Thames-Kosmos-Workshop-Android-Compat... using a video game to teach programming. A bit pricey, though at $135.
On the STEM size I would suggest the following:
* A microscope never gets old, I bought this one (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NOU54O) and was surprised by its quality at a very low price. Never buy these from ToysRUs or similar store, those are junk. To jumpstart the fun, I suggest you also buy a set of prepared slides, e.g. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055DZ3EK
* An adequate spectroscope (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B84DGDA) can be bought for under $10! I bought this for my 9 year old and he had a lots of fun with it.
* My son also loved the Zome kit (https://www.amazon.com/Zometool-Creator-1-Construction-Kit/d...). We had funs discussing how to build a 4-D cube!
* Walkie Talkies: I would have killed for these when I was a kid. I bought this pair (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GH7TKVK) but in this age of iPads and the like didn't really entice my son much. He likes to take them with him when we hike, though.
* Make your own soma set: Using this supercheap set of cubes (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007F0UQR0) and a glue gun.