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Almost every toy was a science toy first!  Electricity, tops, yoyo’s, motors and light were at one time all brand new science inventions.   Even today, toys follow soon after discoveries and inventions are applied to industry.  You can find toys that use lasers, plasma physics, the latest robotics technology and embedded computers for a few tens of dollars.

Science toys come in several styles, and each has their own charm and benefit.   Many toys are fully assembled, many science toys come in kits, and other toys are described in build-it-yourself howto science books.  You can search for and select science toys in any of these categories.

First, you can buy completely assembled toys in all fields of science.  Biology science toys might include fully assembled microscopes, magnifiers, stained slides for anatomy and physiology, even ant farms or venus fly traps.  Chemical science toys could be slime or silly putty, chemical rockets, rocks and crystals, or boing balls.  Physics and electronics science toys comprise gyroscopes and tops, the yo-yo, plasma balls, magnets, motors and lasers.

Second, you can buy build-it-yourself kits.  These kits of course include the timeless chemistry set