Brilliant STEM toys make great presents for 7 year old children who are curious about the world and love to learn! If you’re looking for some awesome educational gifts that are also just plain fun, you need our ultimate list of the most brilliant STEM toys for 7-year-olds. From engineering kits and virtual reality sets to making your own tightrope-walking gyrobot, here are our top picks!
Top STEM Toys for 7 Year Olds:
- Tightrope Walking Gyrobot
- IQ Puzzler Pro
- All About Space – What, Why & How?
- Stepping Into Science – Kids First
- The Crazy Scientist – 20 Amazing Tricks
- Charlie & the Chocolate Factory – Marvellous Maths
- About the Seashore – Rockpools & Beaches
- Space Exploration – 4 in 1 Solar Power Kit
1 Tightrope Walking Gyrobot , £25.99 £25.99
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Balanced by motorized gyroscope, this robot won’t fall over – amazing!
This entertaining 43 piece STEM kit will build a robot to walk on different surfaces from a solid tabletop to a soft surface, a tightrope and even on your arm! Thanks to the robot’s main component, a motorized gyroscope, it can maintain its balance and perform these fun tricks without falling over. The illustrated manual has fun experiments to try and explains about the physics of robotics and gyroscopes. Balances so well, a robot fit for the circus!
2 IQ Puzzler Pro – 2D & 3D Brain Teaser , £15.95 £15.95
Total genius!
Test your genius IQ with this super cool, portable brain workout! The challenge is to complete the constructed designs from the enclosed booklet with various combinations of coloured connected balls. Try all 120 challenges, ranging in difficulty from easy to expert. Sure to keep budding geniuses busy for a while…
3 All About Space – What, Why & How? , £12.99 £12.99
More than 70 flashcards to answer all your questions about space
Exactly how old is the earth? Why does the moon have craters? How many constellations are there? All this and more in this fascinating scientific set! Explore the what, why and how of outer space in simple terms, from astronauts to quasars, planets to comets. Did you know that Saturn has a whopping 146 moons in orbit?
4 Stepping Into Science – Kids First , £29.99 £29.99
Easy experiments to answer everyday questions – hands-on fun!
Perfect for start-up scientists, learn basic scientific concepts with fun experiments. From the award-winning Kids First STEM range, this cool kit is a hands-on introduction to the wonders of science. Carry out 29 easy experiments to answer everyday questions, from how soap cleans things to why boats float. Learn how a magnifying glass works, create a weather station, grow cress seeds from scratch and much more! With 58 pieces and a full-colour 48-page manual, each experiment is broken down into simple terms. Eureka!
5 The Crazy Scientist – 20 Amazing Tricks , £9.99 £9.99
Set of 20 experiment cards, from rain in a jar to a cloud in a bottle!
Perfect for curious kids, this brilliant set includes 20 cards, each detailing a “magic trick” demonstrating a scientific concept. Can you create a cloud in a bottle? Do you know why the sky is blue and orange at sunset? Using simple household items, explore the wonders of density, osmosis, air pressure and more.
6 Charlie & the Chocolate Factory – Marvellous Maths , £9.99 £9.99
Fun number games based on Roald Dahl’s popular story
Fun and educational, this entertaining set of card games is based on Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Use the 100 number cards in three fun games to challenge your maths skills. Be first to countdown your cards to be closest to zero, race through the times tables, or speed through collecting Golden Tickets and prove you’re the brainiest of the bunch!
7 About the Seashore – Rockpools & Beaches , £14.99 £14.99
Explore nature with sturdy net, pot, identification cards & notepad
Discover the wonders of the ocean with this super cool kit! Learn about the eco system and the food chain with 24 identification cards, making it super simple to see what treasures you’ve found. The set includes a sturdy net for catching and observing specimens, along with a bug pot to see them up close!
8 Space Exploration – 4 in 1 Solar Power Kit , £16.99 £16.99
Build moving robot models using solar power
Powered by natural sunlight, the four different space models are easy to make up and build with the various kit parts, including a solar panel, motor and instructions. See the magic of physics as the robots absorb the solar energy and transfer it into electric power as they move when placed in direct sunlight.
Children love to learn and are very curious about the world. Our fun science gifts will help them explore and discover, while having fun. You can see the full range of science gifts here, engineering gifts here and the full range of educational gifts here – there’s something for all ages – Perfect!
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When do astronauts eat? At launch time!
