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STEAM toys have always been favored by consumers because of their strong advantages in systematically cultivating children's hands-on ability, enhancing imagination, cognition, and subject enlightenment. Since the beginning of this year, subject training institutions are no longer popular, and the role of STEAM toys in cultivating children's scientific knowledge has been further highlighted. Tmall platform data shows that in June, sales of STEAM toys increased by 22% year-on-year, and sales increased by 29.6% year-on-year.

The summer vacation is approaching, and children spend more time at home and play. Various toy manufacturers adhere to the concept of "playing and learning" and launch a variety of new STEAM toys in due course.

1. The theme of scientific experiments reproduces natural phenomena so that children can feel the charm of science

All aspects of nature are attractive to most children living in urban environments. Toy manufacturers select relevant knowledge from natural sciences that are suitable for children to understand and understand, with auxiliary materials and instructions, so that children can conduct scientific experiments through hands-on. Reproduce certain phenomena in the natural world, so as to understand and understand the principles behind natural phenomena, and enhance the knowledge of nature.

▋4M Disney Little Mermaid DIY kinds of crystals: make crystal tabletop ornaments by hand, learn simple chemistry knowledge

Interesting scientific crystal planting experiment, according to the instructions with both pictures and texts, you can deploy and plant crystals. It can not only learn simple chemistry knowledge, but also become a knickknack on the children's desk. In order to match the theme of Disney's Little Mermaid, the brand has specially equipped with red color seeds. The color of the red crystal can be dark or light. You can refer to the recommendations in the manual to adjust it yourself. In addition, it is also equipped with translucent stickers containing the characters and scenes of the little beauty. Children can decorate the diamond-shaped transparent cover according to their preferences.

Suitable age: 10 years old and above

▋PLAYMONSTER Science4You Green Science: Use environmentally friendly materials to explore ecological science

The green science kit in the Science4You series of Playmonster includes 15 experiments. The materials used are all recyclable or biodegradable materials. Experiments can be used to experience plant planting, observe plant growth, or conduct other scientific experiments to understand and Learn about natural sciences and sustainable development.

Suitable age: 6 years old and above

▋National Geographic Mega Science Series Stunning Science Chemistry Set: Use chemistry topics to learn about chemical phenomena around you in experiments

The National Geographic Super Science series is an amazing scientific chemistry set. It contains 15 regular chemistry experiments to learn and understand pH, fluorescence, polymer and other chemistry knowledge. It also includes 30 additional experiments to encourage children to use common household necessities for experiments.

Suitable age: over 8 years old

▋Little Tikes Discovery Lab: Fun scientific experiments to satisfy children's curiosity

Little Tektronix Discovery Lab, children can practice more than 20 interesting experiments, enjoy the charm of scientific experiments, improve their hands-on ability, rich and diverse accessories, stimulate creativity, and contain multiple experimental instruction manuals to guide children to operate. Cultivate scientific thinking, it also contains more than 40 kinds of experimental sound effects, which makes the experiment more immersive.

Suitable age: over 3 years old

2. Assembling class encourages creativity and imagination, and gains ability improvement in the presentation of results

Toy manufacturers provide parts in the form of building blocks to encourage children to use their creativity and imagination to build shapes and combine them with other parts to achieve a certain result. In the process, various abilities are improved.

▋Hebao VEX Robot Lightning 7-in-1 Intelligent Remote Control Construction Set: Build 7 kinds of remote control robot shapes

The Hebao VEX robot intelligent remote control construction kit provides a wealth of engineering construction solutions, which can be assembled in 7 styles, including dinosaurs, racing cars, and crocodiles. With the help of the VEX master control, the Bluetooth connection and control of the mobile APP can be realized, and various actions can be realized. Children learn STEAM domain knowledge such as science, technology, engineering, humanities and mathematics.

Applicable age: over 8 years old

▋Bangbao bionic animal machinery suit: combined with bionics to simulate animal movement trajectory

Bangbao bionic animal machinery suit, combined with bionic design, modeling based on common animals in life, the difficulty of construction from shallow to deep, using gear transmission, worm gear, crank rocker, crank slider and other physical structures, as well as 9V power supply module and high-speed motor , To make the building shape move, and cultivate children's spirit of exploring science by simulating the movement trajectory of creatures.

Suitable age: 6 years old and above

▋Think tank KEVA creative building assembling building blocks-projector: Assemble wooden machinery and learn about mechanics in experiments

Use all the tools and accessories provided in the kit to make a wooden machine—the projector, and conduct various projection experiments to learn about mechanics. The built-in target map allows you to use the projector to project sandbags to hit the target, or you can play against each other. .

Applicable age: 7 years old and above

3. Choose daily life scenes, experience and understand scientific principles

Some toy manufacturers select themes from the lives around them and design toys so that children can learn some scientific principles in daily life through experiments.

▋ELENCO Snap Circuits MyHome Plus: teach the basic principles of electricity and green energy in a hands-on manner

Snap Circuits MyHome Plus from ELENCO is designed to guide children 8 years and older to learn how to use electricity at home and in the real world. This set of toys teaches children the basic principles of electricity and green energy in a hands-on manner. Children can learn about fuses, circuit breakers, solar energy, wind energy, motion detectors, and electricity in their homes through more than 50 projects containing circuits. How it works.

Suitable age: over 8 years old

▋Audi Double Diamond Scientific Experiment Sound Principle Set: Learn the sound principle through experiments

Audi Double Diamond Sounding Principle Set-A parrot that can learn tongues, through experiments to learn the working principle of microphones/speakers, sound storage principles, understand why parrots learn to speak, understand the behavior of natural animals and the cases of humans using them from nature , To stimulate the expansion of children's imagination.

Suitable age: over 3 years old

As parents pay more attention to children's scientific literacy, STEAM toys are bound to usher in a consumer boom. Which new products can impress consumers and become popular? In the end, it will be left to the market to test.