Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined Great Day Live in Tampa to show off the smartest STEM toys of the year. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.


SPACE ROVER DELUXE CODING ACTIVITY SET

With simple push-button coding, kids can code their space rover through customizable mazes and coding challenges. Comes with a coding rover, an astronaut, a flag, space rocks and obstacles, maze tiles, and coding cards.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $69.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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MAGIC ADVENTURES TELESCOPE

Kids can look through the digital telescope at up to 110-times magnification to explore the world around them, check out more than 100 NASA videos and images, and play games on the 2.4-inch screen. 5+

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $89.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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PROFESSOR MAXWELL’S VR ATLAS

Discover the world in virtual reality with this 138-page interactive illustrated atlas for kids. Kids can explore points of interest, landmarks, and world wonders in augmented and virtual reality. The set includes 30 pieces loaded with projects and activities to inspire tangible play, while discovering cities, cultures, food, currency, and language from all over the…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $69.99; $79.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 8+

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PYXEL A CODER’S BEST FRIEND

Kids can use a tablet to code Pyxel to perform tricks, make sounds, and more. Pyxel and its companion app will help kids learn the basics of two coding languages: Blockly and Python.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $124.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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3DOODLER FLOW 3D PRINTING PEN SET

With this kit, teens can craft DIY solutions to everyday problems, make art, design things, and customize their space. They can draw freehand or use one of the hundreds of free online projects to make 3D creations.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $79.99
  • Age:
  • 14+

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About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Business Operations Manager at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A former editor at Playbill and graduate of SUNY–Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah.

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