A few updates on this thread from age 8-9:
Turing tumble - marble based mazes / logic puzzles
https://www.turingtumble.com/Rush hour game - logic based puzzles
https://www.thinkfun.com/products/rush-hour/Tinker crates You'll want to pick through these, as some topics are far better than others, but DS enjoyed some of the Tinker crates around age 7-8:
https://www.kiwico.com/tinker?utm_s...2NRjDy6zBRAveJzAT6VhlIZmUhhoCMzAQAvD_BwEFoldscope - a portable, virtually indestructible pocket microscope
https://www.foldscope.com/Terrific field guides for biology - because books ARE games and toys in our household...
Mycology / foraging:
- Roger Phillips - "Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America"
- Gary Lincoff - "National Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms"
- Kikkerland - Foragers Playing Cards
Entomology:
- Joseph Wilson & Olivia Carril - "The Bees in Your Backyard"
Lego power systems design books- Yoshihito Isogawa - "The Lego Power Functions Idea Book - Machines and Mechanisms"
- Yoshihito Isogawa - "The Lego Power Functions Idea Book - Cars and Contraptions"
Great digital resources we've used - a motley mix of YouTube(YT) and other resources ...whew! I'll drop back in with edits if I can think of more go-tos. As you can see, the pandemic has treated us well wrt science play.