In my experience its hard to impress kids these days with little experiments and devices. They are already growing up with magical things as an integral part of

In my experience its hard to impress kids these days with little experiments and devices. They are already growing up with magical things as an integral part of their lives. The real problem is to convert them from consumers to being producers. To do this I would recommend having them build something as opposed to doing show and tell or wowing them. For example, take little robots like Cosmo and have them program it. Or have them build drone from the kit. Or use visual programming environment to create fractals. Snap circuits have many under $50 kits with fans and lights. Also a lots of good toys in this list: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/OXK2YDXOQCG2 https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/OXK2YDXOQCG2