Gift guide: Tech toys and gadgets for kids

Here are 10 suggested gadget gifts for kids (or youthful adults) The list emphasizes gifts that are educational as well as fun (CNN) -- Buying gadgets for kids these days seems simple: Just get them something with a glowing screen and they'll be satisfied. But there's more fun -- and educational -- stuff out there than phones, tablets and portable gaming devices. In compiling these suggestions we've sought to emphasize tech gifts that are -- horrors! -- educational as well as fun. Here are chemtry sets, model rockets and little renewable-energy cars you build yourself. (OK, we threw a tablet in there, too.) Some of these require assembly and would make fun parent-child projects, if you have time for that. var currExpandable="expand15"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='business/2012/11/21/lake-toys-r-us-ceo-intv.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl=''; mObj.lgImage="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121121093822-lake-toys-r-us-ceo-intv-00002802-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand15Store=mObj; What's topping Santa's wish list? If you don't, we offer a portable speaker in the shape of a panda. Happy shopping! Gift guide: Great gadgets for adults Have any suggestions for great tech gifts? Let us know in the comments below. if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();}