Wired has an interesting article about a new company,
Goldiebox , who is making
science and engineering toys targeted to young girls . Apparently, this new direction in play-education was not supported by the conventional toy industry, but through crowd-funding Goldiebox was able to break into the mass market and is going like gang-busters. Interesting quote from the CEO: "A lot of the men in the toy industry have daughters, and many of them are tired of what they have to offer their daughters, too."
Unfortunately the only way to go about it is to buy it and find out for yourself or talk to someone you personally know who has it.