Reddit reviews Elenco Snap Circuits Extreme SC-750 Electronics Exploration Kit | Over 750 Projects | Full Color Project Manual | 80+ Snap Circuits Parts | STEM Educational Toy For Kids 8+
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Build over 750 experiments with 80 partsExperiments include: sound activated switch, Lie detector, adjustable light controller, Am radio, rechargeable battery and many more!Parts included: Photo resistor, power amplifier, variable capacitor, Analog meter, solar Cell, computer interface, full color manualsNo soldering - no tools - it's a snap! Snap Circuits parts require no tools and and click together to ensure solid electrical connectionsWith the included software and pc-interface cable, your child can view waveforms and frequencies, just like an electronics engineer. How cool is that?!Our AWARD-WINNING product line of snap Circuits supports a vigorous STEM/ steam educational curriculumLearn by doing- designed for children ages 8 and over.
You're right. I missed it over there. It's twice as expensive at Tree Town Toys though.
The top of the line SC-750 which has more stuff than this one costs $86 at Amazon.
Here is another one.
>Best thing by mom (PhD in Aero Engineering) ever did for me was buy me a cheap microscope.
What's a good age for that? 8-12?
To add to this idea, one thing I've planned on buying for my niece/nephew in the future (they're 3 & 4 atm) is this Circuitry kit
Anything similarly inspiring for younger ages?
I used to put nails in boards when I was five and tie little trinkets in between them to make little circuits. I even tried plugging some into the wall.
when I was eight my grandpa bought me this www.radioshack.com/products/elenco-electronic-playground-130 I made a lot of the circuits too without really understanding much. when I was nine I tried making a dynamo for a science fair that didn't work because I didn't know the schematic symbol was just a symbol. my coil was literally a giant bent up piece of wire shaped like the schematic. I even got it to spin between a giant horse shoe magnet that my mom went through hell trying to find for me. it never worked.. My mom and dad had no idea how to help me so it was pretty frustrating. If I saw that contraption NOW I would say damn kid that's a nice model there! even though it was made of boards glue nails and wire , the concept was easy to see for the average person I think. It would have easily surpassed anything else the other kids made but I never took it to the science fair.
what I'm trying to say is he's just not old enough to really "get it" yet. thankfully he'll have some guidance from you. I used to rip apart nearly every piece of electronics we had and it really pissed off my parents. I shocked myself numerous times. even from an old TV once. that was fucking painful and my arm hurt for like a week.
when I was 15 I actually was able to take a electronics class and learn a few simple things from the teacher but the kids were distracting and I liked fucking around too so I would build me and my friends circuits real quick and then we would skip out or just melt solder.
I'm 34 now and starting to get back into it after I found some stuff in the attic. I've been looking around for breadboard and kits. your kid Might like this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002AHQWS/
when I was a kid my grandpa also bought me an erector set and an advanced student level chemistry set. He was the only one who seemed see my potential and would get me those things. My parents would just get mad if I set anything on fire. My parents were idiots...
side thought: I need to make my own customized bread board and was thinking of using something like the spring pegs in that radio shack kit. any ideas on what those things are called?