Snap Circuits Beginner Electronics Discovery Kit

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The Snapcino kit gives kids a super easy and accessible introduction to Arduino and can greatly expand their opportunities for creating electronic devices. Snap Circuit kits also usually include an illustrated, full color guide with a wide variety of diagrams and ideas for projects.

As they explore and use Snap Circuits, kids will learn the fundamentals of electronics and electricity. In particular, they’ll learn: We particularly like the fact that Snap Circuits resists the temptation to talk down to kids and keeps information as factual and science-focused as possible. That said, this means they can require a little bit of reading skill and comprehension on the part of the child. In particular, we also feel they are an excellent option for helping kinesthetic learners explore STEM topics in a safe way as kids can really get involved in handling, exploring and testing their electronic engineering skills without much danger or risk of breaking anything.

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Kids can start off learning about basic circuitry and then eventually progress to programming their own Arduino robot or smart plant watering device. Snap Circuits allows kids to build their own circuits and electronics projects using a pretty innovative snap-together design. Finally, Snap Circuits are also highly educational, with a good amount of detail and information about electronics and the science behind them, and can be easily integrated into a variety of STEM lesson plans. Bottom Line

The company itself has even put out a special kit called the Home Learning Electronic Fun kit that is designed to help at-home learners and contains lesson plans, quizzes, parent answer guides and an assortment of educational activities. Instead of simply building a radio or weather station as with a normal kit, kids can do that and then tear it down and build something completely different. Its parts are easy to handle and are durable, there are no small parts to get lost or broken and the instructions are typically well illustrated, with large and contain lots of easy to follow diagrams.We also like that Snap Circuits actually prints the schematic symbol and label to each component pretty prominently, which lets kids learn the proper name and symbol for each component.

Essentially, if it involves a circuit and electricity you can probably figure out a way to build it with Snap Circuits.Parents can guide kids through topics like energy and motion, light, current and resistance in a very hands-on way that makes lessons a more multisensory, and perhaps more fun, experience for kids.

Snap Circuits aren’t all that more expensive than single-purpose electronics kits for kids, but offer far more flexibility in terms of creative potential.Snap Circuits has been praised for exposing young children to elementary engineering concepts. [1] [4] [5] A related line entitled Snap Circuits Jr. is geared towards younger children. [6] The different sets are all compatible with each other so you can combine sets and the company sells "upgrade" sets as well. [7] Officially, Snap Circuits is designed for kids ages 8 and up, and overall we think that this is a good starting age for the product. In fact, because they are so popular, Snap Circuits are actually pretty widely used in schools and even colleges as part of lesson plans for teaching electronics. As such, there are tons of lesson plan ideas out there for parents to use or be inspired by. Who are Snap Circuits for? In fact, Snap Circuits produces pretty much every type of component that a child or even hobbyist adult would need, from common pieces like resistors and variable capacitors to more unique parts like fiber optic cables, FM modules, and prismatic films. With easy to use components, an intrinsic connection to electricity and electronics, a highly configurable and flexible nature and informative instructions, we feel it’s quite easy for homeschoolers and those looking for enrichment to build lesson plans around Snap Circuits.