Snap Circuits Beginner Electronics Discovery Kit

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Although typically aimed at older kids (12+) these do vastly increase what families can do with Snap Circuits and offer innovative and interesting tech-forward solutions for budding computer engineers. We believe Snap Circuits are a good idea as a first electronics kit for kids who are really into electronics and are looking for an approachable, solderless way of exploring electronics, without being limited in terms of creativity and function. One potential limitation, as we mentioned above, is the uniquely-designed snap-together components that Snap Circuits uses.

The Snapcino kit gives kids a super easy and accessible introduction to Arduino and can greatly expand their opportunities for creating electronic devices. Instruction manuals, while educational, do contain a fair amount of text and are reading heavy. Struggling readers may need more parental assistance. In this way, kids learn the fundamentals of coding (variables, conditionals and more), and can actually see the effect their coding is having in a much more concrete way, without having to worry too much about programming syntax or the particulars of a coding language. Snap Circuits Snapino– build sophisticated robots and electronic devices with the power of ArduinoThis means kids can use the components of one kit with another, letting them collect components and build increasingly complex and cool projects.

Snap Circuits can also help kids hone various related cognitive skills that will be important in future STEM learning, such as:Despite being specifically to be safe and usable by kids with snap together and plastic encased parts, Snap Circuit kits are still surprisingly affordable. Snap Circuits is a line of electronic kits manufactured by Elenco Electronics and aimed at children eight years and older. [1] The kits come in a variety of sizes, and may include capacitors, diodes, electric motors, lamps, LEDs, radios, electromagnets, speakers, resistors, transformers, transistors and voltmeters. The kits contain a plastic baseboard into which the various components and wires can be snapped to easily create a working circuit. [2] Snap Circuits was first released in 2002. [3] 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.

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. This means that if you or your child have a unique idea to explore, unlike traditional electronics kits for kids you can’t just pop into an electronics store and buy some wire and some sensors to use with the kit. 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. With the BRIC kits, kids can start off by building something cool with Lego and then really easily add things like lights, motors, sensors to bring it to life.

Our innovative product line offers a wide range of kits, in differing size and complexity, perfect for future engineers ages 8+, with a beginner set designed for kids ages 5+.

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?

Snap Circuit kits also include a plastic pegboard-like base that you can set the pieces on for stability.The projects in the beginner kits are a little simpler and easier to put together than the regular kits and, perhaps more importantly, they use far more pictorial instructions than regular kits, making it better suited for pre-readers and those just starting to read. Snap Circuits Bric – for Lego enthusiasts They can also use the adapter pieces to go beyond the scope of the kit itself, using more complex Snap Circuit components like an Arduino set, to create some really fantastic Lego builds. Snap Circuits Discover Coding– Design cool electronics and learn to code them Parents can think of Snap Circuits as a kind of electrical engineering version of Lego in that with the right components kids can pretty much build whatever they can dream up without having to solder anything or risk damaging connectors by forcing them into a small breadboard hole, which we think is perfect for younger kids. Snap Circuit kits also usually include an illustrated, full color guide with a wide variety of diagrams and ideas for projects. 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]