silver Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Are the extra projects of the 300 kit more interesting than the 100 kit? My son seems to enjoy the 100 kit well enough, but the projects all seem to be: "Make this circuit to make an obnoxious noise. Now build this slightly different circuit to make the same obnoxious noise. Now change this connection to make a different noise that is still obnoxious." My son is interested in the upgrade to the 300 kit, but are the projects any better? I don't want to buy the upgrade if it's just more of the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I don't know about better, but instead of just switches and integrated circuits, they start investigating the effects on the circuit of different resistors and capacitors, and they use transistors and things. But my DS mostly just builds the circuits from the 100 kit and then adds on to them, he hasn't been interested yet in exploring the uses of the other components. He did like building the AM radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinannie Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I bought the 500 kit for my son for his birthday (I bought him 100 for Christmas) and he loves it. It has A LOT more for the kids to do. He has started getting confident enough to make his own circuits as well. I'm glad I bought 100 first so that he wasn't overwhelmed, but he was ready to move on pretty quickly from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Get the biggest one you can. You will not regret it. More pieces=more fun! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 This past year my DS bought the 300 and the Green Energy kits. He LOVES the Green Energy kit the best. I agree with Sunnyday, there are more components to explore and build with the upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Gregg Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Go with the bigger set. We started with the 100 set and have since purchased the 300 set, the light set, and several other sets in the line. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchyGirl Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 But the biggest set you can afford. No question. I wish we'd gone with the full 750 set in the hard case from the beginning (if you stalk Amazon I've seen it oh as low as $104). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyontheFarm Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 But the biggest set you can afford. No question. I wish we'd gone with the full 750 set in the hard case from the beginning (if you stalk Amazon I've seen it oh as low as $104). That's what we bought. My son loves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Get the biggest set, and get the student guide (which actually teaches you about the electronics you are playing with) http://www.amazon.com/Student-Electronic-Circuits-Electricity-Electronics/dp/B005JJ9VK2 We bought the 750 for $80 on Amazon last fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 We already have a set--the 100 set. My son asked for an upgrade, I was just wondering if the projects in the other kits are different enough because many of the 100 projects are very similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinannie Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 We already have a set--the 100 set. My son asked for an upgrade, I was just wondering if the projects in the other kits are different enough because many of the 100 projects are very similar. Yes. There is a lot more variety in the larger sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottonwood Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 we are stalking the 750. I participate in surveys for small amts of cash each and I have been collecting for about 6 months. I"m about $20 away from getting it with only survey money! I figured if we started smaller, it would cost more in the end by the time I added on to satisfy him. We plan to use it as our 'science' as a break at times from our chemistry curriculum this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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