Staceyshoe Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 I'm planning an electricity unit later this year and want to use snap circuits. My understanding is that they come with an instruction manual for directions to creating various projects. (If that's not accurate, please correct me!) What did you use to go along with these? Living books? I'm looking for some kind of spine to give a basic knowledge of electricity. My own knowledge is seriously lacking. (Around 4th grade level seems to be right for him with science and reading.) Any suggestions?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 :lurk5: I've got these on order, too, so I'll be watching for responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 :lurk5: We'll be coming up on electricity in MPH this fall, and I was thinking of ordering Snap Circuits. DD looked through the books and declared "Oh we get to go science shopping!" I guess she'll be thrilled just to replicate the diagrams in the book, but it would be nice to go a bit beyond that if she's having fun.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in AUS Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Have you looked at DK or Usborne books? One of them is bound to have a book on electricity. Maybe one of the DK Eyewitness books would be the right level? I have a kit on order too :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 We only have the most basic Snap Circuits Jr (100 series) set. As fun as it is to make the projects in this kit, there is very little explanation of the "whys" and "hows" of the way electricity works. But Snap Circuits does publish Student Guides for all the levels so children can get an "electronics education" along with building the projects for fun. I have not seen these Student Guides personally, but have a high interest in them. Hopefully someone with more knowledge about them will chime in. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 But Snap Circuits does publish Student Guides for all the levels so children can get an "electronics education" along with building the projects for fun.They provide the theory missing from the project guides. You can adapt them to the child's level, even just using the diagrams and paraphrasing the content. I highly recommend them -- heck, I'm almost over my own mental block when it comes to electricity and electronics (dating back to 1983) thanks to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceyshoe Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 Oh good! It sounds like the student guide would be great. I'll also check out anything our library has from DK or Usborne that might apply. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylou Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Snap Circuit Stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Spycar - as someone posted above, you can look inside the Snap circuits student guides at Rainbow Resources. Also, perhaps a year ago, I thought I wrote up a fairly extensive post about these guides. I recommended them to a friend and she liked them. If you have the 500 kit, you need the student guides for both 100 and 500 kit, don't just buy the 500 kit guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aly9712 Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Ours also came with a guide that explains the objective and the "whys". Although dd can read, I read it aloud afterwards, as it's kinda dry. We have the junior set that has about 50 different things to build. It's more of something she does in her free time, like lego- but I try to stop and explain the "whys" whenever she's built something she's really excited about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceyshoe Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 Also, perhaps a year ago, I thought I wrote up a fairly extensive post about these guides. I tried to search for this post but couldn't find anything that long ago by your user name? Did you have the same user name? Or am I search-challenged? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Bill, thanks for the info on the student guides. I just went and ordered the ones for the 500 set. I noticed that there is a "green" set coming soon and I hope the guides will be available at the same time. Ds will be very excited. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Bill, thanks for the info on the student guides. I just went and ordered the ones for the 500 set. I noticed that there is a "green" set coming soon and I hope the guides will be available at the same time. Ds will be very excited. Faith I hope they prove useful. I always trust Moira on these matters and am looking forward to using them myself :001_smile: Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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