Explore and develop a fundamental understanding of the key concepts of electricity while building a foundation for analytical thinking.
For ages 5-12.
Note: One 1.5V size D battery is required and is NOT included with the pack.
Electricity pack includes:
• full colour 40 page booklets
• motors
• bulbs and holders
• buzzers
• LEDs
• spinners
• sets of 4 alligator leads (red, green, yellow and white)
• battery bands
• switch card assemblies
• grab bags of parts
Student Experiments:
• Build electrical circuits.
• Light lights.
• Connect one-way parts: buzzers and LEDs.
• Spin pinwheels and whiz bangs and connect electric motors.
• Test what conducts electricity.
• Learn about insulators.
• Learn about open and closed circuits, shunts and shorts.
• Make a simple switch to open and close a circuit loop and to send coded messages.
• Connect together one and two loop circuits to explore series and parallel circuits.