Snap Circuits Classic SC-300 Electronics Exploration Kit | Over 300 Projects | Full Color Project Manual | Snap Circuits Parts | STEM Educational Toy for Kids 8+ 2.3 x 13.6 x 19.3 inches

Brand:Snap Circuits

3.9/5

93.97

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Let your child have endless fun learning to build circuits with these colorful electronic Snap Circuits. Each one features more than 60 parts that easily snap together. The Snap Circuits Classic can be used to make interesting circuits, encouraging educational play that teaches your future engineer about electricity. All of the parts have colored graphics that represent their real electronic names and symbols. This educational toy comes with a complete instruction manual and project guide that helps you to guide your child through exploring over 300 experiments. Some of the projects include making circuits for doorbells, radios, alarms, flash lights, laser light, street lamps, a lie detector and a fan Modulator. This kids' Snap Circuits toy runs on four AA batteries that are sold separately. It is ideal for children age 8 years and older. Snap Circuits Classic comes with over 60 parts to create 305 different electronic projects. The parts, which include snap wires, a slide switch, a resistor, a microphone, and capacitors, snap together easily onto the included plastic grid-no soldering required. Each part is numbered and color-coded to make identifying them easy. These parts combine to create working circuit boards just like the ones found inside televisions, radios, and other electronic devices. With its easy-to-follow instructions, Snap Circuits gives your child a hands-on education in how electrical circuits run the everyday devices that they're familiar with. They'll also gain valuable lessons in building and in following instructions. The project manuals include large color illustrations and simple directions for each project. the projects are arranged in order of complexity, kids can build on their skills as they progress through the manual. The lessons start out with a simple electric light and switch project that demonstrates how electricity is turned on and off with a switch. Further along, kids can put together a fire fan symphony, a water-detection alarm, a delayed-action fan, and more. Once children have mastered several of the techniques introduced in this kit, They can use the parts to experiment and create their own customized circuits and electronic devices. Snap Circuits SC-300 requires four AA batteries, which are not included. What's in the box: plastic snap-grid, 61 electrical parts, and 1 Project manual containing projects 1-150. Projects 151-305 available as download. AMAZON.COM Give your child an exciting, hands-on introduction to electronics with Elenco Electronics Snap Circuits SC-300. This kit contains over 60 color-coded, real circuit components that snap together to create working electronic circuits and devices. Recommended for children 8 and older, this set offers 305 do-it-yourself projects that will give your child an entertaining, concrete education on how electronics work. Create Working Electronic Circuits Snap Circuits comes with over 60 pieces to create 305 different electronic projects. The pieces, which include snap wires, a slide switch, a resistor, a microphone, and capacitors, snap together easily onto the included plastic grid--no soldering required. Each piece is numbered and color-coded to make identifying them easy. These components combine to create working circuit boards just like the ones found inside televisions, radios, and other electronic devices.Simple, Fun Projects Let Kids Learn While They Play With its easy-to-follow instructions, Snap Circuits gives your child a hands-on education in how electrical circuits run the everyday devices that they're familiar with. They'll also gain valuable lessons in building and in following instructions. The project manuals include large color illustrations and simple directions for each project. The project list includes all of the projects included in the SC-100 set and 204 additional projects, including a photosensitive electronic organ, a lie detector, an AM radio, and a two-finger touch lamp. With these projects, children will experiment with electric switches, integrated circuits, digital circuits, fuses, and the transformation of circuit sounds into other sounds. Grow as You Go Because the projects are arranged in order of complexity, kids can build on their skills as they progress through the manual. The lessons start out with a simple electric light and switch project that demonstrates how electricity is turned on and off with a switch. Further along, kids can put together a fire fan symphony, a water-detection alarm, a delayed-action fan, and more. Design Your Own Circuits and Upgrade Your Kit Once children have mastered several of the techniques introduced in this kit, they can use the components to experiment and create their own customized circuits and electronic devices. The Snap Circuits SC-300 can also be upgraded to the Snap Circuits Pro, Snap Circuits Extreme, or SCM-400 with the purchase of a UC-50, UC-70, or UC-100 upgrade kit, respectively. Kids will enjoy additional parts, manuals, and projects that'll take their kit--and their fun--to the next level. Snap Circuits SC-300 requires four AA batteries, which are not included. What's in the Box Plastic snap-grid, 32 electrical components, and 2 project manuals.

EAN: 099845269703

Categories Toys & Games, Learning & Education, Science Kits & Toys,

AWARD WINNING KITS! We're proud to produce high quality products loved by kids, parents,and educators. Snap Circuits kits have won a number of awards - including the Specialty Toy of the Year Award, Seriously STEM! award, Good Housekeeping's Best Toys, Purdue University's Engineering Gift Guide, National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval, Toy Insider's Top Holiday Toys, placement on the Dr. Toy list of 100 Best Children's Products and placement on the Dr. Toy list of Best Educational products, and the "Stem Approved" Trustmark from Stem.org. NO TOOLS NEEDED Elenco Snap Circuits kits include everything you need to start learning immediately - and more. Unlike traditional electronics kits, no soldering or tools are required to build. The numbered and color-coded pieces snap easily onto the included plastic grid. Batteries Required. GREAT GIFT Give the gift of learning and fun this holiday season! Snap Circuits kits will keep kids busy and having fun all year round. Combine with other Snap Circuits kits for even more projects!. AMAZING VALUE: So many projects to make and build! Build over 300 exciting projects with this classic kit! Included 60+ pieces build exciting projects such as AM radios, burglar alarms, doorbells, and much more! You can even play electronic games with your friends. SO MANY TOYS IN A SNAP: Make dozens of cool electronic gadgets - all from one box! A safe and fun way to introduce children ages 8+ to the basics of electrical engineering! Build exciting projects and toys using the included colorful instruction book!.
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Batteries 4 AA batteries required.
Brand Snap Circuits
Country of Origin China
Customer Reviews 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 5,292 ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars
Department ToysAndShoes
Domestic Shipping Item can be shipped within U.S.
International Shipping This item can be shipped to select countries outside of the U.S. Learn More
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer No
Item Dimensions LxWxH 15.5 x 12 x 2.5 inches
Item model number SC-300
Item Weight 2.45 pounds
Manufacturer Elenco Electronics LLC
Manufacturer recommended age 8 years and up
Product Dimensions 15.5 x 12 x 2.5 inches
Release date June 12, 2006
Size 2.3 x 13.6 x 19.3 inches
Theme Science

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Scritto da: Grandma Zizzy
Gosh - dontcha just hate it when Santa pre-empts one of your great gift ideas?
With our oldest grandson's 8th birthday rapidly approaching, I have to say sometimes I think my husband and I get just as much of a kick out of choosing gifts related to his professed future occupations as he does in receiving them! Those occupations have run the gamut from Super Hero to his latest - electrical engineer, and we were so excited when we came across this neat looking kit that would allow he and his dad to work on "over 300 exciting projects" together (305, to be exact!) Well, one recent rainy Sunday we brought breakfast over to our son and daughter-in-law's house so they wouldn't have to traipse over to our place - where the majority of our visiting happens - with the grandkids in the sloshy weather, and afterwards, the boys couldn't wait to show us some of the toys Santa had brought that we hadn't yet had an opportunity to see. GUESS what one of the oldest's was? Yep - this exact same set! We were initially really disappointed since it looked like we'd be returning what had seemed like the perfect gift, but my son assured me that another of these sets would only EXPAND his fun, increasing his ability to build more elaborate projects. After seeing our grandson's excitement and sense of accomplishment while deftly putting together (with a few reminders from Dad) a couple of different contraptions, we knew we'd struck gold with this set. There are two separate instruction manuals included (I'll list the individual projects in the last couple of paragraphs - there are a bunch, so just skip it if you don't need that much nitty gritty.) If you have a budding electrical engineer in your home, we're betting he/she gets as much enjoyment out of this set as our grandson (and his dad!) already have, with many more hours of "bonding" ahead of them! Experiments 1-101: Electric Light & Switch; DC Motor & Switch; Sound Activated Switch; Adjusting Sound Level; Lamp & Fan in Series; Lamp & Fan in Parallel; Light Emitting Diode; One Direction for LED; Conduction Detector; Space War Alarm Combo; Flying Saucer; Decreasing Saucer Lift; Two-Speed Fan; The Fuse; Musical Doorbell; Momentary Alarm; Alarm Circuit; Laser Gun; Space War; Light Switch; Paper Space War; Light Police Siren; four More Loud Sounds projects; Clap Sounds; four More Clap Sounds projects; Voice Light Diode; Voice Control; Motor Space Sounds; Motor Space Light; Space Battle (II); Silent Space Battle; Periodic Sounds; Blinking Double Flashlight; Motor Controlled Sounds; four More Motor Sounds projects; Light-Controlled Flicker; More Sound Effects; This OR That; This AND That; Neither This NOR That; Not This AND That; Reflection Detector; Quieter Reflection Detector; Flashing Laser Light with Sound; Space War Flicker; Spinning Rings; Strobe the House Lights; Race Game; Using Parts as Conductors; Spin Draw; Space War Flicker Motor; five Light-Controlled Sounds projects; Electronic Bombing Game; Quiet Zone Game; Space War Music Combo; Space War Siren; Quiet Water Alarm; Light-Controlled Lamp; Voice-Controlled Lamp; Motor-Controlled Lamp; Light-Controlled LED; Sound-Controlled Time Delay LED; Motor-Controlled Time Delay LED; Space War Flicker LED; Music AND Gate; Flash and Tone; Lamp, Speaker & Fan in Parallel; Pencil Alarm; Pencil Alarm Variants; Fun with the Alarm IC; two Motor Sounds Combo projects; Music Alarm Combo; two Bomb Sound projects; Light-Controlled LED (II); Touch Light; Touch Sound; Wacky Sounds; Wackier Sounds; Really Wacky Sounds; Noisier Water Space War; Light/Water Space War; OR/AND Space War Light; Simple Water Alarm; Simple Salt Water Alarm; Ambulance Water Alarm; Ambulance Contact Alarm. Projects 102-305: Batteries in Series; Ticking Screecher; Spacey Fan; Two-Transistor Light Alarm; Light-controlled Alarm; Automatic Street Lamp; Voice-controlled Rays of Light; Blowing Off the Electric Light; Adjustable Tone Generator; Photosensitive Electronic Organ; Electronic Cicada; Light & Sounds; four More Light & Sounds projects; Motor Speed Detector; Old-Style Typewriter; Optical Transmitter & Receiver; Space War Sounds Controlled By Light; Space War Radio; The Lie Detector; NPN Amplifier; PNP Amplifier; Sucking Fan; Blowing Fan; PNP Collector; PNP Emitter; NPN Collector; NPN Emitter; NPN Collector - Motor; NPN Emitter - Motor; Buzzing in the Dark; Touch Buzzer; High Frequency Touch Buzzer; High Frequency Water Buzzer; Mosquito; High Sensitivity Voice Doorbell; Louder Doorbell; Very Loud Doorbell; Doorbell with Button; Darkness Announcer; Musical Motion Detector; Radio Music Alarm; Daylight Music Radio; Night Music Radio; Night Gun Radio; Radio Gun Alarm; Daylight Gun Radio; Blow Off a Space War; Series Lamps; Parallel Lamps; two Fire Fan Symphony projects; two Fan Symphony projects; two Police Car Symphony projects; two Ambulance Symphony projects; two Static Symphony projects; Capacitors in Series; Capacitors in Parallel; Water Detector; Saltwater Detector; NPN Light Control; NPN Dark Control; PNP Light Control; PNP Dark Control; Red & Green Control; Current Controllers; Current Equalizing; Battery Polarity Tester; Blow Off a Doorbell; Blow Off a Candle; Blow On a Doorbell; Blow On a Candle; Screaming Fan; Whining Fan; Light Whining; More Light Whining; Motor That Won't Start; Whiner; Lower Pitch Whiner; Hummer; Adjustable Metronome; Quiet Flasher; Hissing Foghorn; Hissing & Clicking; Video Game Engine Sound; Light Alarm; Brighter Light Alarm; Lazy Fan; Laser Light; Water Alarm; Radio Announcer; three Pitch projects; Flooding Alarm; three Make Your Own Battery projects; four Tone Generator projects; three More Tone Generator projects; Music Radio Station; Alarm Radio Station; Standard Transistor Circuit; Motor & Lamp by Sound; Fading Siren; Fast Fade Siren; Laser Gun with Limited Shots; two Symphony of Sounds projects; Transistor Amplifiers; Pressure Meter; Resistance Meter; Auto-Off Night-Light; Discharging Caps; Changing Delay Time; Morse Code Generator; LED Code Teacher; Ghost Shriek Machine; LED & Speaker; Dog Whistle; Mind Reading Game; Enhanced Quiet Zone Game; Capacitor Charge & Discharge; Sound Wave Magic; Space War Amplifier; Trombone; Race Car Engine; Power Amplifier; Feedback Kazoo; AM Radio; two Fire Engine Symphony projects; Vibration or Sound Indicator; Two-Finger Touch Lamp; One-Finger Touch Lamp; two Space Battle projects; Multi-Speed Light Fan; Light & Finger Light; Storing Electricity; Lamp Brightness Control; Electric Fan; Radio Music Burglar Alarm; Light Dimmer; Motion Detector; Fan Modulator; Oscillator 0.5-30Hz; Sound Pulse Oscillator; Motion Detector; Motor Rotation; two Motor Delay Fan projects; High Pitch Bell; Steamboat Whistle; Steamship; Light NOR Gate; Noise-Activated Burglar Alarm; Motor-Activated Burglar Alarm; Light-Activated Burglar Alarm; Photoresistor Control; Microphone Control; Pressure Alarm; Power Microphone; LED Fan Rotation Indicator; Space War Sounds with LED; Sound Mixer; Sound Mixer Fan Driver; Electric Fan Stopped by Light; Motor & Lamp; Start-Stop Delay; Mail Notifying System; Mail Notifying Electronic Bell; Mail Notifying Electronic Lamp; Twice-Amplified Oscillator; Quick Flicking LED; AM Radio with Transistors; AM Radio (II); Music Amplifier; Delayed Action Lamp; Delayed Action Fan; Police Siren Amplifier; Lasting Doorbell; Lasting Clicking; Quieting a Motor; Transistor Fading Siren; Fading Doorbell; Blowing Space War Sounds; Adjustable Time Delay Fan; Adjustable Time Delay Lamp (II); Adjustable Time Delay Fan (II); Watch Light; Delayed Bedside Fan.
Scritto da: CJ McFalls
Great STEM gift for any kid who is into tech!
Got this as a Christmas gift for my son and he LOVES it! It's like a much more interactive Lego kit. It might take some adult help to figure out some of the projects and instructions, but once they get the hang of it your child should be able to do most of them on their own. I do wish the pieces were repairable or that you could order replacement parts in case some of them get damaged.
Scritto da: R. Johns
Fun, but ran into a few problems
I bought this toy for xmas for my 8 year old daughter, so that I could teach her a little bit about electricity. I have a fairly strong background in physics and electrical engineering, so I thought it would be a fun xmas gift that we could both enjoy. The overall layout of the kit is very nice. It's very much like a big lego version of a typical bread board that is used to lay out electrical projects. The parts snap together nicely and the kit includes a clear peg board panel which is handy (but not required) for laying out projects. The instruction book includes many different projects that can be created using the pieces in the kit. However, it should be noted that many of the projects are slight variations from one another. For example, one project might be a tone generator, then the next few projects will just be changing capacitors in order to increase or decrease the tone frequency. Nevertheless, this still teaches you about how different items can affect the overall circuit/project. Overall, I think some of the projects are a little beyond younger children. Hooking up a motor or light is fun, but suddenly jumping into a tone generator or full AM radio is a big leap for most people - let alone most kids. Even so, the kit has a lot of value and the projects are doable with some adult help. Following the diagrams can be a little tricky at times - due to how the items must stack on top of each other - but once you get the hang of it, it's not too bad. On our particular kit, several of the components were defective and/or broke while being used. I actually ended up having to drag my oscilloscope out of the closet to verify that in fact some of the items had internal shorts (probably from poor wiring). The manual says to contact the company for replacement items (which I have done) and now I'm waiting to see if they take care of the replacement (I'll follow up later with a further update on whether or not they come through). Additionally, one of the small light bulbs broke away from the base, so it's probably not a good idea if kids too young use this kit without some supervision. Due to the couple of defective (and suspected defective) parts, we were unable to get the AM Radio projects to function correctly. However, assuming things work okay, there are several nice Radio projects (complete with volume control and tuning) which look to be pretty fun. There are also a couple of fun components that respond to sound and light and these allow you to change tones based on light (such as moving your hand or dimming the lights in the room). The kit also includes two 3V battery packs (you have to supply the AA batteries of course). This is nice because it allows you to supply power in series or parallel (3V or 6V). There are also a couple of switches. Perhaps one of the most fun items in the kit is the flying fan. My daughter played with that silly thing for about two hours! Basically, it's a small motor and you set a small fan on the shaft. Once it gets up to speed, then you kill the power and the fan takes off like a helicopter. If you power it with 3 volts, it goes up about 3 feet high. If you power it with 6 volts, it really takes off like a rocket. There are also several LED lights. The items in the kit are clearly marked and help ease you into learning how to read a schematic to a certain degree. The construction of everything seems pretty good. Overall, this is a pretty good kit. However, I think it might be more fun for kids if there were a few more simple items to play around with and not as many IC's or transistors. Additionally, some parts sort of take the form of "black boxes"; these parts may be required to produce some of the projects in the kit, but it's a little more difficult for kids to really understand what function they are providing. Even so, I still can recommend the kit. It's a lot of fun and assuming the company stands behind the broken items in our kit, then I think it's worth the money and will provide quite a bit of entertainment (and educational) value to kids. My daughter already seems to grasp some of the basic concepts pretty well, although I have to keep an eye on her so she doesn't accidentally create a direct short with the batteries and burn the house down or something :-) UPDATE: the company did replace the broken/defective parts in our kit at no charge. However, they failed to send one of the correct parts (I don't think they read my e-mail very closely). I didn't bother to contact them again. Overall, a fun toy that I think kids will have a good time with.
Scritto da: Marc C Webb
Perfect for my 10 year old grandson
This Christmas gift really excited my grandson. He spent full days after Christmas with it. When school restarted after the holidays he rushed home to do more experiments. It has slowed down some but 2 months later he still comes back to it several times a week.
Scritto da: Hlim
Best Toy Ever
I struggled on what to get my 10 year old son and after doing a lot of research and reading a lot of reviews I purchased this circuit set. At first he was disappointed because it wasn't something he asked for but once he started using it he absolutely loved it! I think he went through all the projects within a couple of days and then started to create his own designs. Not only is this educational, I think the sense of accomplishment he gets boosts his self esteem. I now wish the bigger set was available. From what I read it sounds like you can combine sets to build bigger projects so that may be in our future. I highly recommend this toy!!
Scritto da: Julie Swirsky
Great gift
Sent this to our grandson for his 8th birthday. He is enjoying building things and can do the projects on his own. That tells me pictures and instructions are well written
Scritto da: Amazon Customer
The Best Electronic Learning Project Kit - Bar None
Excellent and durable construction, easy to use and safe for kids. Will keep the user busy for hours and with the extension kits available, you can do some very sophisticated projects. Great durability and replacement parts and product support have long term availability. My grandsons love Snap Circuits.

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