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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
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Size | 2.3 x 13.6 x 19.3 inches |
Brand | Snap Circuits |
Theme | Science |
Age Range (Description) | Kid |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 15.5 x 12 x 2.5 inches |
About this item
- 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!
- 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.
- 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!
- 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
- 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.
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Product Dimensions | 15.5 x 12 x 2.5 inches |
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Item Weight | 2.45 pounds |
Country of Origin | China |
ASIN | B0000683A4 |
Item model number | SC-300 |
Manufacturer recommended age | 8 years and up |
Batteries | 4 AA batteries required. |
Best Sellers Rank | #3,352 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #47 in Educational Science Kits |
Customer Reviews |
4.8 out of 5 stars |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Release date | June 12, 2006 |
Department | ToysAndShoes |
Manufacturer | Elenco Electronics LLC |
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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.
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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 CircuitsSnap 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.
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Build cool, unique projects – all from one box!
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So Many Projects to MakeSTEM kits come with a clear, easy to understand illustrated instruction manual. Follow along step-by-step and complete multiple projects with each product. Build dozens of fun and unique projects from one box. |
Safe with No Tools RequiredBuild with your hands! All products are assembled simply by snapping parts together, no tools required. Only Snap Circuits products use patented CircuitSafe Technology to keep kids safe while they play. |
What's insideAll Snap Circuits kits come with everything you need (batteries excluded) to complete real electronic circuits. Components combine to create working circuit boards just like the ones found inside televisions, radios, and other electronic devices. |
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Model Number | SCB-20 | SC-100 | SC-500 | SCA-200 | SCG225 | MYHSCP20 |
How Many Projects | 21+ | 100+ | 500+ | 200+ | 125+ | 53 |
Number of Parts | 13 | 29 | 75 | 36 | 45 | 72 |
Batteries Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | No | ✓ |
Recommended Age | 5+ | 8+ | 8+ | 8+ | 8+ | 8+ |
Features Alternative Energy | ✓ | ✓ |
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Customers like the educational value of the science fundamentals kit. They say it's a fun way to get kids thinking and a great way to learn the basics of electronic circuits. Customers also appreciate the quality of the components, saying they're sturdy and snap on well. They describe the kit as an excellent introduction to electronics, with fantastic potential as a learning tool. Customers find the instructions easy to follow and the kit easy to assemble using the snaps. They also mention that the kit is a good value for the price.
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Customers find the science fundamentals kit to be a worthwhile educational toy. They say it's a fun way to get their brains thinking and creates dozens of fun and educational projects. Customers also say the kit is great for any child interested in science, and it makes building circuits fun.
"...Overall I'd say this is fun for kids and worth $40 and it is educational so a win-win for my wallet and for kids who have inquiring minds." Read more
"...4. Very High educational value - teaching a concept of a variable capacitor, or a RF coil is very difficult, but this product makes it a little..." Read more
"Great value. Fun and educational." Read more
"...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..." Read more
Customers like the quality of the science fundamentals kit. They mention that it's well-executed in manufacturing, the components are sturdy, and snap on well. They also say that the snap circuits system is robust and high quality, making it easy for kids to create. Customers also say it'll be a good buy and a very clever set.
"...These are some of the things I liked about the product.1. Excellent quality - Every component worked out of the box...." Read more
"...The Snapcircuits system is robust and high quality and makes it easy for kids to create their own circuits...." Read more
"...toddlers of 3 and 5 play with this set constantly and is a good tool for them to work through following instructions and being a project that we can..." Read more
"...We got her this set to introduce her to circuits, and it is pretty cool. The instructions tell you step by step, and everything is clearly labeled...." Read more
Customers find the science fundamentals kit to be a fantastic educational kit. They say it helps demonstrate the concepts behind how and why circuits work. Customers also say it has incredible potential as a learning tool, and is an excellent introduction to electronics. They mention that the booklets of experiments are well thought out, and the ideas build on one another. Customers say the kit provides a great opportunity to learn about troubleshooting and is a really cool introduction to electricity and circuit boards.
"...Overall I'd say this is fun for kids and worth $40 and it is educational so a win-win for my wallet and for kids who have inquiring minds." Read more
"...starts for the Snap Circuits SC-300 for the making it easy, fun and educational. The product has a very good quality...." Read more
"Great value. Fun and educational." Read more
"This kit is an excellent introduction to electronics...." Read more
Customers find the instructions in the science fundamentals kit easy to follow and learn. They also say the snaps make it easy to assemble new circuits. Customers also say it doesn't require any tools and quickly gets more complicated. They say it's cool to see kids following directions and exploring ideas together.
"...The booklet comes with simple projects to more complex options so that they do not get bored easily with repetitive projects...." Read more
"...2. Excellent Manual - Comes with two manuals. These manuals are well -written and are very easy to follow and more importantly they work as..." Read more
"...system is robust and high quality and makes it easy for kids to create their own circuits...." Read more
"...The instructions are easy to follow and pieces are sturdy enough for kids to connect them...." Read more
Customers find the science fundamentals kit to be a great toy for a good price. They say it's absolutely worth the investment and a nice gift.
"...Overall I'd say this is fun for kids and worth $40 and it is educational so a win-win for my wallet and for kids who have inquiring minds." Read more
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Customers say the science fundamentals kit has many different projects to experiment with and learn new concepts from. They also say the book has easy-to-follow directions on how to put the projects together. Overall, customers are happy with the projects and the activities provided with the set.
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"...They are easy to assemble using the snaps. It is highly interactive and much more productive than watching TV or playing electronic games...." Read more
Customers find the visual layout of the science fundamentals kit interesting and complex. They say the illustrations are very well done and the designs are easy to understand. Customers also appreciate the thick booklets with color diagrams showing different projects. Overall, they say the kit is a fantastic and colorful.
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I am glad that we got him the Snap Circuits SC-300. The Snap Circuits SC-300 has these snap-buttons, which makes it very easy to build a circuit and most importantly work.
My son was very excited to work on the basic circuits at first and was even happier when each of these circuits worked according to the specifications. Slowly he has graduated towards more complex projects (included with the Snap Circuits SC-300 kit). I can see him pondering over the circuits to build something new on his own. He is slowly grasping the electronic vocabulary and started understanding the electronic components. There is this cool project (according to my son) to build an AM radio. I haven't seen my son so excited when he build an AM radio and picked up a radio station.
These are some of the things I liked about the product.
1. Excellent quality - Every component worked out of the box. This I feel is very important if you want your child to be interested in a new hobby.
2. Excellent Manual - Comes with two manuals. These manuals are well -written and are very easy to follow and more importantly they work as specified.
3. Excellent design - it comes with a board (I am calling it a snap board). The board is divided into a grid , this helps the kids to follow the manual instructions and complete a project(on their own),
4. Very High educational value - teaching a concept of a variable capacitor, or a RF coil is very difficult, but this product makes it a little easier.
5. Very good projects included in the product - many of the projects are entertaining and fun to build.
6. Value of money - if you kids gets interested in electronics.
7. Unique product - I did research a few products before buying Snap Circuits SC-300. I could not find a better product.
I am giving 5 starts for the Snap Circuits SC-300 for the making it easy, fun and educational. The product has a very good quality. It would be nice if we had a multi-meter along with the product.
I would highly recommend this product to anybody interested in electronics.
The kit is also very reasonably priced for the quality and value you are getting. I have absolutely no complaints at all. I remember an electronics kit I had as a kid (40+ years ago) but this is much better!
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.
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Antes de comprarlo revisé los comentarios y busqué algunos videos que mostraban el juguete en acción. Tenía mis dudas, pero hasta el momento puedo decir que ha superado mis expectativas.
No solo es una manera atractiva para que un niño aprenda acerca de circuitos eléctricos y electrónicos, sino que representa la oportunidad de adquirir, de manera lúdica, una herramienta que podría ser útil a futuro.
Aunque las piezas son seguras y de fácil manejo para un niño, considero que necesita supervisión de un adulto para evitar una conexión que accidentalmente pueda arruinar algún elemento del kit. Además, el manual de los proyectos viene completamente en inglés y es necesario darle lectura a cada uno para aprender lo más que se pueda de cada experimento.
Otra cosa que me gustó es el hecho de poder comprar actualizaciones (piezas nuevas, piezas adicionales y nuevos proyectos) e ir avanzando en complejidad.
Sin duda un juguete educativo y divertido.
Easy to use and demonstrate.