EUDAX School Physics Labs Basic Electricity Discovery Circuit and Magnetism Experiment kits for High School Students Electromagnetism Elementary Electronics

Great science kit for students

This kit is awesome! My daughter loves learning about Circuits and Magnetism. We are computer systems administrators so this review is from a professional perspective. This is a step above snap! We dislike snap! This is great for kids and students where soldering is either too dangerous or time constraints are an issue. The pages are detailed, but a book on basic electronics that is AGE APPROPRIATE will be beneficial. You will learn to build series and parallel circuits immediately. There is some discussion of schematics, but just surface level. Again, lots of info for this in on the web. I love the crank and motors that are included, but i suggest using a colored disk (think pie wedges that are red, yellow, blue etc and trying different combinations and maybe getting a pinwheel to further show motors use). I love the switches and battery enclosures. While designed for middle and High School Students- this kit works with kids from ages 6+ if properly instructed. Double AA betteries will be the only thing you need to stock up on. I wish I had this kit growing up. I was soldering by age 10, but the ease of this may have helped me explore more difficult concepts like 3 way wiring earlier. Yes, you can do that with this kit.

I bought this so I can demonstrate basic circuits to my 4 year old who loves light bulbs and wants to watch "how it's made" for every gadget he finds interesting. This set is so much better than snap circuits or the multikit I had when I was a kid for absolute basics. 1. He knows what a wire is, but a snap circuit wire trace is beyond his comprehension right now and would add complexity to building a simple circuit 2. The knife switches (spst and one spdt) don't have plastic covers so you can see the contact being made directly. That's important for a 4 year old who can't intuitively understand the inner workings of a simple switch yet. 3. The electric motor with no case is briiliant. You can see the commutator and tiny sparks where the "brushes" make contact. Absolutely no better way to show a kid how a motor works! 4. Snapping the battery cases together for parallel or series is brilliant for teaching without having a mess of wires! 5. An open battery case (with LED's) is perfect for teaching a kid battery polarity and how to install batteries the right way 6. The open nature of the bulb housing makes it so eay to point out how there are two contacts _without_ having to point out what an insulator is. I though it looked cheap but now I appreciate what a great design it is. Sure there are things I can't teach my 4 year old yet, but the basic parts of this set are brilliant teaching aids so they can understand the absolute basics we take for granted like what is happening inside a switch that has a cover over the actual mechanism (like all the snap circuit ones do)

This is a good kit. I've used it for a number of the circuits. Like other reviewers, the lamps blow out around 5V so keep the volts low. You can replace the batteries if you have a power supply. Also, the electric bell with the electromagnet doesn't quiet mechanically work correctly. I like the dc motor, it works well. I really like the rheostat and the compass. My horseshoe magnet broke but my two circle magnets and one bar magnet are still in tact. . I like the volt and amp analog meter. The ease of connections are awesome for someone learning. My biggest reason of writing the review is the electrostatic kit. It has three rods and a piece of silk and a piece of fur. I purchased an electroscope and wanted to use the rods and fabric to see if I could make the electroscope work. I could not make it work. I also don't know what are the rods made of as it wasn't stated on any of the materials. After some research I brought a piece of PVC pipe from the hardware store. I used the provided piece of fur and rubbed it on the pvc and I could hear the crackling of the static charge. When placing the pvc near the electroscope made the needle move. I wonder how the 3 rods provided were meant to be used because I'm having problems trying to create a charge.

I bought 2 kits over 5 years ago and they have held up so well! I’ve used them in science classes ranging from ages 10 -16 for both an electricity intro and review. I like to set up stations for the students to work through in a small group. This is appropriate for both home or classroom use, individual or group work. Easy to follow instructions, while introducing and exploring difficult concepts. Great price! Would also make a great gift.

I liked all the various types of exercises you can do with this. What I didn't like was the meager instructions and the quality of some of the parts. The instructions were not suitable for self-learning. As a teacher I was able to provide complete instructions and figure out what each exercise was attempting to demonstrate. I watched my student struggle to try to figure out what he was supposed to do. There was one piece that did not work until I removed and reinstalled the screw that was holding down one of the wires. A student would never have figured this out.

The parts and experiments are good for beginners, but the lessons only tell students to think about what is happening. Unfortunately, the instruction manual doesn’t teach students why things happen. It also doesn’t tell students how to read or understand the voltage or ampere meters that are supplied in the kit. The English language and photos are good in the booklet but there aren’t any electrical diagrams for the experiments. In my opinion, you’re not teaching if you only have the students copy what they see in photos and then ask them why the experiments work. Because the instructions are poor, most parents won’t be able to explain to their children why or how these experiments work. If they were correct the instructions manual, I think they’ll have a good beginners kit for learning about electronics.

I ordered as a Christmas present for my son.. and he loved it. 100% recommend for kids who likes science n magnetics.