Although typically aimed at older kids (12+) these do vastly increase what families can do with Snap Circuits and offer innovative and interesting tech-forward solutions for budding computer engineers.

Finally, Snap Circuits are also highly educational, with a good amount of detail and information about electronics and the science behind them, and can be easily integrated into a variety of STEM lesson plans. Bottom LineEditor's Note (September 2023): This product review was originally written and published in 2019. To make sure we are still recommending the best products for your needs, we recently reviewed this story to make sure it is still accurate and that we stand by what we wrote. Despite newer models and options being available, we still feel confident that this product is one of the best choices, and therefore have included it in therefore have included it in The Best Toys for 10-Year-Olds, The Best Science Toys, The Best Toys for 8-Year-Old-Girls, The Best STEM Toys, and The Best Toys for 10-Year-Old Boys. With so many electrical and computer engineers in the family, this was the perfect gift for a Girl. The role models in her life were in female type professions with the exception of one woman who is a VP in computer world. Award winning Elenco Snap Circuit Kits are the very best electricity and electronic kits available. Have a snapping good time learning about electricity with the reusable circuit components that simply clip together with a press stud. No tools required. You can build over 100 electronic projects with this junior set, including different types of alarms, touch circuits, flying fans, flashing lights, games, sound effects and more. Contains over 30 parts including, photo-resistor, music integrated circuit, motor, and space sound integrated circuit. Its parts are easy to handle and are durable, there are no small parts to get lost or broken and the instructions are typically well illustrated, with large and contain lots of easy to follow diagrams. Projects utilize a glow-in-the-dark flying propeller, phototransistor, LEDs, resistors, ICs, a DC motor, and much more.

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