Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100 Electronics Exploration Kit
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Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100 Electronics Exploration Kit
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- 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!.Ideal for ages:8 years and up
- PROJECTS THEY'LL LOVE: So many fun electric-powered projects you can make and play!
- Ages 8 to 108 will love building 100+ projects! Have fun while building practical skills and learning
- the basics of circuitry. Build a flying saucer in a snap and watch it take off and sound the alarm! Kit includes 29 Snap Circuits parts.
- 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 EXTRA 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.
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2015
I got this today. I will first confess that I bought this for myself for my 40th birthday. I have ALWAYS
wanted a big kit like this. I've always been interested in electronics and I thought it would be great to
have something to toy around with that doesn't take a lot of work, just snap snap go.
The set comes with several components, and they have snaps on them, basically the same
The set comes with several components, and they have snaps on them, basically the same
type of snap you have on clothing, and you just snap things together according to the diagrams. I
ncluded are several project books with various levels of projects in them. For example, book 1 had
projects 1-100 or so. Being an adult, I spent the past 2 or 3 hours blasting through book 1. I probably
built something like 15 projects out of the 100. There were a lot of projects that were somewhat repetitive
and I really was not interested in snapping them all together, even though it is really fast and easy.
And I'm always impatient. They give pretty detailed instructions, describing snapping things in stages
as things stack vertically. I'm way to impatient for all that. I just snapped it together the way I wanted
as long as I knew it was "the same thing". I think it is great that you can follow exactly if you are just
learning or "make your own path" if you are a little more advanced. There are several cautions about
what NOT to do and of course those should be heeded for safety reasons. But a conductor is a
conductor and it isn't really critical how you get from point A to point B to satisfy the basic connections.
When it came to building variations, I usually just looked at the change in the diagram and convinced
myself that I understood the difference and moved on without snapping anything. Children of various
ages would probably take more time and experiment more. I did grab Book 2 and the first few projects
did look interesting so I expect there will be several more that I'll want to do. And I may way to go back
after I've devoured everything and play a little more. I think kids would want to do the same. I have two
daughters, aged 5 and 2 and when I bought it *for myself* I told myself that they would probably be
interested in the kit sooner or later, and I do think that will be the case. I'll enjoy doing that with my
kids for sure. I do really like how easy it is to snap it together and get the results. Because it was so
easy I was encouraged to try some things -- basically "what if" scenarios that popped into my head
as I built the projects. I think kids would do that also, and that is one of the high points of how this
set works. I do wish that there was a lot more explanation about the projects. The explanations
given are kind of middle of the road, not going really deep but not totally devoid of info about the
circuit either. Given that I'm an adult and I already know a few things about electronics and basic
circuits I feel like I filled in most of the blanks but I would not expect a child to do that. It is my
understanding there is some sort of student guide that would go along with the project book and
would go into more detail. My personal opinion on that is: Just include it. Selling it separately only
reduces the utility of the kit and makes people irritated that they have to go buy more stuff. I can't
imagine that the actual cost of a few more pages of paper would make a huge difference. One thing
that is glaringly missing as far as I can tell is an explanation of each IC. Each one has several pins
which I'm sure have a designated function, and the projects certainly use various pins, but there does
not seem to be any explanation of what exactly each pin is for. This would normally be given for any
IC that you really bought in the real world and I think it should be given for a project kit like this also.
Maybe I just missed it. In summary: Great kit, really fast and easy, enough projects and flexibility to
provide fun and learning for a long time. A ding for lack of supporting materials that should be present
by default to make an excellent 5 star set.
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2026
Even though these were not on the childs gift list, my husband knew that they would be a hit for a
bright 10 year old. It turns out they were also a hit for his dad and older brother, and the three of
them continue to build projects and have requested additional sets to add motin, etc. I think younger
kids could also use it, probably even younger that 8 with help.We really liked the non-screen nature
of this product, which actually teaches and instill a curiosity of how electricity and electric circuits work.
This is a great STEM toy for a child who might not get as much of that in his day to day life.The pieces
seem sturdy and well-constructed.It is great that there are a lot of projects that are included as
suggestions, and open-ended by creating other things with imagination. However, some of the
suggested "projects" are online, which doesn't make it as easy to review, and introduces distractions.
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