[sdiy] Fun with SDIY and 3rd Graders

[Oren Leavitt]

On 3/26/2012 2:39 PM, dan snazelle wrote:
> today I went to my sons 3rd grade classroom and gave a talk on electronics/electricity.
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> I brought in some SNAZZY FX stuff (tracer city and Dreamboat)
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> played with a 40106 chip, a transistor, a pot, a resistor, an LDR, a cap, etc
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> played some DUB through the tracer city
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> passed out 9v batteries, alligator clips, RGB leds, and 1k resistors to all the kids so they could try and make a circuit
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> it was really neat to hear ALL the questions
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> all the excitement
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> they all wanted to know more!
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> I passed out schematics, parts, etc. they seemed to really love it
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> and you know what?
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> I dont think many of them had ever done anything hands on with electronics before
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> it was great
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> I hope one or two of those kids gets interested in electronics
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That's nice!
It was in the 3rd grade that I got hooked on electronics. Some 
classmates brought in a pile of toy motors, small light bulbs, wire, 
etc, and we started making circuits during recess - comes around full 
circle.

- Oren