[sdiy] Fun with SDIY and 3rd Graders

[Kyle Stephens]

Heh. While other kids were doodling Power Rangers I was sketching schematics. My EE dad showed me a few things and it kinda went from there.

It's been interesting the last few years where I've began to really understand and 'speak' this language I previously could only 'read' and 'write'!


_Kyle

--- On Mon, 3/26/12, Oren Leavitt <obl64 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> From: Oren Leavitt <obl64 at ix.netcom.com>
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Fun with SDIY and 3rd Graders
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Date: Monday, March 26, 2012, 1:06 PM
> 
> 
> 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.
> >
> > I brought in some SNAZZY FX stuff (tracer city and
> Dreamboat)
> >
> > played with a 40106 chip, a transistor, a pot, a
> resistor, an LDR, a cap, etc
> >
> > played some DUB through the tracer city
> >
> > passed out 9v batteries, alligator clips, RGB leds, and
> 1k resistors to all the kids so they could try and make a
> circuit
> >
> >
> > it was really neat to hear ALL the questions
> >
> > all the excitement
> >
> > they all wanted to know more!
> >
> > I passed out schematics, parts, etc. they seemed to
> really love it
> >
> >
> > and you know what?
> >
> > I dont think many of them had ever done anything hands
> on with electronics before
> >
> >
> > it was great
> >
> >
> > I hope one or two of those kids gets interested in
> electronics
> >
> >
> 
> 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
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