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Project # Description Page # Project # Description Page # Project # Description Page #Project Listings-9-Welcome to Electronics1 Electronic Playground

Project #1Electronic Playground!WARNING: Moving parts.Do not touch the fan ormotor during operation.!WARNING:Do not leanover the motor.Build the circu

Project #2parallel play5V+Educational Corner:-11-5VElectric Paths+Electronics is the science of working with and controllingelectricity.Build the circ

Snappy says:switches are used allover electronics - tryto count how manyare in your home!Project #3wicked switches1A+1AEducational Corner:Electric Pat

Project #41A-13-1AElectric PathsEducational Corner:+Spinning CylinderSuspenderBuild the circuit as shown. Set the meter (M5) to the 1Ascale. Drop the

Project #5Find some clothes that clingtogether in the dryer, and try touncling them.Educational Corner:Did you ever wonder why clothes cling together

Snappy says: notice howyour hair can “stand up” or beattracted to the comb whenthe air is dry. Wetting your hairdissipates the static charge.-15-Proj

Project #7Educational Corner:Static electricity was discovered more than 2,500 years agowhen the Greek philosopher Thales noticed that when amber (aha

-17-Project #8More Static TricksEducational Corner:Electricity vs. Gravity:Electricity is immensely more powerful thangravity (gravity is what causes

Project #9Light the WayEducational Corner:What is really happening here? 1. The batteries (B3) convert chemical energy intoelectrical energy and “push

-1-1. Most circuit problems are due to incorrect assembly, alwaysdouble-check that your circuit exactly matches the drawing for it. 2. Be sure that p

Educational Corner:Flip ItProject #10-19-The slide and press switches included inSnaptricity®are simple switches, morecomplex types are also available

Pushing ElectricityProject #11-20-5V5VEducational Corner:Build the circuit and connect the red jumper wire as shown.Set the meter (M5) to the 5V setti

Educational Corner:-21-Pushing a Lot of ElectricityProject #12Wires can generally be as long as desiredwithout affecting performance, just asusing gar

-22-What’s An Ohm?Project #131A1ASnappy says: the Ωsymbol is the last letter inthe Greek alphabet andis pronounced Omega.Educational Corner:The resist

1A?Snappy says: thebest conductor everdiscovered is silver,which is veryexpensive. Copperis the second bestconductor, and it isused in almost allele

-24-Educational Corner:Make Your Own PartsProject #15Build the circuit shown, setthe meter (M5) to the 1mAsetting.AssemblyMake your parts using either

-25-Educational Corner:Hydro-ResistorsProject #16Build the circuit shown. Set the meter (M5) to the 1mA setting. Addabout 1/4 inch of water to a cup o

-26-Educational Corner:One Way AroundProject #17Connecting parts in series is one way of arrangingthem in a circuit. The advantage of it is that wirin

-27-Educational Corner:Many PathsProject #18Connecting parts in parallel is another way of arranging them in a circuit. The advantage of it isthat if

-28-Educational Corner:Parallel SwappingProject #19The choice of whether to usea series or parallelconfiguration in a circuitdepends on the applicatio

Qty. ID Name Symbol Part # Qty. ID Name Symbol Part #r 1Base Grid(11.0” x 7.7”)6SCBGr 1Motor 6SCM1r 31-Snap Wire 6SC01r 1Fan Blade 6SCM1Fr 62-Snap Wir

1A-29-Educational Corner:Series SwappingProject #20Which way does electricityreally flow? In the Electric Pathsdrawings (schematics), electricityis sh

-30-Educational Corner:Light BulbProject #21Why is the top lamp so muchbrighter than the others, eventhough it only has twice asmuch electricity throu

-31-Educational Corner:Batteries in SeriesProject #22Part A: Since the battery holder (B3) has three 1.5V type AA batteries inseries, you should measu

DescriptionOperationBatteries in ParallelProject #231A-32-FOR ADVANCED USERS - ADULTSUPERVISION RECOMMENDED1ARemove parts from the circuit until it lo

-33-Voltage DividerProject #24Educational Corner:One of the most basic rules for analyzing circuits isKirchhoff’s Voltage Law (named after Gustav Kirc

Sometimes switches arepretty swift, they can sneakcurrent around a lamp andmake voltage shift.Voltage ShifterProject #25-34-Educational Corner:Since t

Educational Corner:-35-Project #265VElectricPathsIf a circuit is given too muchvoltage then its componentswill be damaged. It is likehaving the water

-36-Educational Corner:Triple Switching VoltmeterProject #275VElectric PathsThe lamps are acting asresistors, because they limitthe flow of electricit

-37-Educational Corner:Triple Switching AmmeterProject #281AElectric PathsMost electronic products havealmost all of their components andwires mounted

Snappy says: connectingparts in parallel allows morecurrent to flow, so itdecreases the overall circuitresistance. -38-Educational Corner:Project #291

-3-How to Use ItSnaptricity®uses building blocks with snaps tobuild the different electrical and electroniccircuits in the projects. Each block has a

5VProject #301A-39-Educational Corner:Ohm’s LawBuild the circuit as shown (leave the fan off the motor (M1).Set the meter (M5) on the 1A setting, plac

-40-Ohm’s Law - Cold LampProject #315VPart A: Build the circuit at left and set the meter (M5) on the 5Vsetting. Push the press switch (S2) to measure

Educational Corner:2-Way SwitchProject #32ElectricPathsExample: The lamp could be an overhead light in a hallway,and one slide switch would be at each

-42-Another 2-Way SwitchProject #33Educational Corner:Only a tiny portion of the electricity used in our worldcomes from batteries. The rest is produ

-43-3-Speed MotorProject #34Snappy says:This is one way tocontrol the speedof a motor.Educational Corner:Place the fan on the motor. Set both slidesw

-44-3-Speed Motor (II)Project #35Educational Corner:When wires from different parts ofa circuit connect accidentally thenwe have a “short circuit”. Y

1A+!WARNING: Moving parts. Do not touchthe fan or motor during operation.!WARNING: Do notlean over the motor.3-Speed Motor (III)Project #36Educationa

-46-!WARNING: Moving parts. Donot touch the fan or motor duringoperation.!WARNING:Do not leanover the motor.3-Position SwitchEducational Corner:Some

1A+!WARNING: Moving parts. Do nottouch the fan or motor during operation.!WARNING: Do notlean over the motor.3-Position Switch (II)Project #38Educati

A “brownout” occurs when power plants cannot supply enough current to acity during high demand, and must reduce the voltage below 120V. Thissometimes

-4-About Your Snaptricity®Parts(Part designs are subject to change withoutnotice).The base grid is a platform formounting parts and wires.It functions

Snappy says: Engineers refer to thisswitching combination as an ANDsub-circuit (short for “this AND that”).It even has its own symbol. -49-AndProject

-50-And NOtProject #41Educational Corner:Suppose you wanted to monitor the voltageto a circuit, to see if the batteries weregetting weaker. You could

Snappy says: this type of switchingcombination is an OR sub-circuit(short for “this OR that”). It has itsown symbol. OR Gate-51-OrProject #42Education

-52-CompassProject #43Educational Corner:All materials have tiny particles withelectric charges, but these are so wellbalanced that you do not notice

-53-Project #44Magnetic FieldsEducational Corner:A magnet has a magnetic field, and abattery has an electric field. The north andsouth poles of a mag

-54-Project #45121. Place the iron core rod on one side of themagnet, making a chain. Hold/move thecompass along this chain to see how themagnet’s mag

Snappy says: an electronicmagnet is much better thanan ordinary magnet becauseyou can turn it on or off with aswitch!-55-Electronic MagnetEducational

Iron Core RodRubber GrommetNote: the compass needlemay point opposite to howit’s shown here, dependingon how you connected thejumper wires.Project #47

-57-ElectroMagnet TowerProject #48Educational Corner:Magnets concentrate theirmagnetic effects at both ends. The magnetic field is strongestat both en

-58-Educational Corner:If a current through a coil canmagnetize an iron bar, what ifyou had another coil from adifferent circuit wrapped aroundthe sa

About Your Snaptricity®PartsHow does electricity turn the shaft in the motor?The answer is magnetism. Electricity is closelyrelated to magnetism, and

-59-Electromagnet DirectionProject #50Educational Corner:Electric Paths1A1AAirport metal detectors work bydetecting a magnetic field change usingelect

DescriptionAny electric current flowing in a wire has amagnetic field, but it is usually very small. Anelectromagnet creates a noticeable magneticfiel

-61-magnetic InductionProject #52Educational Corner:In separate experiments in the1830s, Michael Faraday andJoseph Henry discovered thatelectric curre

-62-MotorEducational Corner:How does electricity turn the shaft in the motor? The answer ismagnetism. The motor is the opposite of an electromagnet.M

Project #54Educational Corner:How does the fan rise? Think first about how you swim. Whenyour arms or legs push water behind you, your body movesahe

-64-Back EMFProject #55+Educational Corner:The voltage/current produced by a motor when it isspinning is called its Back Electro-Motive-Force (BackEMF

-65-GeneratorProject #56+5V1A1Aor5VorEducational Corner:Nearly all of the electricity used in our world is producedat enormous generators driven by st

+1mA-66-Make Your Own GeneratorProject #571mAEducational Corner:In electric power plants, the same thing happens but on amuch larger scale. High-pres

-67-String GeneratorProject #58+1mA1mAFOR ADVANCED USERS - ADULT SUPERVISION RECOMMENDEDIf you can spin the shaft really fastthen you may be able to l

-68-Motion EnhancerProject #59Educational Corner:Electric Paths++There is a small current through the motor, this helps tospin in one direction but re

About Your Snaptricity®Parts-6-A light bulb, such as in the 4.5V lamps (L4),contains a special thin high-resistance wire.When a lot of electricity flo

-69-Holding DownProject #605V+Part BEducational Corner:Electric PathsThe motor and lamps overloaded the batteries andprevented the electromagnet from

-70-Make Your Own ElectromagnetProject #61Educational Corner:The iron core rod may remainmagnetized for a while after youturn off the circuit. Magnets

-71-RelayProject #62Educational Corner:When you need a relay for a circuit, you usually buyone instead of building one.FOR ADVANCED USERS - ADULT SUPE

-72-Relay (II)Project #63Educational Corner:FOR ADVANCED USERS -ADULT SUPERVISION RECOMMENDEDElectric PathsThis circuit is a variation of the precedin

-73-Relay (III)Project #64Educational Corner:Most home appliances operate at120V. However, the electroniccircuits used to control them(either automat

-74-BuzzerProject #65Educational Corner:Electric PathsFOR ADVANCED USERS -ADULT SUPERVISION RECOMMENDEDAs in the preceding relay circuits, the current

5V-75-Buzzer (II)Project #66Educational Corner:Snappy says: Thiscircuit is similar to anelectric bell. Insteadof having a snap piecevibrating, there

-76-Reed SwitchProject #67Build the circuit as shown. Place paper clips at base gridlocations B1 and B3, beneath all the parts (this is used toraise

-77-Reed Switch (II)Project #68Educational Corner:Electric PathsThis circuit acts as a reed switch, which is an electricalswitch operated by a magneti

-78-Cola PowerProject #691mAIf you want to watchthis for a while without holding it,place the electrode between two2-snaps as shown here.Cola-flavored

-7-DO’s and DON’Ts of Building CircuitsAfter building the circuits given in this booklet, you may wish toexperiment on your own. Use the projects in

-79-Fruit PowerProject #70Snappy says: you areconverting chemicalenergy into electricalenergy.1mASome fruits and vegetables have a sour taste because

-80-Water Impurity DetectorProject #711mAIf you want to watchthis for a while without holding it,place the electrode between two2-snaps as shown here.

-81-Indian Rope TrickProject #72Do you feel like a magician?Part A: Secure the magnet in place with nothingbeneath it. Tie a paper clip to the string

-82-+Hypnotic DiscsProject #73Build the circuit as shown. Cut out the red spiral pattern shown and tape it on the fan.AssemblyPart ASpin the pattern

-83-Project #74+You are getting sleepy...Build the circuit as shown (the same as the preceding project). Using thefan as a guide, draw a circle on a

-84-Snappy says: Years agoIndians would sendmessages to other tribesusing smoke signals anda special code.Morse CodeProject #75Educational Corner:Mors

-85-Flying Saucer+The air is being blown down through the blade and themotor rotation locks the fan on the shaft. When themotor is turned off, the bl

-86-!WARNING: Moving parts. Do not touchthe fan or motor during operation.!WARNING: Do notlean over the motor.Power Light RegulatorProject #77Educati

-87-RAISING THE BARProject #78Educational Corner:Electric PathsPush the press switch (S2) to suck the thin rod into theelectromagnet. The meter measur

-88-!WARNING: Moving parts. Do not touchthe fan or motor during operation.!WARNING: Do notlean over the motor.Electromagnetic PlaygroundProject #79Ed

-8-Advanced Troubleshooting(Adult supervision recommended)ELENCO®is not responsible for partsdamaged due to incorrect wiring.If you suspect you have d

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-90-OTHER SNAP CIRCUITS®PRODUCTS!Contact Elenco®to find out where you can purchase these products.Alternative Energy KitBuild over 125 projects and ha

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