
My five year old son bought this book and it has proved to be fantastic. He cannot do the experiments by himself yet- we've been big helpers. But he has learned a lot about how electricity and circuits work. With this kit he has learned that a circuit is a loop, how electricity moves and how to make switches. The motor is great fun just to run on it's own. I would recommend adding the Usborne Book of Batteries and Magnets when you run through the activities in here. The Klutz kit provides you with ALMOST all the items you need to do the additional experiments in the Usborne book. I would recommend this book for any kid who has an interest in electricity, motors or just plain making things go.
With very few supplies you have to find (cardboard, soda bottle caps, binder clips) on your own this is a terrific educational fun book/kit for children of both sexes!The best part is that children are encouraged to experiment. When my nearly 8 year old son made "The Impossible Project", he got the lightbulb to light up but he couldn't get it to shut off. After undoing it and rebuilding it a second time he found success!
I got this book for my 11th birthday and I absolutely love it. My friend and I spent an entire day building many of the projects. The submersible worked well, but I had trouble getting the hovercraft to lift off. It's also possible to make your own designs work well. It's cool that they included a motor with gills so it can go under water.
I used this to teach my Webelos Scouts (age 10) how electricity works and make things go. They mostly had fun using the fan to make horrible noises cutting pieces of paper, but they got the point of the experiment.Requires fine motor skills; may be difficult for some to do without adult help.
We purchased 2 as Christmas gifts - one to a great nephew in California who specifically asked for this and another for a neighbor boy. Neither motor worked so the books will need to be returned now which is a pain and may not be worth it. They were so disappointed as we were for them.
My son loved this. I highly recommend this for any science minded family. My son is only 5, so I did all the experiments with him, but I can see a slightly older kid, or set of kids, having a great time with this kit.
We bought this as a gift for our 10 year old grandson and it was a big success. He and his brother, age 7 and sister, age 4 all thought it was a lot of fun. Granpa also liked it and had a lot of fun showing the children all about how it worked.
Great science book for your kids. Just make sure when you order that the used book comes with the "parts" to perform the projects. I made the mistake of just ordering a used book without the parts.
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