Electronics Projects for 12-Year-Olds?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday November 23, 2004 @01:33PM from the questions-that-never-stagnate dept.

nepheles asks: "I've recently been asked to teach some electronics classes for a group of 12-year-olds. They're all new to it. Electronics always seemed boring in school, so for them, I've been looking at hands-on projects: I've considered making basic motors, steady-hand games, and Morse-code communication systems. What experiments have you seen in electronics that amazed you, and that could be recreated in the classroom? What cool things have you made that would be simple enough for a kid to do? At a meta level, how would you like to have been taught electronics?"

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Fun for the Whole Family by TheDarkRogue · 2004-11-23 13:36 · Score: 2, Funny

You can have him build a Cyclotron

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Two Words by Rie+Beam · 2004-11-23 13:39 · Score: 2, Funny

Tazer Tag
DIY Electric Chair by turgid · 2004-11-24 01:56 · Score: 2, Funny

Educate your child early into the ways of Capital Punishment and the American Legal System by helping him make his own electric chair.
This will give him a well-developed sense of Right and Wrong, Truth, Justice and the American Way(TM).
He'll grow up a God-fearing, Republican, join the Army or Police and will avoid all deviancy for the rest of his life.

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