Snap Circuits PRO SC-500 - Best Christmas Toys

Snap Circuits PRO SC-500 - Best Christmas Toys
From Elenco Electronics Inc

Customer Reviews

Donald's choice
Snap Circuits PRO SC-500 Bought it for our Grandson who is 11 yr. old. He had the SC-100 and wanted a bigger one. Was very happy. He likes building and creating things.

Snap Circuits are fun!
I wasn't sure if this product would be good for my son's 11th birthday, but decided to go for it. He couldn't stop playing with it. This 500 project set had three books of "projects" for him to put together. Each project has easy to follow directions with a description of why it works. The science teacher at our middle school is requesting the PTA to purchase several of the smaller snap circuits sets for her science lab, so it must be good education.

It's all he wants to do!
I bought this as a 7th birthday gift for my son, who is the kind of kid who wants to know how everything works. It comes with the plastic board to build circuits on, many, many circuit pieces, and three books of projects. It's been almost a month, and he is using this, and I'm not exaggerating, 3 or more hours per day -- first thing in the morning, after school, before bed... he just loves it. He quickly moved from following directions in the book to trying to modify the circuits (what if I put the speaker on instead of the fan). He's starting to ask questions about what a resistor is, and such -- thankfully, the books have clear explanations.


I give it a 4 for durability because the battery compartment cracked when it fell from the kitchen table onto a carpeted floor, then bounced onto a wood floor. It still works fine -- it was just the casing -- but kids will drop things, so I'd hoped the plastic would hold up a bit better than that.

Features

• AWARDS: The National Parenting Center-Seal of Approval, Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products, Dr Toy Best Educational Products
• Contains over 75 Snap-Together parts. Build over 500 exciting projects.
• Clear and concise Illustrated Manual Included and Available Online.
• Build 500 experiments.