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STEM Electricity: Discover Electrons and Electricity
There’s a good chance you or someone in your family has a computer, cell phone, tablet or other electronic device. These devices use electrons to work. Sometimes electrons don’t move, but are built up in huge numbers — that’s static electricity. With this Electric Science Kit, you’ll explore our STEM electricity experiments, and discover more about static electricity using your homemade Static Bottle. Electrons travel through conductors and are stopped by insulators. The Energy Stick identifies one from the other and can tell when a circuit is complete by determining if liquids are connected by electron bridges. There are a lot of challenges to take on and discoveries to make when electrons are involved.
Unforgettable Electricity Kits for Students & Kids
Each Electric Science Kit includes everything you need to conduct all seven experiments, suggestions for take-it-further activities and challenges for up to four children. You’ll also receive a colorful activity guide, giving your young scientist step-by-step instructions for each lab, along with thoughtful questions and extra challenges. Activities in the Electric Science Kit can be completed solo or as a group, making this the ideal electricity kit for students and kids learning at home.
What Does the Electric Science Kit Teach?
The Electric Science Kit presents the foundation kids need to get a better idea of just what electrons really are and how to control them, whether they’re stationary or moving. Everyday experiences with static charges like uncooperative hair, a blue spark from a doorknob and shocks between a sheet and a blanket will start to make more sense.
Electrons are negatively charged atom particles. All of the electrons in an atom create a negative charge to help balance the positive charge from protons. These electrons play an important role in every chemical bond. Electrons are especially important in the field of electronics, as their tiny particles can easily stream through circuits and wires, moving from negatively charged to positively charged areas. When this movement occurs, the current can flow successfully throughout the entire device. This background information is just the introduction to what is explored in the Electric Science Kit. You can prepare for a thrilling, educational STEM electricity experience for your children, and YOU might even learn something, too!
A Future Career in Electronics
The concept behind an electrical circuit is presented in several fun ways that show how electrons move in a closed circuit and are stopped in an open circuit. The proof comes from a simple device called an Energy Stick that flashes and buzzes when a circuit is complete.
Make Some Science Fair Connections
To develop a science fair project, you need to identify and test variables. A variable is something you change that might alter the results of the experiment. A valid test keeps everything else the same except the single variable being tested.
7 Experiments Included:
Energy Stick – Human Conductors
In Search of Conductors
Make a Conductivity Tester
Build an Electron Bridge
A Hair-Raising Experience
Push or Pull
The Amazing Levitating Loop
Electricity Science Kit for Kids
Help children to discover the fun of science with this Electricity Science Kit, designed to encourage them to learn about electricity and energy in a way that’s both educational and interesting. Kids will be eager to explore the 7 experiments in the Electricity Science Kit, and with our additional suggested activities, they can take their hands-on education further. Young scientists will learn about static electricity, as well electrons, conductivity and electron bridges. This fun STEM electricity kit puts the control in the hands of your children or students, allowing them to investigate and learn at their own pace in a way that makes them eager to share what they’ve learned with others.
This Electricity Science Kit is also a fantastic addition to any classroom, as it includes group learning challenges for one to four children. Our STEM electricity kit can also be used for inspiration for your child’s next science fair project, giving them an opportunity to show off their knowledge and imagination in an exciting and inventive way. Our colorful activity guides are easy to understand and will keep children invested in what they’re learning. Help your children explore these fun STEM electricity activities or allow them discover the answers on their own – with many unique lessons and projects, there’s something for every child in our Electricity Science Kit.
What’s Included?
*STEM Electric Science Kit Includes:
Recommended for children ages 8 and older with adult supervision.
Science Fair Connections
To develop a science fair project, you will need to identify and test variables. A variable is something you change that might alter the results of the science experiment. A valid test keeps everything else the same except the single variable being tested.
Here are some examples of variables you could test with the Electric Test Tubes activity at your next science fair:
You can also come up with your own variable to test and go claim that first place prize.
This science electric kit is a step above the rest. When you order our Electricity Science Kit, you’re bringing home a STEM electricity kit that has been designed with great care and attention to detail by an award-winning team of science educators and education experts. At Steve Spangler Science, we take great pride in our STEM science kits, and this science electric kit is no different. Know that when you order our electricity kits for students or children at home, you’re getting experiments and lessons tailored for an engaging and memorable experience for young minds.
The Electricity Science Kit is just the beginning! Explore beyond our STEM electricity experiments with a subscription to our Steve Spangler Science Club. This monthly subscription takes the idea behind our STEM electricity kit one step further. What if your child could explore a different STEM science kit every month? With our Steve Spangler Science Club subscription, you can select from three months up to a year, and have STEM experiments and activities like the Electricity Science Kit delivered to your home. You’ll get STEM monthly kits that cover a wide range of disciplines, from our Amazing Scientist Chemistry Kit to Bubblology Science Kit, all designed with great care and scientific know-how that you can count on!
Safety Information
Adult supervision is required. Ages 8+.
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nicole smith –
Hello.
How many experiments can be done with the ” It’s electric!” kit?
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Staff lisabrooks –
This kit includes 6 different experiments.
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Karen –
Is it possible to order the leads that attach to the Energy Stick separately?
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pam –
What ages is the kit appropriate for?
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Lisa – Customer Service Manager –
The STEM kits come with a student activity guide and a parent helper guide. This way you can gear the kit to meet the needs of your little scientist between the age of 5 and 12.
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Katie –
When are subscription boxes usually shipped out each month and how long does it typically take to recieve a subscription box after ordering?
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Lisa – Customer Service Manager –
The subscription service currently only ships once a month per club box. Deluxe kits ship out around the 5th of each month and Lab ships out around the 20th of each month. Once they leave our fulfillment center, you should expect to receive our club box within 3-12 days.
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