Electronics for Kids – Level 2

A step ahead into electronics with exciting hands-on STEM activities

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Electronics for Kids – Level 2 is a part of the specially-designed high school STEM curriculum curated by curriculum experts for kids to delve deeper into electronics through STEM projects such as understanding the effect of series and parallel connections in a circuit, visualizing analog and digital signals, visualizing an RC circuit, making DIY goggles, etc.

With its clear explanations and an assortment of exciting STEM projects, Electronics for Kids – Level 2 will have students building complex yet exciting DIY electronics projects in no time.

Learning Outcomes

After completing Electronics for Kids – Level 2, students will have a basic understanding of analog and digital electronic circuits with the help of a wide variety of projects.

Apart from the aforementioned learning outcomes, this STEM curriculum will also help them develop important skills such as problem-solving and debugging techniques, DIY-ing, teamwork, and creativity.

Prerequisites

Completed Electronics for Kids – Level 1 or have a basic understanding of electronic circuits.

Curriculum Lesson Plan

Section 1 - A Little More About Basics

This module begins with recapitulation of the basics from Electronics for Kids Level 1 after which students will be introduced to series and parallel connections and their effect on the circuit.

1.1 - Ohm’s Law and LED Basics

What is the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance and how to use it to light up an LED?

1.2 - Series and Parallel Connection

What are resistor series and parallel connections? How do they affect the brightness of an LED in an electronic circuit?

Section 2 - All About Signals

Students will be introduced to digital signals, analog signals, tactile switches, potentiometers, and capacitors with the help of hands-on STEM activities based on evive.

2.1 - ABC of Analog Signal

What is an electrical signal? What is an analog signal? What are its characteristics? What is a potentiometer? How to visualize a signal on evive's mini oscilloscope?

2.2 - ABC of Digital Signal

What is a digital signal? What are its characteristics? What is a switch? What are its types? How does it behave?

2.3 - LED Circuit with Switch and Potentiometer

How to control the brightness and the state of a LED using a potentiometer and a switch?

2.4 - Visualizing Resisitor-Capacitor Circuits

What are capacitors and their effect on a circuit? Why does an LED's brightness vary slowly due to capacitor charging and discharging?

Section 3 - Do-It-Yourself!

After gaining ample knowledge of the basics of electronics, students will make an exciting DIY electronics project using evive by implementing that knowledge.