Blog 6 - Snap Circuits

 Welcome to Blog 6 - 

This time, I am showcasing a great tool- Snap Circuits! While I was sent this kit as part of a STEM class I was teaching, I had not had the chance to get down and dirty with it and really experiment!  This kit is so much fun!  What a great way to bring STEM into a classroom or library!  I am a STEM teacher - I teach classes like Flight and Space, Automation & Robotics, Green Architecture, Medical Detectives, etc to middle school students as part of Project Lead The Way, a program geared toward introducing engineering into the K-12 experience to generate passion and develop future engineers. 

Image depicts snap circuit pieces with a solar panel that runs a small LED light connected to a voltage meter

The video link depicts a snap circuit solar panel causing a light to blink in multiple colors

As so much of our reading was discussing this week, makerspaces and STEM should be incorporated into the library. Makerspaces were so rare back in the early 2000s and 2010s, and have grown dramatically over the years. Now it is more commonplace to see things like 3D printers, Ozobots and Dash & Dots in the library. Many of the technology tools that were once expensive and harder to come by can more easily be obtained and brought in for the use of our students in a school library setting. Many of the public libraries are housing theses spaces, including music generating and video creating areas. 

Take a look at this video: 

The image here shows a snap circuit booklet cover sharing that there are 125 activities and a sample of components included with the Green Energy Kit.  This is a link to a video.