Teach Kids STEM with a Mand Labs Kit

The Mand Labs Electronic Series DIY Kit, just $145, is designed to help children enter the world of STEM by using their hands-on DIY kit to help them start feeling curious about STEM without the classroom. Each kit has a series of instructions and even videos to limit the amount of frustrations that could be had while enjoying the kit. 

The KIT-1 is designed to put everything you need to begin exploring circuits and physics. Among the topics explored are:

• Voltage, current, and resistance

• Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), including infrared

• Multimeters

• Resistors, including variable resistors

• Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s Laws

• Series and Parallel Combination

• Switches, relays, capacitors, transistors, and inductors

• Sensors, including photodiodes and thermistors

• Semiconductors

• Digital logic gates

• And DC motors

Among the projects you’ll build are burglar alarms, touch-activated switches, “staircase” lighting, and H-bridge circuits, which allow DC motors to run forwards and backward and are a key part of many robotics systems.

It includes all the needed tools and parts for each project, and yes, even batteries are included. Everything is carefully organized in trays you can seal to keep parts where they belong as well, and the box itself folds out into an orderly tool kit where screwdriver, pliers, and the breadboard (with its handy carrying case) are all easy to reach and use.