TIPS AND TRICKS
Additionally required household items
> Two rulers (30 cm), pencil, cardboard, cardboard box, felt-tip pens, scissors,
paper, tape, metal prong fasteners from a folder, map of your area, paper clips
> Aluminum foil, metal pot, metal fork, cup, saucer, large water bowl, cooking
spoon, metal baking sheet, aluminum tealight candle holder, bottle, aluminum lid
from a jar, bottle closures
> Nail, sewing needles, file, sandpaper, piece of wood, handful of sand, various
coins, books, twine, textiles, plastic
Tips and tricks for assembly
It isn’t hard at all to assemble the electronic experimental setups in this kit.
• For each experiment, you will find a picture that shows exactly how to fit the
parts together.
• It is easiest to assemble parts that are equipped with plugs or prongs if you first
lay them out on a smooth table surface. Then slide the pieces together on the table,
so that the printed white lines meet up properly and the metal prong slides
smoothly into the X-connector hole.
• To disassemble the parts, simply insert the separator.
• Do not use force!
• After assembling a circuit, check it against the picture one last time before you
switch on the electric current.
Troubleshooting
If something doesn’t work, try to isolate the problem:
• Does the assembly match what you see in the picture?
• Could the battery be dead? Check it with a bulb.
• Was a switch installed in the wrong position or the wrong way around?
• Could the light bulb be dead? Test it with the battery or try a different one.
• Is one of the connections loose? Push them all together again one more time.
Don’t worry:
If you start with the first experiments in this manual, you will soon have enough
practice handling the components that everything will become clear to you.
Foreword
This kit will help you explore two extraordinarily important invisible forces: elec-
tricity and magnetism.
Of course, you know electricity by what it does — it makes light bulbs shine and
powers appliances such as television sets and vacuum cleaners. You may also
have seen a magnet and wondered why it attracts screws and other items made
of iron.
The kit has more than 60 experiments on these topics, and once you try them you
will know a lot more about electricity and magnetism than you do now. You will
find almost everything you need contained in the kit: switches, lights, a motor,
magnets, connector pieces and, for your power supply, a battery case in which
you will have to install two 1-5-volt AA batteries. You will also find a box for let-
ting you see otherwise-invisible magnetic forces.
The experiments are easy to perform, since precise drawings show you how to
assemble them, and everything is explained in the instructions as well. Stick to
the pictures as closely as possible and read the tips on the left side of this page.
That way, everything will work properly.
Have fun with the experiments!
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