Electricity & Electronics High School Challenge

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Program Overview
The Electricity & Electronics High School Challenge has been designed to supplement the curriculum of a high school (9-10) science teacher. Like other AWIM challenges, the Electricity & Electronics Challenge will join together teachers, students, and industry volunteers in an exploration of physical science while addressing essential scientific concepts and skills.

In the Electricity & Electronics High School Challenge there are a series of investigations that explore transistors and semiconductors, analog integrated circuits, and digital integrated circuits. Student teams construct circuits on breadboards using resistors, capacitors, transistors, jumper wires, a group power supply, LEDs, switches, loudspeakers, diodes, photo cells, integrated circuits. These experiments introduce the basic circuits that are behind most of our modern electronics as they build amplifiers, sirens, remote control detectors, a touch oscillator, gated oscillator, a counter with display, and traffic light display among others.

Kit Components
Each kit comes equipped with the teacher manual and the following materials:

  • 12 047MFD capacitor
  • 6 10MFD capacitor
  • 18 100MFD capacitor
  • 6 220PF 200v
  • 6 2N2905A transistor
  • 6 2N3053NPN transistor
  • 12 MPSA06 transistor
  • 12 2N3904 transistor
  • 12 1M ohm resistor
  • 6 1.5K 1/4w resistor
  • 66 100 ohm 1/4w resistor
  • 6 100K 1/4w resistor
  • 12 10K ohm resistor
  • 6 4.7K 1/4w resistor
  • 12 47 ohm resistor
  • 24 470 ohm resistor
  • 12 47K 1/4w resistor
  • 5 500K potentiometer
  • 6 7 segment light detector
  • 6 74S00N integrated circuit
  • 6 74S90N integrated circuit
  • 6 CD4011 integrated circuit
  • 6 CD4511 integrated circuit
  • 6 LM386N integrated circuit
  • 6 LM339 integrated circuit
  • 6 NE555N integrated circuit timer
  • 6 SCL4049A Hex Inverter integrated circuit
  • 6 1458 integrated circuit
  • 12 IN4148T diode
  • 24 Green LED
  • 6 Red LED
  • 6 Yellow LED
  • 5 Photo cell (LDR)
  • 6 Photo diode infrared detector
  • 10 Loudspeaker
  • 5 Pushbutton momentary switch
  • 5 SPDT miniature slide switch
  • 15pr Alligator clips
  • 5 Breadboard
  • 5 Jumper wire kits
  • 5 Group power supply
  • 5 Digital multimeter
  • 1 Box large paper clips
  • 1 Roll aluminum foil
  • 5 Ball point pens

Kit Availability
Currently the cost of an Electricity & Electronics High School Kit is $325 plus shipping and handling. To order an Electricity & Electronics High School Challenge classroom materials kit submit the Electricity & Electronics High School Order Form*.

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