Now that my boys are of suitable age I'm teaching them all I know about electricity. It's not that much, I'm still learning, but we got off to a good start and now we're exploring things. I built an LED system with an Arduino and bunch of buttons and we'll take it from there. Fun!
@voidzero I suggest giving them an intro to electromagnetism by hand-winding copper wire on a paper towel tube. I'll try and dig up our flapper creation (which is basically an old style bell alarm).
@voidzero Oh yes, demo--don't let them do it-- a "suicide cord". Alligator clips off the end of an AC cord. You can put various sizes of wire between the clips, then plug it in. POP!
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They'll need to be a little older for that, and I'll probably use a capacitor instead of 230V AC 😅